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Violent robbery and hijacking team in custody after passerby reports suspicious behavior in North Side parking garage

January 7, 2022 CWBChicago

Police arrested five suspected members of a violent hijacking and robbery crew after a 911 caller reported suspicious activity in a Target store parking garage near Loyola University.

Tourists are robbed and hijacked at River North gas station — while CPD practices anti-looting drill downtown

December 29, 2021 CWBChicago

Two tourists were robbed and carjacked at gunpoint as they filled their vehicle with gas at a River North service station just minutes after Chicago police swarmed the downtown area in an anti-looting practice drill.

Bucktown restaurant owner is shot by carjackers on Wednesday afternoon: source

December 22, 2021 CWBChicago

A Bucktown restaurant owner was shot by two carjackers who confronted him as he walked to his car shortly after noon Wednesday, according to a source.

Hijackers pistol-whip and beat a driver in Bucktown on Saturday night (Video)

December 19, 2021 CWBChicago

A private surveillance camera was rolling when a group of hijackers pulled a man from his car in Bucktown late Saturday night.

Exclusive: “Flash mob robbery crews” are responsible for waves of hold-ups across the city, sources reveal

December 17, 2021 CWBChicago

Investigators now believe “flash mob robbery crews” are responsible for months of robberies stretching from West Town to Uptown, with Lakeview and Lincoln Park being their latest hunting grounds.

Shots fired during Bucktown robbery as cops eye links to Lakeview, Lincoln Park hold-up sprees

December 13, 2021 CWBChicago

An armed robbery team fired gunshots as they robbed a group of peple who were walking in Bucktown early Sunday morning, according to police. The same team is suspected of robbing another group of three people who were walking in West Town minutes earlier.

Police safely detain man who allegedly attacked an officer and grabbed cops’ guns during apparent suicide attempt

December 8, 2021 CWBChicago

A 23-year-old man attacked and tried to disarm a Chicago police officer outside the Shakespeare (14th) District station in Logan Square on Saturday afternoon, prosecutors said.

Bucktown burglars get away with high-end bikes worth thou$and$ — but their plan had some holes in it

December 4, 2021 CWBChicago

Three burglars broke into BFF Bikes early Tuesday and got away with several very expensive bicycles. But surveillance video provided to CWBChicago shows the men weren’t as sly as they thought they were.

Cops found credit cards belonging to 32 people in fake Uber driver’s car, authorities say

November 22, 2021 CWBChicago

Chicago police detectives allegedly found 32 credit cards belonging to 32 different people in the car of a man who’s accused of operating a fake rideshare vehicle in the city’s nightlife districts.

At least 4 robbery and carjacking patterns are active in Wicker Park, Bucktown, and West Town, police say

November 5, 2021 CWBChicago

Chicago police detectives have identified at least four separate robbery patterns that are active in West Town, Wicker Park, Bucktown, and nearby neighborhoods.

8 more victims robbed in 5 hold-ups across West Town, Bucktown, and Wicker Park

November 4, 2021 CWBChicago

At least eight more people were targeted in muggings and carjackings from Wednesday afternoon into the early hours of Thursday across the robbery-plagued West Town community area.

73-year-old woman among 9 robbed from Bucktown to West Loop

November 3, 2021 CWBChicago

A 73-year-old woman is among nine people who were targeted as another wave of armed robberies rolled through Bucktown, Wicker Park, West Town, and the West Loop on Tuesday evening.

Bucktown dad is carjacked at gunpoint while loading child into the family car — and it’s all on video

October 31, 2021 CWBChicago

An armed carjacker took a Bucktown man’s SUV at gunpoint as the victim loaded his young child into the family car on Halloween morning — and it was all captured on video.

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