Month: January 2018

Police said they responded to a “man with a gun” call at this 7-Eleven store around 11:30 last night Police responding to a “man with a gun” call at Lakeview 7-Eleven store late Friday took a 26-year-old man into custody, authorities said. Canas-Perez | CPD Around 11:30 p.m., officers responded to the convenience store at

Approximate locations of eight robberies in south Lakeview and nearby Lincoln Park since January 1.  Three more robberies have been reported in southern Lakeview and nearby Lincoln Park since midday Friday, continuing a trend of muggings in the area that began on New Year’s Day. Shortly after noon on Friday, a man armed with a

A candidate for Illinois Attorney General and his four-person camera crew were robbed at gunpoint during a film shoot in Albany Park on Thursday. Goldstein | ag4ag.org Shortly before 3:30 p.m., Aaron Goldstein and his four staff members were filming a commercial when they were approached by a group of three offenders, one of whom

Donovan Mylander (left) contributes to Lakeview’s vibrancy at a Boystown gas station. Pictured second from right is Donovan Daffin, the 23-year-old who’s accused of participating in the River North robbery attempt with Mylander. | Facebook A long-time Boystown nuisance who’s accused of trying to rob a man in River North last month was freed on

Approximate locations of yesterday evening’s hold-ups Warmer weather’s return on Tuesday also marked the return of Lakeview’s evening robbery problem. Two Lakeview residents were mugged as they entered their apartments between 7:15 p.m. and 10:15 p.m., police said. No one is in custody. CWBChicago’s hyperlocal reporting can only continue with your support — for as

A winded-looking Elliott | Chicago Police Dept A four-time convicted robbery offender who’s been on parole for less than two months is accused of trying to carjack a man in Albany Park. And the arresting officers’ report paints a humorous picture of how the hardened con’s apprehension played out. Cops said they were on their

When Sheriff Tom Dart’s office announced last month that the Cook County Jail population had dropped below 6,000 inmates for the first time in a decade, the media was all over it. The Tribune. CBS. NBC. They all reported Dart’s chief policy officer’s talking points without any counterpoints. Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel | Riverside

Three juveniles are facing charges after they mugged a woman in Lincoln Square and fled in a stolen car, police said. The victim was walking near her home in the 4500 block of North Leavitt when she was jumped and robbed of her purse around 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, police said. Three offenders got into