Month: March 2017

The suspect is seen in images from robberies today (top) and Friday (bottom) | FBI The guy who robbed a TCF Bank branch inside an Uptown Jewel-Osco on Friday struck again today. This time, he held up a TCF Bank branch inside a Lakeview Jewel-Osco. After walking into the store at 2940 North Ashland at

Time flies when you’re a convicted robber. King | Cook County Sheriff Just 17 months ago, 21-year-old Devontae King was arrested for mugging a woman outside of MB Financial Bank at 3179 North Clark Street. He’s been very busy since then. Here’s a look at his calendar: October 20, 2015: Charged with robbing the woman

An unknown man tried to lure a 13-year-old girl into his car Monday morning in the 900 block of West Wrightwood, according to a community alert issued by Chicago police tonight. The girl was walking to school in the Lincoln Park neighborhood around 7:35 a.m. when the man drove up and called out to her

Philip Kordowski (inset), charged with burglarizing Boystown’s Venicci Pizza, is suspected in several other heists. A 51-year-old Boystown man with a lengthy prison record is charged with breaking into a Halsted Street pizzeria this month and cops say he is also suspected of burglarizing several other local businesses—including Alderman Tom Tunney’s Ann Sather Restaurant on

A 19-year-old DePaul University student was shot in the leg during a robbery attempt near the school’s Lincoln Park campus late Monday night. The victim got caught up in the robbery after he walked out of a 7-Eleven store at 2600 North Lincoln Avenue around 11:45 p.m. One of the offenders opened fire after he

Among the many valid reasons to not get tattoos etched into your face is this: Facial tats make you easy to recognize if you ever rob someone. Just ask Christopher Lee…after he gets out of prison. A judge just handed down a 15-year sentence to Lee who pleaded guilty to robbing a Chicago meteorologist of

The FBI is offering rewards for information that leads them to the men who have separately held up two North Side banks. The Lincoln Square robbery suspect is seen in bank surveillance images. | FBI Around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, a man robbed the Lincoln Square US Bank at 4725 North Western, the FBI said.

Esquivel-Perez is accused of tearing through a 44th-floor wall at 10 E. Ontario (right) | Google A River North man is accused of carrying out one of the most poorly-planned burglaries in history. 36-year-old Epifanio Esquivel-Perez used a hammer to tear down a wall between his high-rise apartment and a neighbor’s unit, prosecutors say. He

Back in 2013, Kenzell Lesure made quite a splash in Lakeview. That’s when video of then-19-year-old Lesure intentionally crashing a stolen SUV into several vehicles along Belmont Avenue went viral — it’s been seen more than 6.6 million times on YouTube. Prosecutors charged Lesure with receiving-possessing a stolen vehicle, criminal damage to property, and aggravated

Florian (inset) is charged with aggravated battery of a police officer outside the Merlo Library. A Logan Square man bit a 19th district cop’s arm so hard, the officer suffered “deep round lacerations…bleeding and bruising” even though he was wearing a leather uniform jacket at the time, according to court records. The incident happened at

Drivers are making auto theft easy these days by leaving their keys in unattended cars, according to cops on the North Side. Since February 5, nine cars have been stolen in the 3200 to 4200 blocks of West Lawrence Avenue, police said. Most of the thefts were committed during evening hours and involved cars that

A string of violent robberies involving groups of attackers in Uptown and Lincoln Square is the topic of Area North detectives’ latest community alert. According to investigators, several offenders are beating people to the ground with kicks and punches. Some of the robbers take the victims’ valuables while others continue beating the victims while they