Month: April 2018

Video has been released of a man wanted for repeatedly stabbing a 21-year-old woman in Lincoln Park on Tuesday night. Video not loading? Click here. Chicago police released residential surveillance video that shows the suspect double-parking a dark blue or black Cadillac SRX in the 2200 block of Wayne Street moments before the attack at

The T-Mobile store at 1958 West Irving was the third cellular store to be robbed in six days. The armed robbery of another cellular store in the Town Hall Police District on Friday evening led to a six-mile police chase through Lakeview, Lincoln Park, and River North that ended with one suspect arrested while another

Police released these images of the man and said he may be suffering from mental deterioration. | Chicago Police Chicago police have issued a community alert about a man who has approached children near the Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School this week. The alert notes that the man may “have mental health concerns and is

A favorite Lakeview brunch spot has become the latest North Side business to be targeted by after-hours burglars who’ve been the subject of two warnings from Chicago police. Kanela Breakfast Club, 3231 North Clark, was struck sometime between 6 p.m. on Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday, police said. Forced entry was made through the front door,

Police are investigating a shooting incident in Lincoln Square on Thursday afternoon. No one was injured. Just after 2 p.m., witnesses around the area of Lawrence and Damen reported seeing occupants of a gray Nissan Maxima shooting at another vehicle. Between eight and ten shots were heard. Other callers reported seeing the cars race through

Lilearl Taylor | Cook County Sheriff Justice is finally being served in one of Lakeview’s most sickening crimes. At 6 a.m. on January 9, 2016, three men forced their way into a 77-year-old woman’s home near Wrigley Field and savagely beat her and burglarized her residence. Eli Ruff, Tracie Towbridge, and Lilearl Taylor were arrested

Thieves escaped with nearly $40,000 worth of diamond jewelry last night in another high-profile retail theft along the Magnificent Mile, police said. No one is in custody. Around 8 p.m., a crew of three or four offenders made its way to the jewelry department at Saks Fifth Avenue, 700 North Michigan Avenue. Within moments, the team

This Boost Mobile store, just three doors from the Uptown alderman’s office, was robbed at gunpoint Thursday.. Armed robbers forced an Uptown cellular store employee into a back room at gunpoint during a hold-up on Thursday afternoon. The case bears strong similarities to the robbery of a Lakeview Metro PCS on Saturday. Thursday’s robbery took

Police at the scene of this afternoon’s shooting in Uptown. | Mark Lukas Two known gang members were shot in an Uptown parking lot on Thursday afternoon, police said. It’s the second time one of the men has been shot since December. Witnesses said seven to ten shots were fired from a black Toyota Corolla

Approximate locations of four robberies listed in a new police alert. A series of muggings in River North has prompted Chicago police to issue a community alert for the neighborhood. Community alerts typically indicate that detectives have determined that certain crimes has were committed by the same individual or group of offenders. Four robberies between

The victim called for help from the 1200 block of West Webster near Lakewood. | Google A woman was attacked from behind and repeatedly stabbed by an unknown assailant in Lincoln Park on Tuesday night, police said in a plea for the public’s help in identifying the offender. Around 10:50 p.m., the 21-year-old victim was

For the second time in two weeks, 19th District (Town Hall) cops have chased after a suspect, found a handgun, and then watched as the arrestee went free on misdemeanor charges because the city couldn’t provide timely fingerprint analysis of the recovered weapon. Essex | Chicago Police Dept Like the case involving Alfonso “Little A” Fierro,