Police: Woman's report of Mag Mile robbery unfounded - she did it to get more police patrols in the area due to all the crime by young black youths against the elderly white people

Her and her elderly friends are scared to walk the streets with all the black youths committing crimes against the elderly white folks in the Gold Coast area

A Chicago police officer maintains a presence Thursday near the scene after a 68-year-old woman claimed to have been robbed by a group of young men. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Tribune)

Chicago police said tonight that a 68-year-old woman's report that she was surrounded by a group of thugs and robbed of $135,000 in jewelry was not true.

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