October 2018 - Page 7 of 8

Lakeview man choked and robbed by offender who runs from police, but prosecutors refuse to press charges

October 4, 2018 12:58 AM CWBChicago

A 66-year-old man was choked and robbed on the street in Lakeview early Wednesday. The offender ran from police, was captured after a foot chase, and taken into custody. But the folks at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office refused to charge the man who has now been released from custody to undergo a mental

Rogers Park murders: Questions abound as police announce community meeting

October 3, 2018 6:47 PM CWBChicago

Willard “Douglass” Watts (left) and Eliyahu Moscowitz | Facebook Chicago police will update residents on the progress of the investigation into the murders of 73-year-old Willard Douglass Watts and 24-year-old Eliyahu Moscowitz in the Rogers Park neighborhood at a community meeting tonight in the Loyola Park Fieldhouse, 1230 West Greenleaf, at 7 p.m. A police

BREAKING: “Same gun” used to kill two men in Rogers Park since Sunday; Suspect photo released

October 2, 2018 8:51 PM CWBChicago

Surveillance photo of the suspect who is sought by police. | CPD Chicago police this afternoon revealed that two men killed in Rogers Park since Sunday morning were slain with point-blank shots from the same gun. They believe the same person is also responsible. Officials also released a surveillance image of a man wanted in

Skokie man carjacked at gunpoint in Uptown on Monday

October 2, 2018 4:25 PM CWBChicago

A 65-year-old Skokie man was carjacked at gunpoint Monday night in the Uptown neighborhood, police said. No one is in custody. According to police, the victim was in his car near the intersection of Clark and Sunnyside when three men approached him around 10:35 p.m. One of the men had a handgun and ordered the

Man critically injured in post-Cubs game attack on Monday; 2 in custody

October 2, 2018 4:10 PM CWBChicago

Police guard blood at the crime scene in the 3900 block of North Clark Street. | Provided A 37-year-old man is in critical condition after being attacked in Wrigleyville following the Cubs’ game on Monday afternoon. Charges are pending against two suspects. Police said the 37-year-old man was in the 3900 block of North Clark

Rogers Park: Another man gunned down execution-style as concerns rise

October 2, 2018 3:23 PM CWBChicago

Eliyahu Moscowitz | Facebook For the second time in two days, Chicago police are investigating an apparent random shooting death in Rogers Park. Both victims were killed with single gunshot wounds to their heads as they walked casually in the neighborhood. Neither man was the apparent victim of robbery. Police said that a passer-by discovered

FBI: Construction worker robbed Roscoe Village bank of $141,000; “Thank you, JP Morgan Chase!”

October 1, 2018 10:51 PM CWBChicago

Rigoberto Estremera Jr and a surveillance image of the robber. | CPD; FBI A 38-year-old Chicago man succeeded in taking $141,000 from a Roscoe Village bank during a take-over robbery on September 18th, according to federal prosecutors. But the FBI had little trouble tracking him down because he left his personalized construction helmet nearby and

North Side Blotter: Lincoln Park woman robbed at gunpoint; North Center CVS held up; Another fake ride-hail victim

October 1, 2018 8:41 PM CWBChicago

Here’s a round-up of some recent crime reports on the North Side: North Center The CVS at 4051 North Lincoln was robbed early Thursday morning, according to a police report. The offender entered the store just before 4 a.m. and ordered the cashier to hand over the register contents before he fled from the scene.

Man carjacked in Streeterville on Sunday evening, police say

October 1, 2018 6:50 PM CWBChicago

Police are investigating an armed carjacking outside of the Ronald McDonald House in Streeterville on Sunday evening. No one is in custody. A 26-year-old man was sitting in his car outside of 211 East Grand around 7:30 p.m. when a group of young men approached him and one of the offenders climbed into the passenger

Teen charged after masked armed robbery near Boystown early Monday

October 1, 2018 6:26 PM CWBChicago

Masked offenders who robbed a Lakeview man near his Boystown-area early Monday were later taken into custody at the Wilson Red Line station by cops who followed pings from the victim’s cell phone, police said. Charges have been approved against one offender, according to a police spokesperson. Police said a 29-year-old man was in his

For man who pushed stranger onto Loop Blue Line tracks, it’s prison time

October 1, 2018 10:56 AM CWBChicago

Chad Estep and a surveillance image of the attacker that was released by Chicago police. | CPD Chad Estep, the 34-year-old Northwestern University doctoral recipient accused of pushing an unsuspecting stranger onto the Blue Line tracks downtown last year, arrived Friday as one of the newest inmates of Stateville Correctional Center. Estep last week pleaded

Loop: Four shot, two fatally, after gunfire erupts inside moving car on Michigan Avenue

October 1, 2018 10:26 AM CWBChicago

The vehicle crashed into the pole at left. Two occupants of the car sought help in the Congress Hotel, which is seen with the red awning in this Google image. | Google Four men were shot, two fatally, when someone started shooting during an altercation inside a moving car in the Loop late Sunday night,

21-year-old tried to kill 79-year-old jogger near Diversey Driving Range, prosecutors say

October 1, 2018 2:21 AM CWBChicago

Rokas Ablacinskas is charged with trying to kill a 79-year-old jogger near the Diversey Driving Range. | CPD Attempted murder charges have been filed against a 21-year-old man who attacked a jogger nearly four times his age near the Diversey Driving Range on Saturday morning. Around 5:10 a.m., a 79-year-old Lakeview man was jogging in

Month: October 2018