Month: January 2018

Leave it to Wrigleyville. At 12:19 a.m. on January 1, police here were making Chicago’s first arrest of 2018. And cops say the arrestee claims to know some powerful people. Lerro | Chicago Police Dept Shortly after the clock struck midnight, an Uber driver called police from outside of Wrigley Field at the corner of Addison

Approximate locations of three robberies or attempts since Monday evening. Police said a gun was used in “A”; women were attacked in “B” and “C.” | BatchGeo Police are investigating three robberies since New Year’s Day in southeast Lakeview and nearby Lincoln Park. Two of the muggings involved women being attacked from behind by multiple men.

This man robbed the Chase Bank at 5134 N. Clark on Thursday morning, the FBI said. | FBI An Uptown bank was robbed of $1,000 this morning and the FBI is offering a modest reward for information that leads them to the offender. The man entered Chase Bank at 5134 North Clark just after 11

Here’s an update on sentences handed down in robbery cases that we told you about on CWBChicago: Nash | Ill Dept of Corrections A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to two-years in prison for his role in the violent beating and robbery of a Lakeview architect on a Loop Red Line platform in August. Nathaniel Nash

Car 1926-Adam sits in front of the mayor’s home in this Google Streetview image. UPDATED 4:30PM with statement from CPD. ———— Chicago police officers who are assigned to sit outside of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home at 4228 North Hermitage have been ordered to not work with the body-worn cameras (BWC) that other officers are required

Sharp A 33-year-old Lincoln Square man has pleaded guilty to manufacture-delivery of cannabis in exchange for a two-year prison sentence. Police raided Justin Sharp’s home near Rosehill Cemetery in September and allegedly found $123,000 worth of heroin, a trove of other drugs, and two stolen handguns. Late last month, Judge Arthur Hill approved a plea

Editor’s note: Prosecutors dropped all charges against three of the men, some within days of filing. We have removed their names from this report as of February 4, 2022. Four men, including a 72-year-old and a 66-year-old, are facing narcotics charges after Chicago police raided a North Side home that allegedly received a U.S. mail

Vladimir Artis | CPD Come here often? A Chicago man who committed an armed robbery near the Gold Coast on Friday was arrested an hour later when his victim crossed paths with him again at a neighborhood currency exchange, police said. Now, the 20-year-old is charged with multiple felonies. Vladimir Artis approached a 30-year-old man

Copeland (inset) is accused of beating a Bloomingdale’s guard with a tire iron. | CPD; Google Sierra Copeland looks nice enough, but prosecutors say she has some mean surprises waiting for security guards who try to stop her for shoplifting downtown. A Bloomingdale’s security guard told police that he saw the 21-year-old Washington Park resident

Police said the woman was found in the basement unit at 2619 Hampden Ct. UPDATE 11:59 a.m. JANUARY 2: Authorities today identified the victim as Brenda Ramos. The investigation into her death continues. —— A 29-year-old Lincoln Park woman was found dead this morning in her apartment near Clark and Diversey, the victim of an

A Lakeview woman was mugged in the 3700 block of North Marshfield this evening. Witnesses reported seeing a woman and a man jump out of a light blue 4-door sedan, wrestle away the victim’s purse, then return to the car, which sped away northbound from Waveland. The vehicle was occupied by several people, according to