Thursday, January 12, 2023
The below narrative contains an important update regarding the robberies that were subject to an earlier Security Alert on January 12, 2023.
At approximately 10:22 a.m., Thursday, January 12, 2023, UCPD determined that the suspect vehicle, a white Nissan sedan bearing Illinois License Plate DC36029, had returned to the area and was involved in several additional robberies. UCPD quickly located the fleeing vehicle and after a pursuit, UCPD detained and arrested multiple suspects and have turned them over to the Chicago Police Department (CPD) for processing. In addition, UCPD recovered the suspect vehicle, which had recently been reported stolen to the CPD, as well as several weapons and proceeds from several robberies. Police believe that these suspects were likely involved in at least six (6) robberies in the surrounding area over the last 12 hours. The CPD will determine all applicable charges and present the individual cases to the State’s Attorney when appropriate. Images and videos from the University’s fixed and license plate reader camera network were instrumental in identifying the vehicle and providing information to responding UCPD and CPD officers.
Please Note
The University of Chicago Police Department patrol area boundaries are 37th Street on the north to 65th Street on the south/Cottage Grove Avenue to Lake Shore Drive (39th Street to 60thStreet)/Evans Avenue to Stony Island Avenue (61st Street to 64th Street)/65th Street (Ellis Avenue to University Avenue).