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Gunmen sweep through Bucktown on a 10-minute crime spree; at least a dozen armed robberies in the area over the past two weeks

October 25, 2021 CWBChicago

A group of armed men threatened one victim with a gun and robbed two others within about 10 minutes Sunday morning in Bucktown.

Overnight carjacking is the latest incident for crime-weary Wicker Park

October 24, 2021 CWBChicago

An armed carjacking in Wicker Park early Sunday is at least the 19th hijacking since August 1 for that neighborhood and adjacent Bucktown, according to CPD records

Two more armed robberies in Wicker Park and Bucktown as 10-day hold-up wave rolls along

October 22, 2021 CWBChicago

Armed robbers targeted three more victims in Wicker Park and Bucktown on Thursday evening, police said, as a string of armed hold-ups entered its tenth day.

Bucktown carjacking ends with gun charges against paroled robber

October 15, 2021 CWBChicago

Cops needed less than 20 minutes to find the hijacked Jeep — and arrest a paroled robber who allegedly had a gun next to it.

Armed robbery team strikes twice in Wicker Park and Bucktown

October 10, 2021 CWBChicago

A group of armed robbers carjacked a driver then robbed another man at gunpoint in Wicker Park and Bucktown overnight. One suspect is in custody.

Armed carjackers, unconcerned about residents’ concerns, returned to Bucktown overnight

October 1, 2021 CWBChicago

Another driver was carjacked in Bucktown early Friday, just days after area residents expressed their frustrations with the seemingly endless string of hijackings to a group of aldermen and the local police commander.

Man’s charged with armed robbery on Loop CTA train after his aunt recognizes him in CPD bulletin, prosecutors say

September 26, 2021 CWBChicago

A man who’s on probation for robbing a woman in Bucktown last summer is being held without bail on a new robbery charge after his aunt turned him in to police, according to prosecutors.

Woman carjacked in Wicker Park on Friday afternoon; hijackings up nearly 100% in the area this year

September 25, 2021 CWBChicago

Carjackers struck again in Wicker Park on Friday afternoon as hijackings in that neighborhood and nearby Bucktown surge nearly 100% higher than last year’s pace.

Couple robbed at gunpoint in Bucktown, driver carjacked in Logan Square

September 20, 2021 CWBChicago

A man and woman were robbed at gunpoint by a group of men who confronted them in Bucktown early Monday, police said. The hold-up unfolded minutes before a man was carjacked in Logan Square of a vehicle he purchased just three days ago.

Another woman robbed and carjacked in Bucktown on Tuesday evening

September 15, 2021 CWBChicago

Another woman was robbed and carjacked in Bucktown on Tuesday evening. The hijacking unfolded just a couple hundred yards from the 1900 block of West Wabansia, where at least three armed robberies and carjackings have been reported since Friday.

Armed robbery and carjacking wave rolls through Bucktown and Wicker Park

September 14, 2021 CWBChicago

Police are investigating at least eight armed robberies and carjackings around Bucktown and Wicker Park — including three that have bee reported on a single block since Friday.

Armed men rob least 10 people from Wicker Park to Chinatown overnight after stealing SUV in River North

August 27, 2021 CWBChicago

An armed robbery crew stole a car from a River North parking garage and took it on a three-hour crime spree that stretched from Wicker Park to Chinatown overnight.

Armed robbery and carjacking crew has struck 5 times in Wicker Park and Bucktown, police say

August 23, 2021 CWBChicago

An armed robbery and hijacking team has struck five times this month in Wicker Park and Bucktown, police said in a community alert.

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