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Skilled, patient burglary team scares “large amount of cash” from business safes, cops say

April 1, 2021 CWBChicago

A well-prepared and skilled burglary crew has broken into safes at two businesses this month — one in Avondale and the other in West Ridge — according to Chicago police. And they know what they’re doing.

Man charged with stealing car, speeding toward cops — while on $1,000 bond for two robberies

March 19, 2021 CWBChicago

You may remember Isaac Lacy, 23, from last summer when prosecutors said he ripped a 14-year-old’s bike away outside a Logan Square cycle shop and told the kid, “You’re a racist and you ain’t gonna do sh*t.”

Police: Concealed carry holder opened fire on “aggressive” man in Avondale

March 18, 2021 CWBChicago

Initial information from the scene indicated that the concealed carry holder thought the other man was trying to take a catalytic converter from a vehicle.

Armed robbers strike 3 times in 30 minutes Friday evening

March 6, 2021 CWBChicago

All of the hold-ups involved four armed offenders who traveled in two vehicles, according to CPD reports.

Carjacking team mugged woman in parking lot of Goose Island Home Depot, police say

March 2, 2021 CWBChicago

A group of men who hijacked two cars on the Northwest Side over the weekend robbed a woman as she walked on a Home Depot parking lot near Goose Island yesterday, according to Chicago police.

Armed carjacking and ATM theft team strikes 12 businesses overnight as FBI joins the hunt

February 28, 2021 CWBChicago

A prolific group of criminals specializing in armed carjackings and ATM burglaries targeted at least 12 businesses overnight just days after the FBI announced that they are getting involved in CPD’s pursuit of the crew.

Woman charged with hijacking 2 cars, including one that struck and seriously injured bicyclist

February 28, 2021 CWBChicago

Veronica Harden is charged with carjacking two people on the North Side during February. One of the hijacked cars was involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a bicyclist seriously injured.

Source: Cops locate carjacked SUV that struck bicyclist in Avondale

February 20, 2021 CWBChicago

Chicago police on Friday located the carjacked SUV that they’ve been looking for in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left bicyclist Alex Betzel critically injured in Avondale.

Cops seek hit-and-run driver who left bicyclist critically injured in Avondale

February 15, 2021 CWBChicago

Chicago police are trying to track down a hit-and-run driver who left a bicyclist critically injured in Avondale last week.

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February 1, 2021 CWBChicago

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Clybourn Corridor carjacking among at least 5 on North, Northwest Sides yesterday

January 22, 2021 CWBChicago

At least five vehicular hijackings were reported Thursday on the North Side and Northwest Side, including one on the bustling Clybourn Corridor shopping strip.

Prosecutors: Man robbed four 7-Eleven stores last week, looted Mag Mile in August

January 19, 2021 CWBChicago

A man who teamed up with a woman to rob four 7-Eleven stores within an hour last week was AWOL in two other criminal cases and also participated in the looting of a Mag Mile cosmetics store during riots on August 10, prosecutors said.

Woman charged in 7-Eleven robbery spree; Male suspect remains at large

January 17, 2021 CWBChicago

A two-person robbery team scored nearly $10,000 worth of tobacco products, alcohol, and cash as they robbed four convenience stores in under an hour Thursday morning.

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