Albany Park Archives

Robbery charges for shoplifter who threatened security with a gun, then left his phone at the store

May 21, 2023 1:17 PM CWBChicago

A shoplifter who got away by aiming a gun at two security guards and squeezing the trigger as they tried to stop him from stealing from a Chicago Home Depot store was identified because he left his phone lying on the store’s floor, prosecutors say.

$800,000 bail for alleged baseball bat attacker: ‘What would happen if I bashed you with this bat?’

May 11, 2023 3:31 PM CWBChicago

A Cook County judge set bail at $800,000 for a Chicago woman who’s accused of randomly attacking women, sometimes with a baseball bat, this week.

Charges filed in North Side baseball bat attacks

May 11, 2023 5:56 AM CWBChicago

A Jefferson Park woman is charged with committing a string of apparently random attacks on women this week, sometimes using a baseball bat to attack her victims, according to Chicago police.

Woman randomly attacked 5 people with a baseball bat in Ravenswood Manor crime spree, Chicago police say

May 9, 2023 4:25 PM CWBChicago

A woman armed with a metal baseball bat attacked at least five women on the North Side in an apparently random series of crimes that were partially captured on video, according to Chicago police.

3 cars burned in Rogers Park, cops eye links to Albany Park vehicle fire

May 4, 2023 1:26 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are trying to determine if the burning of three cars in Rogers Park on Wednesday is linked to another intentional vehicle fire in Albany Park.

Fake ID operation found in home of man on electronic monitoring for major narcotics case, prosecutors say

April 13, 2023 1:32 PM CWBChicago

Sheriff’s office investigators found a fake ID operation while inspecting the home of a Chicago man who was on electronic monitoring for two major narcotics cases, prosecutors said.

Federal prosecutors charge 4 Chicago men with armed robbery, carjacking spree

April 8, 2023 10:56 PM CWBChicago

A federal grand jury has indicted four Chicago men on carjacking, gun, and other charges for a string of crimes they allegedly committed last fall.

Man shot after fishing at North Side park

April 6, 2023 7:12 AM CWBChicago

A 23-year-old man was shot as he returned to his car after fishing at a North Side park on Wednesday evening.

North Side shooting victim is charged with possessing 4 stolen cars and a gun

April 4, 2023 11:41 PM CWBChicago

Anthony Acosta, who was shot in Albany Park on Sunday, is now charged with possessing four stolen vehicles and a firearm, according to Chicago police.

3 detained, stolen BMW recovered after shooting in Albany Park

April 2, 2023 10:55 AM CWBChicago

Chicago — Three people are in custody after a man was shot in Albany Park on Sunday morning. The injured man is one of those being detained by Chicago police.

Girl, 2, accidentally shot herself in Rogers Park, police say

May 28, 2023 8:39 PM

A 2-year-old girl shot herself in the hand after finding a firearm inside a Rogers Park apartment on Sunday afternoon, according to initial information from Chicago police.

No bail for Chicago ‘peacekeeper’ charged with beating, robbing man in Little Village

May 28, 2023 12:07 PM

A Chicago man who wore a neon yellow “peacekeepers” vest helped a group of people beat and rob a motorist in Little Village on Friday night, according to a Chicago Police Department report.

Chicago man tried to sexually assault woman on Blue Line, touched second woman: prosecutors

May 28, 2023 6:32 AM

CHICAGO — Prosecutors have charged a Chicago man with repeatedly punching a woman during an attempted sexual assault aboard a Blue Line train and inappropriately touching another woman on the train line the next night.