The Chicago Police Department’s carjacking task force is making arrests, but they’re having a hard time getting full-blown vehicular hijacking charges approved by prosecutors
Prosecutors on Thursday filed aggravated robbery and retail theft charges against a woman who was allegedly part of a shoplifting crew that stole garbage bags full of merchandise from stores in Lincoln Park and the Loop this month.
A man is facing burglary charges after he allegedly climbed into Wrigley Field this week and tried to walk out with over $1,000 worth of merchandise from a gift shop.
An 84-year-old man was knocked to the ground and robbed as he walked home from a doctor’s appointment in Boystown, but cops made an arrest minutes later.
Five people were shot as a rolling gun battle tore through the West Loop neighborhood early this evening, according to preliminary reports from the scene. The injured include a bicyclist, a ride-share passenger, and a man who may have been inside one of the gunman’s vehicles.
A woman was carjacked by a man who confronted her with a gun as she walked out of a bank in the West Loop early Wednesday, police said. The hijacking comes just days after the city recorded its fifth- and 12th-worst days for carjackings in at least 21 years.
Police are investigating an overnight armed carjacking near the Gold Coast. It’s the fourth hijacking or attempt in the neighborhood this month. One of the earlier armed hijackings unfolded on the same block where Gov. JB Pritzker lives.
Two women were violently robbed in Lakeview on Tuesday evening, according to police. It’s the third robbery since Thursday in the immediate area, although the crimes do not appear to be related.
An Old Town man who was nearly carjacked in his garage on Monday night says the carjackers were scared away when his 11-pound Miniature Schnauzer charged at them.
At least two of the armed robberies reported Monday evening in Old Town and Lincoln Park are part of a broader crime pattern that includes recent muggings in Andersonville and Lincoln Square, police said Tuesday.
Tony Landers was arrested for battering a woman on the street less than three days after he was released for allegedly assaulting Uptown Ald. James Cappleman.