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January 22, 2023 CWBChicago

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63-year-old man carjacked in Edgewater, police say

January 14, 2023 CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating after a 63-year-old man was carjacked in Edgewater on Friday morning.

Bartender sexually assaulted woman in North Side tavern after plying her with free shots, prosecutors say

December 31, 2022 CWBChicago

A bartender sexually assaulted a woman in a North Side tavern after plying her with drinks until she fell from her chair and lost consciousness, prosecutors alleged Friday in Chicago.

Man had fake passports, IDs, and stolen credit cards while burglarizing Edgewater storage facility, prosecutors say

December 23, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago cops set up surveillance on the Public Storage, 5733 North Broadway, after receiving reports of units being broken into and burglarized, prosecutors said.

Crypto trader had 16 pounds of pot-infused gummies in his car during traffic stop, prosecutors say

December 21, 2022 CWBChicago

A Lakeview man had 16 pounds of cannabis-infused gummies in his car during a traffic stop in Chicago, prosecutors said.

Initially charged with misdemeanors, driver in fatal Edgewater crash now faces reckless homicide allegations

December 15, 2022 CWBChicago

When a 20-year-old Indiana man died in a high-speed car crash in Edgewater this summer, Chicago police only charged his driver with misdemeanors. That changed on Wednesday when prosecutors filed reckless homicide and aggravated DUI charges in the case.

Images released of man, U-Haul truck involved in a series of lakefront robberies

December 8, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police have released surveillance images of a man who has been robbing women in lakefront neighborhoods and escaping in a U-Haul box truck.

3 women mugged by man who escapes in a U-Haul truck, Chicago police say

December 7, 2022 CWBChicago

Three women, including a 72-year-old and a 62-year-old, have been mugged this week on Chicago’s North Side by a man who escaped in a small U-Haul box truck.

Cook County probably can’t help troubled woman accused of stealing $155,000 from Brink’s truck, judge says

November 30, 2022 CWBChicago

The 60-year-old woman who allegedly stole a bag containing $155,000 from a Brink’s truck in Chicago has no criminal background, is recently widowed, and is experiencing homelessness, officials said during a bail hearing Wednesday.

Woman arrested after $tealing armored car cash bag outside Edgewater bank, Chicago police say

November 28, 2022 CWBChicago

A woman is in custody after she allegedly stole a bag of money from an armored car courier outside a Chicago bank on Monday afternoon.

Chicago man went on ‘significant crime spree’ while on bail for a felony drug case, officials say

November 1, 2022 CWBChicago

A Chicago man went on a weeks-long “significant crime spree” across the North Side while on bail for a felony narcotics case, officials said Tuesday. Jeremiah Magdaleno, 26, is charged with ten felonies, including the vehicular hijacking of a senior citizen, burglaries, robberies, and more.

No bail for man accused of hijacking driver, robbing bicyclist on North Side in 2020

October 29, 2022 CWBChicago

Prosecutors this week charged a Chicago man with carjacking a driver in Albany Park and then robbing a bicyclist in Edgewater nearly two years ago.

Gunmen carjack woman in Andersonville

October 21, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police say a woman was carjacked while loading items into her vehicle in Andersonville yesterday evening. But CPD is receiving fewer hijacking reports this month than during last October and October 2020.

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