Three men and two juveniles are facing robbery charges after prosecutors accused them of mugging a group of suburbanites admiring the city skyline.
According to prosecutors, four Des Plaines men, aged 18 to 20, were admiring the nighttime view of downtown from the roof of a parking garage in the 2300 block of West Logan.
At least one other group was admiring the view from the roof when someone approached the victims and inquired as to which gang they belonged to, according to prosecutors in detention proceedings.
The second group then crossed the roof and robbed the victims, according to the filings. One of the juveniles brandished a knife and pursued a suburban man. The man fled, but he lost a shoe and his phone in the process.
The same juvenile pursued a second victim, stealing his belt.
A third victim attempted to flee, but the group allegedly apprehended him and robbed him of his phone, wallet, and keys at knife point.
Prosecutors said the robbers chased the victims for a short distance before fleeing. Meanwhile, the victims used a phone-tracking app to find one of their stolen phones in a nearby bowling alley. When they arrived, they allegedly discovered the five robbers in two separate cars in the parking lot.
The victims flagged down a nearby police officer, who detained the group and requested backup.
Prosecutors charged Osvaldo Chaidez, 20, Jack Ognar, 18, Ryan Eggleston, 29, and two juveniles with four counts of robbery.
According to the filings, Chaidez assaulted one of the victims while Ognar captured the incident on his phone.
According to police, Eggleston’s car contained one victim’s shoe, another victim’s belt, and a pair of brass knuckles.
Judge James Murphy III denied all three adults detention and instead ordered electronic monitoring. The details of the juvenile cases are not publicly available.
