Month: January 2018

Police issued a fresh warning today about an armed robbery pattern that includes incidents this month in the Gold Coast, Old Town, and Lincoln Park. While four cases are listed in the community alert, a police source said the offenders are believed to be responsible for several other robberies, possibly including three that targeted DePaul

The cars were southbound near this stretch of Lake Shore Drive when shots rang out. No one was shot, but a lot of people had the bejeezus scared out of them yesterday morning on North Lake Shore Drive. At least six callers dialed 911 around 11 a.m. Thursday to report seeing an occupant of one

The robberies of six DePaul University students early Thursday is believed to be connected to a carjacking crew that has been working the North Side for weeks. That’s according to multiple sources within the Chicago Police Department who spoke with CWBChicago on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.

Known locations of ATM skimmers found in our area since September. If carjackings are the hottest crime in Chicago this winter, then ATM skimming devices must be very close behind. Two more of the data-sucking contraptions were recovered from local cash machines on Thursday—one in Lakeview and the other in North Center. First, a customer

Abigail Hall | Chicago Police Dept UPDATE 2:55PM JANUARY 26—CPD just reported that Abigail has been located. ——- A 12-year-old Uptown girl has been missing for more than 24-hours according to an alert issued by Chicago police tonight. Abigail Hall left her home in the 800 block of West Eastwood round 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Area North detectives today released a seemingly tardy warning to the public about a series of robberies in Lakeview and nearby Lincoln Park earlier this month. The hold-ups occurred between January 3 and January 13 in a concentrated area near Lincoln Avenue between Fullerton and Belmont, the alert said. Offenders in the robberies approached victims

UPDATE 11:40AM—Police have clarified that the Racine/Clybourn incident occurred in the 1600 block of West Armitage. DePaul Public Safety earlier provided the Clybourn/Racine location. Our original report follows. ——————– Six DePaul University students were robbed in three separate hold-ups on and near the school’s Lincoln Park campus early today. No one is in custody and

For the second time in just over a week, Chicago police are warning about an outbreak of evening time robberies in the Old Town neighborhood. The latest alert comes after yet another robbery was reported Monday evening in the area. According to a police department source, investigators believe that two robbery crews are responsible for

A Grindr meet-up turned sour, ending with two male roommates being robbed at knifepoint in their Lincoln Square home early Monday. One of the victims began chatting with the offender on the popular gay hook-up app around 4 a.m. and eventually invited him to come over to an apartment in the 4500 block of North

Cherene Slue in her “Jimmy John’s” mugshot When we told you about Cherene Slue on Friday—the woman who allegedly robbed a Loop Subway sandwich shop while wearing her Jimmy John’s uniform—we mentioned that detectives were trying to determine if she was responsible for any similar robberies of downtown fast food joints. It took two days