Month: January 2018

Update 8:53PM — Officers found surveillance footage of the offender. The latest description of him is: male, white, 30- 35-years-old short beard, dark baseball cap worn backward, brown leather coat, blue jeans, white and black gym shoes, carrying a blue backpack and a brown bag that may be a second backpack. Another outlet is reporting

Chicago police inspect the front porch at 2424 West Eastwood following the shooting. | Christopher Smith UPDATE 7:15 AM—The deceased man has been identified by a police source as Luis Morales, a 43-year-old documented gang member. CWBChicago’s original report follows. ——— A would-be home invader is dead, accidentally shot by his accomplice on the front

The men were robbed in this alley around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Lincoln Park is very quickly becoming the North Side’s robbery center in 2018. As of last Monday, Lincoln Park had recorded 12 robberies in the new year. That’s up from six in the same period last year. Now, we can add to that list.

A Grand Crossing man who’s on probation for having a loaded handgun in his car, has been charged with robbing three women within two hours in Wicker Park this month. In one case, he allegedly gained nothing more than a diaper bag. Devon Eaton, 23, turned himself in at Area North police headquarters last week after learning

McDaniel Nearly a year after a woman lost her necklace and phone to a robber in the Loop, a Lincoln Park man has been arrested and charged in the case. Police said a 32-year-old woman was robbed outside of a fast food restaurant in the 1100 block of South Wabash late on February 17, 2017.

Cops located Salvador Reitinger (inset) by following phone pings and looking for a Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. Here’s one guy who’s definitely “feeling the Bern.” A violent armed carjacker who tied a woman up and took her car at gunpoint on Saturday was busted after police tracked him down thanks to pings from the victim’s

Bullet holes were found in windows of the brown building by residents on the 10th and 12th floors. Two residents of a Marine Drive high-rise reported finding bullet holes in their windows on Saturday. One woman on the tenth floor of 4170 North Marine said she found a bullet on her bathroom floor and a

A 54-year-old man is in custody, accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint in Uptown this morning, police said. The victim was in the 4200 block of North Broadway at 1:45 a.m. when the man reportedly pulled out a gun and took her iPhone. At the Wilson Red Line station, officers hunting for the man

Scurlock One of the biggest pests in Wrigleyville and Boystown is behind bars, smacked with felony burglary charges for allegedly stealing packages in the 3800 block of North Wilton this week. Tuesday afternoon, police responded to a call of a man stealing packages in the area. When they arrived, they found Kendricks Scurlock in possession

A North Side restaurant and bar served liquor for three years without a state license and nobody seemed to notice until CWBChicago ran a story about one of the purported owners being arrested in a methamphetamine bust last month.  We noted in our story that “an online search of state liquor licenses did not turn

Trevon Smith (inset) is charged with firing a gun outside of the Wilson Red Line station Friday morning. A 21-year-old man has been charged in connection with Friday morning’s shooting incident outside the Wilson Red Line station, 1100 West Wilson in Uptown. Trevon Smith fired several shots outside the L station at 10:11 a.m., shattering