3 teens guilty in Oak Street cell phone thefts

Three teenagers accused of stealing cell phones from two 14-year-old girls on Oak Street near Michigan Avenue last month were found guilty of theft today.
The 14-year-olds had their phones stolen about 4:45 p.m. July 23 in the first block of East Oak Street.
Originally, two 16-year-old girls and a 15-year-old girl were cited in juvenile petitions with robbery and aggravated battery. Today, one 16-year-old pled guilty to a juvenile citation for theft, and the other two were found guilty of a juvenile citation for theft
One of the three attackers approached one of the girls and asked to use her cell phone. The girl complied and when the borrower walked away with the phone, the other two suspects confronted the victims and began to punch them and grabbed a second cell phone.
A witness saw the victims screaming and chased the suspects eastbound on Oak Street, police said. The three girls were taken into custody about 20 minutes after the robbery