Year: 2015

An armed robbery crew robbed at least three people at gunpoint in our neighborhood and nearby Lincoln Park after 6 o’clock Saturday morning. No one is in custody. In the first attack, a man was beaten in the face and robbed by three men who were armed with a black semi-automatic handgun near Southport and

Bonner (L) and Rey Two men are facing burglary charges after they allegedly broke into an occupied Wrigleyville apartment early Wednesday morning and then stuck around the neighborhood to use the victims’ credit cards. Police arrested John Bonner, 24, and Jamal Rey, 20, near the Wrigley Field 7-Eleven store where a stolen credit card had

UPDATE: 10:40AM October 22 Chicago Police have identified the suspect as Jose Arturo Calderon, 27, of the 3600 block of N. Lake Shore Drive.  Calderon is held on a charge of financial institution robbery. Our original report follows. ————————————- A frequently-robbed Boystown bank was held up again Wednesday afternoon and a suspect is in custody.

An enormous police presence did not dissuade two criminals from attacking and robbing a man as the Cubs played the Mets less than three blocks away last night. A passer-by came upon the victim near Waveland and Wayne shortly before 10PM and called for police. The suspects are described as two males ages 18 or

A serial bank robbery suspect who has been sought by the FBI since August struck a Lakeview bank for the second time Tuesday afternoon. The Chase Bank branch at 3335 N Ashland was robbed by the so-called “North Center Bandit” at 4:09PM, the agency said. The suspect robbed the same branch at 4:02PM on August

King (left) and Lee Criminal charges have been filed in connection with the mugging of a woman outside of MB Financial Bank at Clark and Belmont last night. And, a CWB reader who saw the arrests take place has high praise for Chicago police. Michael A. Lee, 22, who lists a West Loop homeless shelter

With the Cubs putting Wrigleyville on a “national and world stage,” according to a local alderman, the area’s vibrant criminal element is giving the world a real taste of what we’ve got: A major robbery problem. Robberies here were up 96% in September and October is not looking good, either. Sunday, Area North detectives issued

Hey, do you know about the U.S.A.? Do you know about the government? Can you tell me about the Constitution? Hey, learn about the U.S.A. —“The Preamble,” School House Rock Chicago politicians’ efforts to stifle public discourse and transparency hit a new low this week when 44th Ward Alderman Tom Tunney tried to strip away

When Darryl Walton was charged with driving a stolen car and robbing three women, including a retired police officer, in Lakeview and Roscoe Village last week, it was hardly his first brush with the law. Prior to his arrest last week, Walton had been in court many times since 2011 for robbery, receiving/possessing a stolen vehicle,