Ear Hustle

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Son Put In Chokehold & Robbed Near Their North Side Home

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s 17-year-old son was robbed near the family’s Ravenswood home Friday night, according to a mayoral spokeswoman and police reports.

Zach Emanuel was robbed of his cellphone and assaulted Friday night but was able to join his family on a long-planned trip Saturday, according to a statement released by Emanuel spokeswoman Kelley Quinn.

“The Mayor’s focus is on his son’s well-being, and as parents, he and Amy ask that the media respect their family’s privacy at this time,” Quinn said in the statement, referring to Emanuel’s wife, Amy Rule.

Zach Emanuel was talking on his cellphone in the 4200 block of North Hermitage Avenue, across the street and a few houses down from the Emanuel home, when two males approached him from behind, according to the police report.

One of them “placed his arm around the victim’s neck in a rear chokehold,” and the second one struck the teen with a fist, knocking him to the ground. The robbers took the teen’s cellphone and patted him down, the police report said.

“The offenders then asked the victim, ‘What else you got?’ (and) forced the victim to enter his security code to unlock the phone,” the police report said.

The robbers then ran away. The teen was treated for cuts and bruises on his face by a personal physician at his home, according to the report.

Chicago police confirmed Saturday that a robbery occurred about 10:05 p.m. Friday near the mayor’s home. Officer Thomas Sweeney, a police spokesman, reported that “a juvenile male was walking on the 4200 block of North Hermitage Avenue when he was approached by two unknown male offenders who grabbed him and went through his pockets, taking his phone.”

Sweeney declined to identify the robbery victim, but the police report identified him as Zach Emanuel, and the mayor’s office later confirmed that.

The mayor has an around-the-clock police detail, but its whereabouts at the time of the robbery weren’t disclosed.

According to the police report, officers examined the area where the robbery occurred but did not find any suspects. The report said video surveillance on the block and at a nearby CTA Brown Line station would be checked.

Source: Chicago Tribune

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