January 2021

Lincoln Square: Man stabbed during robbery on Burger King parking lot

January 31, 2021 10:44 AM CWBChicago

It started around 2:20 p.m. when the robber tried to take a bag out of the victim’s car on the parking lot of Burger King, 2449 West Lawrence, according to a CPD report.

Man shot with rifle inside River North hotel room

January 30, 2021 8:36 PM CWBChicago

A man is hospitalized after being shot in the leg with a rifle while inside a River North hotel room Saturday evening.

Armed crew robs food delivery drivers in Edgewater and Uptown

January 30, 2021 6:45 AM CWBChicago

Groups of armed robbers targeted two food delivery drivers within 15 minutes in Edgewater and nearby Uptown on Friday evening, but neither victim was carjacked.

Armed men rob 3 North Side convenience stores Friday night

January 30, 2021 5:45 AM CWBChicago

Police are investigating three armed robberies of 7-Eleven stores that unfolded in under an hour Friday night on the North Side.

Cops seek men who robbed Brown Line passenger at Southport

January 29, 2021 3:10 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are asking for help as they try to track down two men who robbed a Brown Line passenger at the Southport station Wednesday morning.

Group beats, robs passenger on Red Line, police say

January 29, 2021 1:17 PM CWBChicago

A group of up to eight offenders beat and robbed a 61-year-old man aboard a Red Line train in River North Friday morning, police said. Earlier in the morning, another group robbed a man of his backpack and phone on the Blue Line downtown.

Shots fired, rideshare driver carjacked in Wicker Park; Second driver hijacked nearby

January 29, 2021 6:26 AM CWBChicago

Armed carjackers fired shots at a rideshare driver in Wicker Park and took his car Thursday evening, police said. Another motorist was hijacked at almost exactly the same time.

Lakeview East: Robbery, carjacking, and auto theft reported in 15 minutes Thursday night

January 29, 2021 5:51 AM CWBChicago

A mini-crime spree swept through Lakeview East on Thursday evening, leaving a restaurant robbed, a man carjacked, and a restaurant patron without his car. The three crimes unfolded in less than 20 minutes.

Police: Armed carjackers take Volvo in Edgewater, then ditch it to take a BMW instead

January 29, 2021 5:08 AM CWBChicago

A group of carjackers who started to drive away with a man’s Volvo in Edgewater on Thursday evening spotted a nice BMW X5 down the street.

Driver cut-off, shot in West Town, police say

January 29, 2021 4:35 AM CWBChicago

A 28-year-old man was driving when the gunman emerged from a dark-colored SUV that blocked his path on the 600 block of North May around 9:56 p.m., according to police

Serial burglar gets about 8 years for breaking into homes in Lakeview, West Town

November 30, 2023 3:03 AM

A man who already had an impressive history of burglary and theft has beefed up his resume by pleading guilty to committing five more burglaries in Lakeview and West Town last year.

Man gets 5 years for 15-minute beating of woman on CTA train

November 30, 2023 2:29 AM

Prosecutors said Bernard Hightower viciously kicked, jumped on, and body-slammed a 32-year-old woman during a 15-minute-long attack on a train in downtown Chicago in April 2021. Hightower has now been sentenced in the case: 5 years.

Man charged with Lincoln Park robbery attempt is sent home after prosecutors fail to ask a judge to keep him in custody

November 29, 2023 5:48 PM

A Chicago man accused of pushing another man to the ground during a robbery attempt in Lincoln Park was released from custody this month after prosecutors opted not to ask a judge to keep him in jail, court records show.