Police release photos of suspect dressed as CPD officer in Streeterville currency exchange robbery

ByJessica D'Onofrio and Jessica D'Onofrio WLS logo
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Police release surveillance photos of suspect dressed as CPD officer in Streeterville currency exchange robbery
Police have released surveillance photos of a suspect who allegedly dressed as a Chicago police officer to rob a currency exchange.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Police have released surveillance photos of a suspect who allegedly dressed as a Chicago police officer to rob a currency exchange.

Police said around 7:40 p.m. a man wearing a Chicago Police Department uniform, including a baseball cap, long-sleeve button-up shirt and reflective vest, as well as a surgical mask, entered a currency exchange inside the North Bridge shops in the 500 block of North Michigan Avenue.

The man approached a 22-year-old woman who worked there, implied he had a gun and announced a robbery, police said.

The woman gave the robber an unknown amount of cash inside a bag, and the man fled.

No injuries were reported, police said.

Police describe the suspect around 40 years old, about 6 ft. tall weighing 180 to 200 lbs.

No one is in custody.

An investigation by Area Central detectives is ongoing.

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