...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...'s pricey Near North Side neighborhood. This time, the target was the ritzy Gold Coast Auto Gallery.
On Saturday afternoon, two people came to rob this showroom for Lamborghinis and Bentleys. One stayed by the door with a gun. The other used a hammer to smash a display case and grabbed a million dollars worth of watches. Ten customers including children were in the showroom at the time.
"He was smart enough not to raise the gun, because my people had guns," said dealership owner Joe Petito. "If he raised that gun, he would have been shot, we’d probably be in court defending ourselves."
This robbery happened on October 11th at a store on Michigan Avenue near Chicago.
In less than 20 seconds, the owner says eight luxury watches are stolen.
$1 million divided by 8 = $125,000 apiece.
Police patrols were already heightened this weekend after teenagers flooded downtown last Saturday. Twenty teens were arrested and a CTA bus driver was attacked.At least for now, even during working hours, the doors at the dealership will be locked. Service is by appointment only. Police are still working to track down the men responsible.
Related: Watches listed on the website range in price from $1000-5000 apiece. Tonino Lamborghini is a scion of the car family, but he and (presumably) his son concentrate on expensively stylish lifestyle products.