Month: December 2015

Charges have been filed against two juveniles in connection with a series of armed robberies across the North Side over the past week. Cropped ABC7 screenshot of one teen being searched by police. The 17-year-olds—one from Woodlawn and the other from Grand Boulevard—are each charged with eight counts of aggravated armed robbery and one count

An armed robbery crew that’s believed to be responsible for at least 15 hold-ups over the past 7 days in Lakeview, Lincoln Park, and other North Side neighborhoods apparently managed to escape after an extended pursuit by Chicago cops overnight. The offenders were again seen using a carjacked black Hyundai Tucson bearing vanity plate FCZENIT

UPDATE DECEMBER 29 12:07PM—The FBI has now released these surveillance photos of the suspect. —————- Even a driving storm of frozen ice pellets wasn’t enough to deter Boystown’s hardy criminal element yesterday. Chicago police and the FBI are looking for a man who robbed the Byline Bank at Broadway and Belmont shortly before 2:30PM Monday—smack

Dammit. They got Chub’s. Last night, one of the many burglary operations that is thriving in our neighborhood broke into Flub A Dub Chub’s Hot Dog Emporium, 3021 N. Broadway. This, now, is personal. Oh, if you’ve never ventured down the steps to enter Chub’s intimate and spotless basement location, you can’t relate to our

Two people were shot in Uptown as a crowd exited the Aragon Ballroom at 2:30 this morning following “COLLEGE CRAZE 4: Law Cannon & DJ Hoop Dreams,” which featured a performance by Lil Durk and which promised “80+ security guards inside and outside.” A 34-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to her head and a

A Chicago’s Pizza delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint in Lakeview this morning during a hold-up that bears similarities to a Christmas Eve armed robbery spree that claimed four victims here. The driver, who works out of the pizzeria at 3114 N. Lincoln, told police that two skinny black men in their late teens or

Almost exactly one day before a wild gunfight saw more than 70 rounds fired in a Wrigleyville intersection last week, Chicago police seized two guns and arrested a recent parolee when a fist fight broke out in front of Salt & Pepper diner, 3537 N. Clark. 28-year-old Danny N. Ortiz of Des Plaines was charged

The woman who allegedly fired off several rounds during an altercation on a busy Lincoln Park street in October is now facing even more felony charges. A grand jury has now returned eight counts against Jennifer C. Stegall of Broadview: Two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm and six counts of aggravated unlawful use

Last week was a strange one for Lakeview-area schools and students…. On Tuesday, the principal of Ravenswood Elementary School, 4332 N. Paulina, helped file a police report after a student reported being threatened with a handgun at a bus stop across from the school at 1701 W. Montrose. The incident was caught on video as