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Monday, July 13, 2015

Tyrone Howard of Chicago arrested, charged with robbing Woman in Wheelchair of $28

by Jim Watkins, Ability Chicago Info | July 13, 2015
Tyrone Howard (54) of Chicago has been charged with taking $28 from a woman in a wheelchair on Chicago's West Side. The robbery of a 62-year-old woman in a wheelchair was caught on surveillance video from a camera at an ATM on Chicago Avenue, just east of Western, Chicago Police records said.

The woman was in a wheelchair "without any possible way to defend herself," according to the Chicago Police records .

He allegedly choked her and demanded money, and she handed over $28 and change, according to the records.

Howard was charged with robbery, and Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. set his bond at $350,000.

Howard is scheduled to be back in court July 17, 2015.

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