Month: May 2017

Hanson (left) admitted to three bank robberies, the FBI says | Facebook; FBI A west suburban man is charged with robbing three North Side banks in six days this month, and he may be regretting his decision to get a new tattoo in April 34-year-old Eric Hanson admitted to robbing the banks after being taken

The man told police he was forced to lie on the ground at gunpoint near Halsted and Brompton | Google A man was forced to lie on the ground while being held at gunpoint as a gang of five thieves stripped away his valuables on a Boystown side street Sunday evening. No one is in

The Verizon store is located in the heart of Lincoln Square’s commercial center | Google Four men pushed a Verizon store employee to the floor during a robbery in the heart of Lincoln Square on Monday morning. The offenders entered the store at 4752 North Lincoln around 11:25 a.m., shoved the clerk out of the

An armed man punched a woman in the face and took her car at gunpoint in Uptown around sunrise on Monday. The woman’s car looks similar to this 2013 Mazda CX5 The 27-year-old victim told police that the offender approached her in the 900 block of West Argyle a little after 5 a.m. and displayed

Smith (left) and Manning are charged with robbing a man on Boystown’s Halsted Strip this week. Two men are accused of robbing a man on Halsted Street Wednesday, part of a three-hour stretch of general mayhem along the Boystown Strip that CWB Chicago told you about on Thursday. 22-year-old Edward Smith and 20-year-old Kenneth Manning

Now he’s robbed three banks since last Friday. But he’s still on the loose. And the FBI finally has a decent surveillance image of his face. Around 4:15 this afternoon, the man who robbed two Byline Bank branches held up the TCF Bank branch that’s located inside Jewel-Osco at 4355 North Sheridan. Shedding his typical

Williams (inset) is charged with multiple felonies for shooting at a driver who was stopped at this signal A convicted felon, on parole for a gun offense since January, is accused of throwing up gang signs and shooting at a motorist on Belmont Avenue in North Center last week. A second man is also charged

A blurry object that resembles a male human is seen robbing Lakeview banks on Saturday (left) and Tuesday. | FBI Maybe we should call him the Blurry Byline Bandit. A guy who robbed one Lakeview bank on Saturday struck again Tuesday morning in North Center and the similarities between the two hold-ups are remarkable: •

Late-night burglars hit at least two Lincoln Park businesses and several Lakeview garages this weekend.  Here’s what we know: • A crafty thief broke into a Lincoln Park Walgreens early on Friday, stuffed a duffle bag with cigarettes, and fled the scene. Company security detected the break-in at 1520 West Fullerton around 2:15 a.m. Video

A routine shoplifting turned violent Monday afternoon at Mariano’s 10-month-old Lakeview East store, 3030 North Broadway. Lakeview East Mariano’s seen last autumn on Google Street View. Around 3 o’clock, an employee confronted two young thieves as they tried to walk out of the store without paying. The offenders refused to comply and turned violent, kicking and

Editors’ Note: This story was updated at 8 p.m. on May 15, 2017, with information provided by CPS. A baseball attack by suspected gang members left several students shaken, but largely uninjured Monday morning near Lake View High School, 4015 North Ashland. School security called police after a carload of suspected gangbangers clambered out of

Gunfire early Monday morning was likely a warning meant for a drug dealer, cops concluded | Google Ten years ago, it could’ve been an episode of Weeds… Yet a  burst of six gunshots near Melrose and Ashland early last Monday morning is very serious for area residents and cops have concluded that the incident was

A gunman robbed the Subway restaurant at 3952 North Sheridan overnight–and took a moment to rob the overnight worker, too. The offender entered the store around 2:45 a.m., pulled out a handgun, took the store’s cash and then demanded the female clerk’s iPhone, too. It all took place just a few steps south of the