Teen, 16, charged in 3 West Side robberies

CHICAGO - A teenage boy was charged in connection to three robberies on the West Side over the past two weeks.

Police arrested a 16-year-old boy in the 4000 block of West Lake Street Thursday just before 1:40 p.m. 

He was accused of robbing a woman in the same black just minutes earlier. 

The offender was also charged in connection to two more robberies in the Austin neighborhood last week. 

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Police say on May 29 he robbed a 16-year-old girl in the 5100 block of West Lake Street and on May 30 he robbed a 20-year-old woman just one block east. 

The boy will face three felony counts of robbery. He was also charged with two misdemeanors for battery and resisting police.