CHICAGO _ Charges were pending Thursday night against an out-of-town couple who falsely claimed they were robbed at knifepoint of a $12,000 engagement ring while they were downtown early Thursday, police said.
The pair, both 27 and from out of town, originally told officers they took GPS directions to the lower level of 300 North Columbus Drive around 1:50 a.m., according to police. The couple said three people then approached them with a knife and took the ring, along with a $3,000 suitcase purse, a $2,000 MacBook Air laptop, a $300 suitcase and a $150 iPad Mini.
The two were in police custody Thursday evening, and charges were pending against them for filing false police reports, a police spokesman said.
In an updated media notification, police said that "The incident has determined to be unfounded."
