Armed robbers shot a woman and critically injured a woman in Avondale on Saturday afternoon as they went on an hours-long crime spree stretching from Austin to Irving Park, according to Chicago police.
Chicago police say a group of armed robbers went on a crime spree that ended shortly after they shot a liquor store employee during a holdup. CPD issued a community alert about the group overnight.
After enduring months of persistent robbery sprees that claimed hundreds of victims in Chicago, there is finally some good news to report. But there’s more bad news, too.
A group of armed robbers committed 10 holdups in 30 minutes on the West and Northwest Sides, according to Chicago police. At least one of the terrifying robberies was caught on video.
Chicago police arrested one suspect, but three others escaped following another wave of armed robberies that stretched from Little Village to Logan Square on Wednesday morning.
Juan Rodriguez allegedly had a loaded gun, gun parts, ammunition, $14,000 worth of cocaine, ten pounds of pot, and other contraband in his bedroom while on electronic monitoring for a violent home invasion and kidnapping, prosecutors said.
A group of men who hijacked two cars on the Northwest Side over the weekend robbed a woman as she walked on a Home Depot parking lot near Goose Island yesterday, according to Chicago police.
Since 2018, Ricardo Rodriguez has been exonerated of murder, beat a federal deportation effort, and is now charged with armed home invasion and kidnapping in Chicago.
Kevin Carrau (L): Brian Conner; and Clarence Davis (R) face mob action and other charges. | Chicago Police Cook County Judge Anthony Calabrese, facing three defendants accused of mob action and theft in Lakeview, shook his head in disbelief on Wednesday. All gang members and two sporting extensive arrest records, the trio had been charged