Edgewater Archives

Uptown man charged with stealing mail from residential buildings across the North Side

October 25, 2023 12:13 PM CWBChicago

An Uptown man charged last month with repeatedly stealing mail from a Loop condo building is now accused of doing the same thing at seven residential buildings across the North Side, according to Chicago police.

North Side garage burglars caught on camera

October 12, 2023 8:05 AM CWBChicago

Two residential garage burglars were caught on camera in Edgewater recently, and one of their victims believes they’re the same prowlers that Chicago police recently warned North Side homeowners about.

3 Loyola students robbed outside residence hall

September 25, 2023 7:51 AM CWBChicago

Three students were robbed at gunpoint outside a Loyola University Chicago residence hall on Saturday, according to the school’s police department.

Vandals smash windows, tag, smoke bomb North Side Chase Bank, AT&T facility

September 10, 2023 9:21 AM CWBChicago

Witnesses said more than a dozen people smashed windows and painted graffiti at a Chase bank and a block-long AT&T facility near the Uptown-Andersonville border on Saturday night.

Man charged with crosstown robbery spree was convicted of South Loop shoplifting raid in May

August 23, 2023 9:03 AM CWBChicago

A 19-year-old Chicago man charged with committing a string of robberies with a 17-year-old boy on Monday evening was recently convicted of felony retail theft for a Christmas Eve raid on a South Loop cosmetics store.

17-year-old robbed 4 North Side stores at gunpoint, carjacked driver, Chicago police say

August 23, 2023 8:32 AM CWBChicago

A 17-year-old boy arrested after robbing a Walgreens in Andersonville has been linked to five additional robberies, including a carjacking, this week.

Cross-town armed robbery spree ends with 2 arrests in Andersonville

August 22, 2023 4:32 AM CWBChicago

Two armed robbers who went on a cross-town crime spree yesterday afternoon are in Chicago police custody after a passerby called 911 upon seeing two men wearing ski masks walk into a Walgreens in Andersonville.

Gunman robs 3 stores in 45 minutes, speeds away from cops

August 20, 2023 1:28 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police issued a community alert on Sunday afternoon following three armed robberies of convenience stores on the North Side.

Boy, 15, carjacked driver on Andersonville, Uptown border: Chicago police

August 17, 2023 9:11 AM CWBChicago

A 15-year-old boy was one of the armed carjackers who took a driver’s vehicle on the border of Anderson and Uptown last month, Chicago police say.

Rogers Park murder, Edgewater shooting attempt may be linked to reignited North Side gang war

July 30, 2023 8:18 PM CWBChicago

There are increasing indications that an internal Chicago Police Department warning was right about four North Side areas with a “strong possibility of retaliatory shootings.”

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.

Chicago man violated gun probation by getting another gun and shooting a man to death, prosecutors say

December 6, 2023 8:19 PM

A Chicago man on first-time weapon offender probation is accused of getting another gun and shooting a man 11 times, killing him.