Month: August 2018

Walter Porter (L) and Amanda Brown | Chicago Police Dept A man and woman from south suburban Calumet City have been charged with four counts of armed robbery in connection with a string of hold-ups across the North Side on August 14th, police said. Walter Porter and Amanda Brown, both 22, were arrested on the

A man is in serious condition after being shot while riding in a car on Lake Shore Drive near Foster Beach early Wednesday, police said. No one is in custody. The 18-year-old victim was riding in the back seat of a Honda CRV that was southbound on Lake Shore Drive around 1:15 a.m., according to

Fred Suane is charged with robbing this Lincoln Park store and assaulting its clerk with a pizza cutter. Police say a Lincoln Park convenience store clerk was beaten, clobbered with a pan, and assaulted with a pizza cutter during a robbery that netted the offender 10 packs of Newport cigarettes. Shortly after midnight on August 10th,

Locations of last night’s three robberies and the subsequent arrests of two suspects. A man and woman who committed three robberies within 90 minutes on Tuesday evening were later chased and arrested on the DePaul University campus, police said. One officer suffered a broken hip during the arrests. Charges are currently pending, and the arrestees

The men were carjacked here, at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Delaware, police said. | Google Chicago police are investigating an armed carjacking reported Sunday night in the heart of the Magnificent Mile. Two men were sitting in a car on the corner of Delaware and Michigan around 10:30 p.m. when a gunman ordered

Bogathy | Chicago Police Dept Charges have been filed against a man who allegedly exposed himself and touch himself inappropriately outside of a North Center daycare center in April. The arrest was made after the man returned to the area two weeks ago, according to a criminal complaint. An FBI agent told police that he

Reginald Tyus is accused of possessing a handgun outside of Water Tower Place. | CPD; Wiki Commons People walking on the Magnificent Mile late on August 3rd called 911 to report seeing a man with a gun tucked into his waistband near the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Chicago Avenue. Police stopped a 20-year-old man

Approximate locations of Monday’s incidents. Two more robberies were reported early Monday in the Lakeview neighborhood, but neither incident appears to be related to the work of an at-large armed robbery crew that has committed at least sixteen hold-ups over the past three weeks. A 21-year-old woman told police that she was walking in the

The Chicago Hilton Hotel’s south entrance. | Google Two people were detained for questioning after a man was shot three times in a drive-by shooting outside the Chicago Hilton Hotel early on Monday, police said. Officers at the scene said the incident is narcotics-related. The victim was at 71 East 8th Street near the hotel’s

Chicago police are seeking this woman in connection with a robbery in River North on July 27th. | CPD Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman who may be connected to a robbery crew that is posing as a ride-hailing service car in River North. Police on Sunday night were not

| Who’s Driving You? Police are once again warning about fake ride-hail service drivers who are robbing people in the River North area. Detectives typically issue community alerts when they believe a series of crimes are the work of an individual or a single group of offenders. Police list three recent cases in which people