Month: January 2018

Jimmy John’s worker Cherene Slue came up short when she tried to rob this Loop Subway on Monday, cops say. Police say a woman wearing a Jimmy John’s sandwich shop uniform tried to rob a competing Subway restaurant in the Loop on Monday, but her plan was half-baked. Decked out in a “gourmet sandwiches” t-shirt,

Approximate locations of two muggings reported this week in Old Town. | BatchGeo Two evening time muggings this week in the Old Town neighborhood have sparked a community alert from Chicago cops. In both robberies, offenders have emerged from a white Nissan Maxima, pushed their victims to the ground, and stolen valuables before escaping in

Police say.Mark Walker (inset) is the man who broke into cars at a Lakeview condo complex last month. Well, well, well. Look who we have here. Just before Christmas, we shared photos with you of an easy-going burglar who spent nearly an hour breaking into cars and picking locks at two condo buildings near the

Lopez | Chicago Police Dept A Lakeview condo building’s maintenance worker has been charged with burglarizing multiple units in the high-rise complex and making off with tens of thousands of dollars in residents’ property during the second-half of 2017. Victor Lopez Jr of Hammond, IN, was charged in October with stealing jewelry from a woman’s

A man was hit over the head during a robbery in North Center yesterday evening. At around the same time, a woman fought off two would-be robbers in the Roscoe Village area. Here is what we’ve learned: Around 7:15 p.m., three teens attacked a man and robbed him of his phone in the 4300 block

A 64-year-old Mississippi man was charged today with robbing a Boystown bank on Sunday morning. Sydney Hassell captured on bank surveillance. | FBI Sydney Hassell entered the TCF Bank inside of Jewel-Osco at 3561 North Broadway around 10 a.m. and gave the teller a note: “This is a robbery. Don’t make any sudden movements, just

Police said they found this gun on twice-convicted felon Martise Lewis’ floorboard in November. His bail? $20,000. A twice-convicted felon was pulled over in Uptown on November 19 after police said he ran several stop signs and evaded their attempts to stop him. Martise Lewis, 29, crashed his car, jumped out and ran away, police

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Two brothers are facing multiple charges for allegedly breaking into cars near Wrigley Field and leading cops on a dangerous foot chase across icy streets last week. Narquist (L) and Navon Dukes | Cook County Sheriff A resident told police that he saw Navon and Narquist Dukes trying door handles on at least fifteen vehicles

Image of the man who robbed a TCF Bank branch in Boystown on Sunday. | FBI A suspect is in custody after a Sunday morning bank robbery in Boystown, police said. Officers responded to the TCF bank inside of Jewel-Osco, 3531 North Broadway, shortly after 10 a.m. Within seconds, they learned that a GPS tracking