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As North Side gang war heats up, Chicago cops are warned about 4 areas with ‘strong possibility of retaliatory shootings’

July 26, 2023 6:03 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are being warned about four hot spots with a “strong possibility of retaliatory shootings” as a gang war heats up on the North Side.

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July 23, 2023 1:02 PM CWBChicago

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Driver carjacked on Andersonville, Uptown border as hijacking cases uptick in July

July 16, 2023 3:46 PM CWBChicago

A man was carjacked at gunpoint as he parked on the border of Uptown and Andersonville early Saturday morning, according to Chicago police.

Driver carjacked at gunpoint in Edgewater, police say

June 25, 2023 10:35 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating a carjacking that unfolded at a major intersection in Edgewater last night.

Man gets 11 years for Edgewater home invasion, sexual assault attempt

June 22, 2023 10:46 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man has been sentenced to 11 years for trying to sexually assault a woman in Edgewater during a home invasion last year.

8 years for driver who struck 3 people while on probation for killing woman with the same car

June 13, 2023 9:52 AM CWBChicago

A Lakeview man who struck three pedestrians with his car while on probation for killing a 93-year-old woman with the same vehicle has now been sentenced to prison for both crimes.

Edgewater man gets 22 years for secretly recording YMCA locker room videos

June 3, 2023 5:16 AM CWBChicago

An Edgewater man has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for secretly recording thousands of naked boys inside YMCA locker rooms across the Chicago area.

3 shootings in an hour leave 1 dead, 2 injured Tuesday afternoon

May 23, 2023 7:28 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating three shootings that occurred in under an hour on Tuesday afternoon. Shootings were reported in Uptown, Edgewater, and inside Hollywood Park in North Park.

Man gets 3½ years for robbing student outside Edgewater school

May 17, 2023 2:08 AM CWBChicago

A 37-year-old man has been sentenced to 3½ years for trying to rob a student outside a Chicago Public School in Edgewater.

Two Chicago men head back to prison for burglarizing fitness center locker rooms. Again.

April 30, 2023 1:44 PM CWBChicago

Two Chicago men with long histories of burglarizing fitness center locker rooms are back in prison for doing it again.

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.