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PORTAGE PARK — Police are warning cellphone stores to be cautious after a series of daylight armed robberies this month, and to be on the lookout for three men wanted in connection with the incidents.

In most of the robberies, between one and three men enter the business, cut the wires securing the phones on display and flee when the alarms sound, police said. Three robberies occurred Saturday, including one in the Six Corners Shopping District and the other near Belmont and Central avenues. The other robberies occurred in Rogers Park, Logan Square and Uptown.

No one was hurt during the incidents.

The incidents happened in the:

• 2900 block of west Addison Street at 10:45 a.m. July 11

• 1700 block of west Howard Street at 1:25 p.m. July 18

• 4700 block of north Broadway Avenue at 12:18 p.m. July 21

• 2700 block of north Elston Avenue at 10:59 a.m. Saturday

• 5700 block of west Belmont Avenue at 11:36 a.m. Saturday

• 4800 block of west Irving Park Road at 12:45 p.m. Saturday

Police are looking for three black men between 20 and 30 years old, between 5-feet-4-inches tall and 5-feet-10-inches tall, weighing between 140 and 180 pounds. One of the men wears his hair in dreadlocks.

Police urged cellphone store owners to check to make sure their surveillance cameras are working and report suspicious people in the area immediately.

After a robbery, business owners should strive to provide police with a detailed description of the robbers as well as any information about his or her vehicle, license plate information as well as which way they went, police said.

Anyone with information can call detectives at 312-747-8263.

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