August 2023

Man charged with 5 North Side robberies was supposed to be on electronic monitoring for Class X felony gun case: court records

August 31, 2023 11:58 PM CWBChicago

The man Chicago police say committed five armed robberies in two days in West Ridge was supposed to be on electronic monitoring for a Class X felony gun charge, according to court records.

Wicker Park bank robber claims his secret twin brother did it, FBI says

August 31, 2023 11:01 PM CWBChicago

The Chicago man who robbed a Wicker Park bank this week tried to convince FBI agents that they had the wrong man and that the real culprit was his twin brother.

Migrant living in Chicago police station hospitalized after being attacked by rivals in city park

August 31, 2023 12:01 PM CWBChicago

A migrant living in a Chicago police station was hospitalized after he was attacked by a group of rival migrants in a nearby park.

State police pursue, arrest suspect in West Ridge armed robbery sprees

August 31, 2023 11:23 AM CWBChicago

For the second time this week, Illinois State Police troopers chased down Chicago’s armed robbery spree suspects overnight, this time on the Far North Side.

FBI: Man left bank, then returned wearing fake dreadlocks to rob the place

August 31, 2023 10:57 AM CWBChicago

The FBI says a suburban Chicago man wore fake dreadlocks to rob a bank just two hours after he entered the bank in the same clothes without dreadlocks.

Armed men robbed 2 bars and their customers overnight, Chicago police say

August 31, 2023 9:35 AM CWBChicago

Armed men entered two bars, robbing the businesses and their customers at gunpoint on Thursday morning in West Town, Chicago police say.

6 years for robbing Red Line passenger, striking him with wine bottle in viral video

August 30, 2023 7:58 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago man has been sentenced to six years for robbing a Red Line passenger and hitting him with a wine bottle, an attack caught on video that went viral last year.

Chicago police investigating 2 robberies involving men armed with golf clubs

August 30, 2023 11:37 AM CWBChicago

For the second time this month, Chicago police are investigating a robbery involving offenders armed with a golf club.

Man damaged Uptown tattoo shop, fought proprietor after being denied a p*nis piercing, Chicago police report says

August 30, 2023 10:51 AM CWBChicago

An Uptown man stands accused of fighting a tattoo shop proprietor and breaking the store’s glass after the businessman refused to give him a p***s piercing, a Chicago police report says.

4 armed robberies in under an hour in West Ridge neighborhood

August 30, 2023 10:27 AM CWBChicago

Police are investigating four robberies that occurred in under an hour in the West Ridge neighborhood on Tuesday night.

Group mugs man in River North as Chicago police warn of similar attacks in the Loop

September 24, 2023 4:13 AM

A man was attacked and robbed by four men as he walked in River North early Saturday, Chicago police said.

CTA pickpocket gets probation, one of the lightest sentences he’s received since 1985

September 23, 2023 7:28 PM

A Chicago man with a decades-long criminal history who pleaded guilty Friday to pickpocketing three women on the CTA was sentenced to a year of probation, among the lightest sentences he’s received since the Reagan administration.

Venmo robbery: Man forced victim to surrender phone near Wrigley Field, transferred $3,000 to himself, prosecutors say

September 23, 2023 7:23 PM

Prosecutors have charged a Hazel Crest man with robbery for allegedly forcing a man to surrender his phone near Wrigley Field and then Venmoing himself money from the victim’s account.