September 2023

Smash-and-grab burglars hit 3 North Side businesses overnight

September 25, 2023 11:02 AM CWBChicago

Smash-and-grab burglars broke into at least three restaurants on the North Side overnight, according to Chicago police.

3 Loyola students robbed outside residence hall

September 25, 2023 7:51 AM CWBChicago

Three students were robbed at gunpoint outside a Loyola University Chicago residence hall on Saturday, according to the school’s police department.

Boys, ages 14 and 16, charged with carjacking driver in Rogers Park, suspected in other crimes

September 25, 2023 7:31 AM CWBChicago

Two boys, ages 14 and 16, carjacked a 66-year-old man in Rogers Park on Sunday morning, Chicago police said.

Solo Chicago cop chases armed robbers across the city: ‘I’m not going to terminate myself until we crash’

September 25, 2023 6:14 AM CWBChicago

Solo Chicago cop chases armed robbery crew across the city, but they get away thanks to a lack of resources and unwillingness of CPD supervisors to pitch in.

Kia Boys steal cop’s personal car at City Hall, dump it at carjacking scene

September 25, 2023 4:14 AM CWBChicago

Kia Boys stole a Chicago police officer’s car outside of City Hall and then dumped it at the scene of an armed carjacking in the Loop on Sunday morning.

Two off-duty cops robbed at gunpoint in Chicago

September 24, 2023 9:04 PM CWBChicago

Two off-duty police officers were robbed at gunpoint in Pilsen on Sunday morning. And, like most robbers in Chicago, they got away.

DePaul president urges students to take ‘extra steps’ in wake of latest robberies on campus

September 24, 2023 6:42 PM CWBChicago

For the second time this month, DePaul University President Robert Manuel found himself penning a letter to his community about robberies on the school’s Lincoln Park campus as Chicago police investigate more on-campus holdups.

Witness chases mugger near UIC campus in new video

September 24, 2023 5:56 PM CWBChicago

Surveillance video captured a brazen daylight mugging near the University of Illinois-Chicago campus on Friday afternoon, and the same offender is suspected of robbing another victim a few minutes later on the West Side.

4 more DePaul students were mugged overnight, one was battered, another pistol-whipped

September 24, 2023 8:01 AM CWBChicago

At least four more DePaul University students were robbed on the school’s Lincoln Park campus last night, the latest in a series of violent incidents involving students at one of Chicago’s premiere universities.

Robbery victim shot in Humboldt Park as crime sprees continue

September 24, 2023 6:18 AM CWBChicago

Armed robbers shot a man in Humboldt Park overnight, one of at least ten holdups reported in the area since Saturday evening, according to Chicago police.

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.