Robbers targeting delivery drivers on Southwest Side

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Six robberies of delivery drivers were reported in February in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

In each of the incidents, someone ordered food from a restaurant and robbed the delivery driver when they arrived, Chicago Police said in a business alert on Friday.

The robberies happened:

• about 10 p.m. Feb. 9 in the 8000 block of South Sacramento;

• about 4:15 p.m. Feb. 13 and 12:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in the 7900 block of South Richmond;

• about 7:40 p.m. Sunday in the 8000 block of South Richmond; and

• about 9:30 a.m. Feb. 23 and 1 p.m. Tuesday in the 8000 block of South Mozart, police said.

The robber was described as a 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-11 black male between 16 and 25 years old, weighing between 120 and 185 pounds, police said.

Anyone with information was asked to call Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8382.

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