Month: November 2017

A Lakeview High School student was targeted in an apparent abduction attempt as she walked to class Monday morning, police said. No one is in custody and the victim was not injured. The 15-year-old girl said she was walking in the 1000 block of West Montrose when a gray sedan pulled up next to her

Another North Side restaurant delivery driver was robbed early today in Lincoln Park. It’s at least the third hold-up of a food delivery person on the North Side since Sunday evening. Police said a woman went to the 2600 block of North Mildred around midnight to drop off food from a nearby Thai restaurant. Two

An attempt to pass a fake $20 bill escalated into a robbery this afternoon at a Boystown-area Pizza Hut, police said. Foursquare Two men entered the restaurant at 3009 North Clark shortly before 2 p.m. and tried to pay for a food order with a bogus bill, police said. When an employee called them out

Police issued a community alert this morning that warns North Side restaurants about two armed robberies of delivery drivers on Sunday evening. CWBChicago first reported on the incidents early yesterday. Today’s alert indicates that the robbers placed pizza orders and then robbed the delivery drivers when the food arrived. Around 8 p.m., a driver for

Locations of Sunday’s two robberies and a related car crash.  A pair of armed men robbed two delivery drivers then crashed a stolen car two blocks from Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home and slipped away Sunday evening. It all played out in about an hour around Lakeview, Uptown, and North Center. Around 8:30 p.m., a driver

Angel Marquez repeatedly entered North Side apartment buildings to steal packages, police say. A 39-year-old Rogers Park man, on parole for package theft, has been arrested again, authorities say. For package theft. Surveillance video showed Angel Marquez repeatedly entering apartment buildings on the North Side to steal packages from mail rooms, police said. He is

Say hello to convicted felon and parolee Andrew Haussler. Or maybe he’s Sara Ching Yee Seng. Or possibly Katie Michaud. Or… Well, we’ll get to that in a second. Haussler | IDOC Haussler, 29, was arrested earlier this month after police responded to a domestic disturbance in the 1500 block of North Kingsbury in Lincoln Park.

The man robbed this Vitamin Shoppe in Lakeview around 11:20 Saturday morning, police said. | Google Cops are looking for an armed man who robbed small businesses in Lakeview and Old Town on Saturday morning. Around 11:20 a.m., a man walked into The Vitamin Shoppe at 3325 North Ashland and demanded money while pressing a

About eight thieves mobbed a Southport sporting goods store Friday afternoon, then fled with pricey winter coats. The crew entered Uncle Dan’s at 3551 North Southport around 2:30 p.m., witnesses said. Four Canadian Goose brand coats were quickly scooped up and the entire team fled. Canadian Goose’s website shows coat prices starting at about $500

Two men were robbed in separate attacks early today, one in Wrigleyville and another near the Belmont Red Line station. No one is in custody. Here are the early details: • A 49-year-old man was found lying in an alley and bleeding from his mouth in the 3100 block of North Sheffield around 3:15 a.m.,