Andersonville Archives

Armed hijacking in the heart of Andersonville is the neighborhood’s second in days

April 1, 2022 2:00 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating an armed carjacking that occurred in the heart of Andersonville Thursday evening, one block from where another hijacking was reported last week.

March carjackings up 58% compared to last year in Chicago; new cases reported in Loop, Uptown, Andersonville

March 24, 2022 9:33 AM CWBChicago

March carjackings are up 58% compared to last March with new cases reported Wednesday in the Loop, Uptown, and Andersonville.

A series of random urine-throwing attacks ends with felony charges against an Andersonville man

February 6, 2022 8:50 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a North Side man is responsible for a series of random attacks in which women were doused with urine while walking in Andersonville and Lincoln Square.

Carjackings reported in Andersonville and Rogers Park as local robbery cases hit four-year highs

January 2, 2022 9:08 AM CWBChicago

Police are investigating after a man was carjacked at gunpoint in Andersonville on Friday afternoon. The hijacking came about 20 minutes after a similar attempt to take a car failed in Edgewater.

2 carjackings, 2 street robberies reported on Far North Side

December 16, 2021 4:31 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating two armed carjackings and two robberies reported late Wednesday and early Thursday between Uptown and Rogers Park.

Robbery crew that struck Lincoln Park last night has also hit in Andersonville and Lincoln Square, police say

September 28, 2021 1:21 PM CWBChicago

At least two of the armed robberies reported Monday evening in Old Town and Lincoln Park are part of a broader crime pattern that includes recent muggings in Andersonville and Lincoln Square, police said Tuesday.

12 catalytic converters recovered after theft crew crashes in Uptown, police say

May 22, 2021 5:08 PM CWBChicago

A catalytic converter theft crew crashed a stolen car in Uptown shortly after witnesses saw them stealing car parts in Andersonville and Bowmanville this morning, according to CPD records.

Man accused of helping off-duty cop beat victims outside Anderson gay bar gets court supervision

February 9, 2021 12:32 PM CWBChicago

A man who was accused of helping a now-resigned Chicago cop beat three men outside an Andersonville gay bar in 2018 has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in exchange for a year of court supervision and community service.

Police: Armed carjackers take Volvo in Edgewater, then ditch it to take a BMW instead

January 29, 2021 5:08 AM CWBChicago

A group of carjackers who started to drive away with a man’s Volvo in Edgewater on Thursday evening spotted a nice BMW X5 down the street.

Four armed robberies in about an hour across Edgewater

December 13, 2020 6:12 AM CWBChicago

Four armed robberies were reported in under an hour Saturday evening in Edgewater, according to initial police reports. No arrests have been made, and no injuries were reported in the hold-ups, which appear to be related.

Man spent 20 hours in jail after alderman signed a criminal complaint without reading it (body cam video)

December 7, 2023 2:21 PM

Newly-acquired Chicago police body camera video shows an Albany Park man being arrested for battering a Chicago alderman at a River North bar, even though the alderman says that’s not what happened.

Following overnight murder, West Loop alderman puts mayor’s office on blast: ’eminently foreseeable that someone was going to get killed’

December 7, 2023 12:22 PM

Ald. Bill Conway put Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office on blast Thursday, hours after a man was murdered steps from a homeless camp the alderman has been trying to get Johnson’s office to address.

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.