Crime & Safety

Brickyard Bank Robbery

Nixle used to alert residents about afternoon holdup by 2.

Skokie police alerted residents through Nixle, a text messaging system that informs  residents about important crimes and happenings in their area, that an armed robbery took place at the Brickyard Bank, 3536 W. Dempster St., about 1 p.m. July 9.

The two suspects are described as an Hispanic male about 5 feet, 5 inches who wore brown shorts with stripes and a heavy-set female  who was wearing a yellow shirt and jeans. The pair fled with a white grocery bag containing cash and were last seen heading north on Central Park Avenue.


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