Year: 2015

Chicago police tonight have issued a familiar warning: People are being robbed when they show up to sell valuables to strangers whom they’ve met via Craigslist. Friday evening, a man was kicked and punched in the face by two offenders who robbed him of his valuables after meeting up in a CVS Pharmacy parking lot

EDITORS’ NOTE: Some details of this story have been removed at 8:03PM on August 13, 2020. One of the accused individuals succeeded in having the case expunged from his/her Cook County Criminal Court record. While not required by law to remove truthful reports, CWBChicago editors do extend this courtesy to individuals who go through the

Image: Alex Graves via Southport Corridor News & Events Two coach houses and at least two garages were damaged by fire Sunday afternoon along an alley between the 1500 blocks of Wellington and Nelson in nearby Lakeview.  Investigators have yet to announce an official cause of the fire, but several neighbors reported that fireworks were

A man and his friend became Boystown’s latest robbery victims early Friday morning. The pair was walking near the three-way intersection of Halsted, Clark, and Barry when they were mugged by two offenders around 4:10AM. Offender descriptions, per the victims: 1) male, black, 5’10” tall, goatee, multi-color shirt 2) male, black, red shirt CPD case

A man was safely taken into custody early Friday after he attempted “suicide by cop” near Montrose Beach. 19th district officers responded to the area of Wilson and Simonds Drive around 3AM after a juvenile reported that his uncle was armed with a knife and had slit his own wrists. Officers immediately called for back-up

Chicago police are looking for the man who pistol-whipped a clerk during a Lakeview convenience robbery early Friday morning. The incident unfolded at the 7-Eleven, 2821 N. Ashland, around 12:30AM. According to police who reviewed surveillance footage, a masked man entered the store and struck the victim in the head with the butt of a

A career criminal who has been sentenced to a combined 97 years in prison since 1976 is back in jail, accused of breaking into a Lake View home on Thursday morning. Robert German, 59, had been released on parole 16 days earlier. German (Cook County Sheriff’s Dept) Police responded to the 3900 block of Janssen

A 17-year-old Lincoln Park boy was reportedly stabbed during an armed robbery in Oz Park early Wednesday morning. Police were called at 4:30AM after the teen showed up at St. Joseph’s Hospital with a stab wound to his leg. The boy initially refused to tell hospital workers where the stabbing took place, but he eventually

A flurry of fake $100 bills has been popping up in small retail shops across the area and one man with a distinctive sense of fashion has struck at least five times. Multiple victims have described him as a black man who wears a hard hat and yellow construction vest. His most recent appearance came

UPDATE DECEMBER 13, 2015: The photo that formerly accompanied this story has been removed at the victim’s request. ———– A Chicago man whose jaw was broken in at least two places after he got hit in the face with a brick following Sunday’s Pride Parade is in good spirits after undergoing reconstructive surgery. “The surgery

A woman was punched in the head and robbed in Wrigleyville late Wednesday night. Earlier, a man was beaten up and robbed in Lincoln Park. No one is in custody. Just before midnight in Wrigleyville, a woman told police that an unknown man punched her in the head and took her Galaxy phone as she

It’s one of the weirdest stories we’ve reported all year. And things just went from bad to really bad for the man charged with robbing a bowling alley of cheese fries at gunpoint. Originally charged with armed robbery/handgun and unlawful use of a weapon, 20-year-old Ambassador E. Harney now faces six new charges: Aggravated unlawful