Two males have been kidnapped by a gaggle of individuals pretending to be law enforcement officials Thursday and pushed practically 20 miles from Portage Park on the Northwest Side to Princeton Park on the South Side.
The males, ages, 65 and 55, have been sitting in a white van stopped at a visitors gentle at 11:37 p.m. within the 4000 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, in response to Chicago police.
Three male suspects received out of one other white van and compelled their method into the victims’ automobile, displaying a badge and claiming they have been law enforcement officials, police mentioned. They then handcuffed the boys, sure them with duct tape and put them at the back of their very own van.
Two of the suspects then left within the van they pulled up in, whereas the third drove the victims to the 100 block of West 94th Street in their very own van, in response to police. He took a cellphone and money from the victims earlier than they have been in a position to get out of the automobile.
The victims walked into the 95th Street Red Line station at 1:41 a.m. Friday and referred to as for assist, police mentioned. Police and paramedics responded, however the males have been unhurt and declined medical therapy.
No one is in custody as Area North detectives examine.
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