Bucktown Archives

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

September 26, 2021 8:17 PM 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 6:17 AM 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 12:16 PM 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 7:07 AM 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 5:40 AM 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 1:42 PM 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 1:12 AM CWBChicago

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

Man, 78, carjacked inside Lincoln Park, police say

August 12, 2021 1:15 PM CWBChicago

Two armed men carjacked a 78-year-old man inside Lincoln Park on Thursday morning, police said.

Armed carjackings in Bucktown, West Loop on Monday afternoon

August 10, 2021 3:10 AM CWBChicago

A Bucktown woman was carjacked at gunpoint in her garage Monday afternoon and two other armed carjackings were reported a short time later in the West Loop, according to three CPD reports.

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August 8, 2021 11:56 PM CWBChicago

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Package thieves blasted victim with bear spray: Chicago police report

December 7, 2023 8:18 AM

Two North Siders blasted a woman in the face with bear spray while stealing packages from her apartment building vestibule, according to a Chicago police report.

15-year-old stabbed a man on the Red Line, Chicago police say

December 7, 2023 7:30 AM

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with stabbing a man on a Red Line train in Lincoln Park last month, according to Chicago police.

Man killed near West Loop homeless camp, 2nd shooting at troubled intersection in a month

December 7, 2023 6:33 AM

A man was shot and killed in the West Loop overnight, just steps from a homeless camp that the local alderman has said is a catalyst for violent crime in the area. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has reportedly withheld assistance in cleaning up the area because the local alderman refused to link his votes on key legislation to the clean-up effort.