The Addison Red Line station | Sub Chat Three suspects are in custody following an armed robbery this afternoon aboard a Red Line train near the Addison Station. The victim told a 911 operator that three men were trying to rob him at knifepoint and witnesses reported hearing the man screaming for the robbers to
The woman was near Waveland and Sheffield when two men tried to rob her this morning. | Google Police are investigating two robberies in our area this morning. No one is in custody. Most recently, two men tried to rob a woman on the street near Wrigley Field. The men approached her near Waveland and
A 17-year-old boy is in critical condition after suffering a gunshot to the back of his head in Uptown Saturday afternoon. Children march for an end to violence in Uptown on Saturday morning. | James Cappleman The boy was near Broncho Billy Park in the 4400 block of North Magnolia when at least nine shots
Police warn of seven carjackings stretching from the North to Near West Sides of the city on Friday UPDATE APRIL 30, 9:26PM—The Chicago Police Department this afternoon released a revised version of its community alert. The new alert states that the spree involved one carjacking and six thefts of vehicles that were left running. We
A smash-and-grab burglary crew that has been targeting North Side businesses during overnight hours is still hard at work. At least four more businesses fell victim to similar crimes on Thursday, and some of the break-ins are believed to be connected to the smash-and-grab team. The latest victims: • Lincoln Park Gas at 2670 North
An armed robbery crew that fired a shot at a store clerk during a Lincoln Park hold-up Sunday night has struck again. Cops on the Northwest Side were called to Community Food & Liquor, 5530 North Milwaukee, after the three-man hold-up crew robbed the store around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday night. The robbers took cash and
A Lakeview man poured “liquid feces” under a neighbor’s apartment door because he had to “step it up” after plain old urine failed to get the occupants to quiet down, according to police. 29-year-old engineer Alan Q. Clay pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property last week and received a sentence of two years supervised
Chicago police are looking for three men who have smashed their way into North Side businesses to commit a series of early morning burglaries. Park West Liquors | Google The men have broken front glass, entered the businesses, and then stolen money from cash registers as well as cigarettes. On the positive side, a little
A Lakeview woman was robbed at gunpoint near Racine and School early this morning. The woman told police that the offender approached her on the street near her home around 12:05 a.m. and demanded her valuables while displaying a black handgun. The man—who is a whopping $20 richer for the woman’s trouble—then fled northbound. He’s
Michael Weimer (right) was stopped after a “concerned citizen” thought he looked like a wanted bank robber (left) UPDATE MAY 1, 2017: Weimer has now been charged with bank robbery — but not before he managed to rob yet another bank, the FBI says. Story here. Our original story follows. —————— It’s good news, bad news
Spotted in possession of an illegal pellet gun, a 49-year-old South Shore man told 19th District cops that he doesn’t cause any trouble with the gun, he just carries it “for protection because it’s wild on the CTA Red Line,” police said. Officers met up with William Fields on April 9 after a caller reported
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