Police: 'Gold Chain' Robbers Caught

Police say they've arrested two men that have terrorized men and women wearing gold necklaces for the last several months.

Roosevelt Felder, 20, of Chicago, and a 16-year-old male juvenile were arrested Wednesday as they were attempting to rip a necklace off a woman's neck in the parking lot of Macy's in Bolingbrook.

Police were able to connect eight other similar crimes, dating back to April, to the duo, which Bolingbrook police have dubbed the "Gold Chain" robbers.

Bolingbrook Lieutenant Mike Rompa said a third subject might be involved in some of those robberies. The issue remains under investigation.

Felder now sits in the Will County Adult Detention Facility and the juvenile in the River Valley Juvenile Detention Center.

Rompa said the pair were allegedly involved in the following crimes: 

April 8: Victim paying for his groceries at the Fiesta Market had two black men rip three gold chains from his neck. 

April 27: Woman putting a large item in her car in the Menard's parking lot when a man asked if she needed help. When she stood up, the man grabbed the necklace she was wearing and tore it off her neck before fleeing. 

April 29: A 67-year-old woman was walking on Blackhawk Lane when two men tried ripping a gold necklace off her neck. The necklace broke and the victim managed to hold onto it while the offenders ran away.

May 10: Victim had a necklace taken from them in the parking lot of Menard's parking lot. 

Unidentified date: Woman had a gold religious necklace ripped from her neck in the parking lot of the Fiesta Market.

June 8: A woman said a black teen male was laying on the ground at the end of her driveway next to a bicycle and was moaning "Oh, my leg." When the woman bend over to check on the teen, he grabbed the necklace off her neck and rode away on the bike.

June 28: A victim was approached by a black male, who ripped off a gold chain from their neck while they were walking near the intersection of Boughton Road and Pinecrest Road.

Felder was charged with eight counts of robbery but the Will County State’s Attorney’s office will pursue only two counts of theft, Rompa said.