At around 4:20 p.m. on July 21, police responded to a hold-up alarm at a financial services outlet in the 600 block on N. Michigan. Upon arrival, employees told police that a man who had been at the store the previous day came in that afternoon and said to one of the tellers, “I don’t want anyone to get hurt, I have a gun.” The offender, believed to be of Middle Eastern descent and in his late 40s, displayed a semi-automatic handgun hidden under his shirt and told the woman that he was a member of Al-Qaeda and that he would detonate a bomb in a car parked in front if they did not give him all the money in the store. An employee began pushing money though the teller window while another employee in back activated the silent alarm. “No pounds or dollars, give me Euros,” the man said as he put the money in a brown paper bag. The man left with nearly $30,000 in Euros and U.S. dollars. Employees told police that the man had been in the store twice the day before, asking about wiring Euros to France and talking on his cell phone while standing near the exit.

A 24-year-old woman was mugged in the 2300 block of N. Orchard at around 1:25 a.m. on July 23. The offender, a man who appeared to be 20, approached the victim from behind while she was on her phone, putting her in a bearhug and demanding that she give him her purse. She asked the man if she could keep her identification, at which point he grabbed the purse and ran. The woman then ran to Lincoln Avenue where she reported the incident to police.

At 2:10 a.m. on July 24, two men leaving a bar in the 200 block of W. Chicago overheard a group of men making what they believed to be racist remarks. The two men, both Glencoe residents of Jewish descent, approached one of the men, believed to be of Pakistani or Indian descent, and a verbal altercation ensued. One of the men in the group then struck the victim several times in the face, causing injuries to the eyes and mouth and breaking the man’s lower jaw. Police believe both men had been drinking.

A couple living in the 1700 block of N. Larrabee told police that their home had been entered by an unknown suspect sometime after midnight on July 24. The offender entered the home through the dining room window, stole an iPhone, iPad and other items before leaving through the front door. The couple said they heard sounds but thought it was one of their children going to the bathroom. The total value of stolen goods was estimated at nearly $3,300.

On the evening of July 24, a 15-year-old boy said that a group of teenagers followed him and his friends from a McDonald’s on Chicago and State to the beach. When the boy was separated from his friends, the group approached him and one of the teenagers stole his hat and hit him in the face several times. The boy broke free from the group and they demanded that he give them $20. The victim told police that the boys had watched him pay for his food at the restaurant.

While walking home at around 4:20 a.m. on July 25, a 22-year-old man was attacked from behind on the 300 block of N. Hubbard by two unknown suspects, estimated to be in their early to mid-30s. The suspects threw the man on the ground and took $850 in cash and an iPhone from him before fleeing.

The manager of a seafood restaurant on the 100 block of E. Grand told police on July 26 that the building had been broken into the previous night. Security tapes show a man walking through the property while drinking from the bottle.

A man was robbed in the 200 block of W. Grand at around 2:30 a.m. on July 11. The suspect, believed to be between 20 and 30, approached the man from behind and punched him in the jaw, knocking him out. The offender then stole the victim’s credit card, which he used to take out $500 in cash and charge $2,000 worth of goods at a Wal-Mart.