Month: June 2018

LAKEVIEW — Three men pushed a Lakeview woman to the ground and robbed her around 1:30 Sunday morning in the 3600 block of North Bosworth, police said. One juvenile offender was taken into custody and released to his parents. The other two offenders slipped away. About an hour later, a 23-year-old man told police that

A 55-year-old grandmother was pistol-whipped and robbed early Monday in Lincoln Park. And a 16-year-old boy was robbed in the Gold Coast on Sunday morning. No one is in custody for either incident. Here’s what we have learned: Around 4:50 this morning, the 55-year-old woman was waiting for a bus in the 2400 block of

Window-mounted phones may be a little too convenient. Downtown’s ubiquitous flyer boys—the young men who aggressively distributed handbills for supposed charities and sports teams—are once again stealing cellphones and other electronics from occupied cars that are stuck in downtown traffic. CWBChicago first reported on the phenomenon in February. At least three drivers lost their phones

Last Wednesday, a few hours after CWBChicago needled the Chicago Tribune for its softening of headlines about weekend violence downtown, a member of the paper’s editorial board followed us on Twitter. The board member, Lara Weber, then sent a tweet: Considering the ribbing we gave the Trib that morning, it seemed strange that one of

A scene from Westworld season one. | HBO In most other major cities, hosting a fan night for the hit HBO sci-fi western Westworld would probably go unnoticed by authorities. But this is Chicago and we take walking down the street dressed as an armed cowboy a bit differently ‘round these parts, pardn’r. Direct TV’s

The woman was pushed onto the northbound tracks at Belmont, police said. | File A man struck a 48-year-old woman in the head and knocked her onto the L tracks after she asked him to stop urinating on the Belmont Red Line platform Friday evening, police said. CWBChicago spoke with the victim on Saturday evening.

The intersection of Broadway and Patterson. | Google BOYSTOWN — A 44-year-old man was robbed at knifepoint by two offenders near Patterson and Broadway on Friday evening, police said. The victim was walking when two strangers approached, displayed the knife, and demanded his property in the 600 block of West Patterson around 10:30 p.m. Taken

These three women are being sought in connection with the robbery of the Yves Saint Laurent store. | CPD Cops are asking the public for help in identifying three women who stole merchandise and attacked a security guard at Yves Saint Laurent, 11 East Walton, on Wednesday evening. Around 6:30 p.m., the three women shown

The incidents were reported along the lakefront from Ohio Street Beach to approximately Chicago Avenue. | Roman Boed on Flickr Here we go again! Chicago police said this morning that a group of about ten “teens” pushed people into Lake Michigan in the Streeterville area on Thursday evening. No one was injured and no arrests