Man robbed of cellphone outside bar in Loop, police say

CHICAGO -- Someone snatched a man's phone from his hand early Monday morning in the Loop, Chicago police said.

According to police, just after midnight, the 27-year-old was walking in the first block of East Adams Street when a male grabbed his phone and threw him to the ground.

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.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire - Copyright Chicago Sun-Times 2019.)