Cellphone Robbery Reported In The Loop

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CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Someone snatched a man’s phone from his hand Monday in the Loop.

Just after midnight, the 27-yearold was walking in the first block of East Adams Street when a male grabbed his phone and threw him to the ground, Chicago police said. The suspect ran off north on Wabash Avenue.

The man suffered a cut to his forehead and a minor pinky injury, police said. He refused medical attention.

No one is in custody as Area Central detectives investigate.

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