CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police said a woman tried to steal a bag of money from an armored truck parked outside a bank in Edgewater Monday.
Police said shortly before 12:30 p.m., the woman approached an armored truck outside a Chase Bank branch in the 5700-block of North Broadway and took a bag containing an unknown amount of cash from a guard as he was attempting to make a delivery. She then fled.
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She was taken into custody by police in the 1100-block of West Granville, police said. The bag was recovered.
Police said a citizen saw the incident and called them, which helped them find the woman and the money.
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Charges are pending, CPD said.
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