Overview
- Anthony Garcia, 23, faces five counts of armed robbery with a firearm and is scheduled for a detention hearing in Cook County Criminal Court.
- Police say he replied to online ads for anime trading cards, steered sellers to a building lobby in Gage Park, and took the cards at gunpoint.
- All reported robberies were in the 5200 and 5300 blocks of South Kedzie Avenue in Gage Park, and the victims were men ages 19 to 29.
- The Citywide Robbery Task Force arrested Garcia near his home in the 5300 block of South Troy Street after a string of March incidents.
- Citing the case, Chicago police urge buyers and sellers from social media marketplaces to meet at a police station or other monitored site.