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Armed carjackings reported in North Center, Albany Park on Saturday

February 5, 2023 CWBChicago

A woman was carjacked of her Maserati in North Center on Saturday night, Chicago police said, almost exactly 24 hours after another woman was carjacked just across the river in Albany Park.

Man shot, critically wounded in Albany Park

January 11, 2023 CWBChicago

A 35-year-old man is in critical condition after police found him shot in Albany Park overnight, Chicago police said.

After school dance instructor charged with sex crimes involving 2 CPS students

December 8, 2022 CWBChicago

A Chicago man is charged with sex trimes involving two students at a Chicago Public High School where he served as an after-class club leader and dance instructor, prosecutors say.

No bail for man accused of hijacking driver, robbing bicyclist on North Side in 2020

October 29, 2022 CWBChicago

Prosecutors this week charged a Chicago man with carjacking a driver in Albany Park and then robbing a bicyclist in Edgewater nearly two years ago.

2 charged with violent robbery of North Side convenience store; one has been on parole for about a month

October 3, 2022 CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged two men with the violent armed robbery of a convenience store on Chicago’s North Side last week. The robbers’ getaway car had been just minutes earlier, but the men aren’t charged with that crime.

Victim loses his gun, but keeps his child during West Town carjacking; more hold-ups reported on North Side

September 29, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating another string of armed robberies reported late Wednesday and early today, including a carjacking in West Town during which a driver managed to get his child out of the car but lost his gun to the hijackers. Within an hour, more armed robberies were reported in Lincoln Square, Irving Park, and Albany Park.

8 armed robberies and carjackings reported during overnight spree from West Loop to Edgewater

September 11, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating an overnight crime wave that rolled from the West Loop to Wicker Park to Edgewater, leaving at least six carjacking victims and two armed robbery victims in its wake. No arrests have been made.

3 men shot in Albany Park alley on Monday afternoon, police say

August 15, 2022 CWBChicago

Three men were shot while standing in an Albany Park alley on Monday afternoon, Chicago police said. No arrests have been made.

2 men shot outside Albany Park business overnight

August 14, 2022 CWBChicago

Two men are recovering after they were shot in Albany Park early Sunday, according to Chicago police. No arrests have been made.

6-year sentence for man who allegedly attacked woman after posing as Amazon driver

August 13, 2022 CWBChicago

A Chicago man who prosecutors accused of sexually assaulting a woman after entering her home by posing as an Amazon delivery driver has been sentenced to six years in prison.

Man killed in Albany Park on Monday was also shot during a week-long string of rolling gun battles on the North Side last fall

August 10, 2022 CWBChicago

The man who was shot and killed in Albany Park early Monday was also shot in North Center last fall during a string of nightly running gun battles that killed two people, shocking a relatively peaceful part of the North Side.

#25: Teen acted as murderer’s driver while awaiting trial for carjacking, stolen car cases: prosecutors say

July 6, 2022 CWBChicago

Prosecutors accused a 16-year-old boy on Wednesday of acting as the driver for a gunman who shot and killed a man in Albany Park two months ago. The accused teen, Jyquwon McClellan, committed the crime while having two felony cases, including a carjacking, pending in juvenile court, prosecutors said.

17-year-old fired 22 rounds to kill a driver in Albany Park, prosecutors say

June 28, 2022 CWBChicago

A 17-year-old donned a ski mask and fired more than 20 shots to kill a 37-year-old man in a targeted attack on the city’s North Side last month, prosecutors said Tuesday.

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