Crew charged in string of 4 armed robberies; suspected in dozens more

place in the right time.”

Police believe all four are responsible for dozens of other robberies, possibly including all 50 robberies listed in a recent community alert.

“We’ve got to put together the cases to prove that these were the offenders,” Brown said. “We believe these are the guys.”

Brown said, because police believe the men are responsible for dozens of other violent robberies, they should be held without bail as they await trial.

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Four men have been charged in a string of four armed robberies Monday morning on the North and Northwest sides, and police believe the crew is responsible for dozens of other similar robberies.

Dashun McGraw, 19, Marquise Green, 20, Marcus Carter, 20, and Marchelo Hicks, 21, all are charged with four counts of armed robbery, four counts of aggravated armed robbery, and four counts of robbery, according to Chicago Police Supt. David Brown. Carter, Hicks, and Green also are charged with one count each of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.

Brown said the four are responsible for four robberies on Monday morning; two between about 3:15 a.m. and 3:18 a.m. on the 2400 block of West Berwyn Avenue and the 4300 block of North Leavitt Street, and two more between 10:26 a.m. and 10:39 a.m. on the 2100 block of North

In all four robberies, three of the men approached victims who were either walking alone, or sitting in parked car, demanding their property at gunpoint, before fleeing in a waiting car.

Police have said, around 10:45 a.m., officers spotted the robbers in a stolen Hyundai near Winnemac and Oakley avenues. The men fled from police before crashing into a white Department of Streets and Sanitation box truck at the corner of Oakley Avenue and Winona Street, and then burst into flames.

Brown said the four men ran off after the crash, and police tracked them to a nearby garage, where all four were arrested. Three guns also were recovered. Chopper 2 was overhead as police hauled one of the suspects away down an alley.

“A woman was pistol-whipped and we had to get in front of it,” said Rogers Park (24th) District police Sgt. Syed Quadri. “Luckily, we were able to be in the right

“Every moment that they’re going to be out of jail, whether on electronic monitoring, or otherwise on bail or bond, they’ll be committing more robberies. They’re a threat to this community, they’re a threat to our officers’ safety. These are dangerous people, and they need to be held until trial,” Brown said. Brown called out the courts on the next steps - not only because of the violent nature of these crimes, but the volume of crimes that police believe these four men are behind.

“It’s important this hard work is not undone by our courts not taking this seriously,” Brown said. “This is a danger to the community.”

Molina reached out to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office and the Chief Judge’s office with those comments and requests Wednesday. Neither would comment on pending cases. a CBS 2 has been investigating this growing pattern of armed robberies for weeks - and in reality, we believe there have actually been more than 100 violent robberies in the past month in the city – all of them on the North, Northwest, and West sides.