Humboldt Park Archives

Hammer-wielding men rob pedestrian in Humboldt Park (Video)

December 13, 2022 3:59 AM CWBChicago

Newly released video shows two men armed themselves with hammers to rob a Chicago man in Humboldt Park over the weekend.

4 robbery suspects in custody after fiery crash on Chicago’s North Side

December 12, 2022 2:07 PM CWBChicago

A carload of suspected armed robbers committed a series of holdups in Bucktown and the North Side, then crashed into a truck in Lincoln Square as Chicago police officers closed in on them Monday morning. Four suspects are in custody after running from the flaming wreckage, and police recovered at least two firearms.

At least 15 more robberies and carjackings reported in overnight sprees; more than 65 similar crimes since December 2

December 10, 2022 11:18 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police detectives are sifting through yet another stack of armed robbery reports today as another wave of at least 15 holdups, including some carjackings, were reported between late Friday night and early Saturday morning.

At least 8 more armed robberies reported in overnight spree on Near West Side

December 7, 2022 11:36 AM CWBChicago

Just two days after a concealed carry holder neutralized an armed robbery crew that had been pillaging the near west and north sides, another carload of bandits continued to work the area on Wednesday morning, according to preliminary Chicago Police Department reports.

3 guns, cash, suspected cocaine found during electronic monitoring ‘compliance check’ at man’s home: sheriff’s office

December 3, 2022 7:35 PM CWBChicago

Chicago say they found a cache of guns, drugs, and cash inside a Humboldt Park home where a five-time felon was on electronic monitoring while awaiting trial for Class X armed habitual criminal charges.

7 women robbed, another carjacked in Wicker Park, Bucktown, West Town on Friday evening

December 3, 2022 6:48 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are looking into a series of robberies and a carjacking that occurred on the Near West Side on Friday evening. Almost all of the crimes targeted women.

Armed men rob at least 14 people during 2-hour crime spree, Chicago police reports say

December 2, 2022 11:09 AM CWBChicago

A group of armed men robbed at least 14 people at gunpoint during a two-hour crime spree that stretched across Chicago from Irving Park to the Lower West Side early Friday

#51: Chicago drug dealer, free on felony bail, beat a customer to death in a vacant lot for paying him with fake money, prosecutors say

November 25, 2022 8:54 PM CWBChicago

Jaquail Jones allegedly beat a man to death with on a vacant lot in Chicago because the victim paid him for drugs with counterfeit money.

Armed robbers strike at least 9 times in about an hour on North, Near West Side

November 25, 2022 4:26 PM CWBChicago

A group of armed men committed at least nine armed robberies and carjackings on the city’s north and near west sides in just over an hour on Friday morning, according to Chicago police reports.

Prosecutors drop charges against one man, proceed against another in fatal shooting of 7-year-old Akeem Briscoe

November 24, 2022 2:43 PM CWBChicago

Hours after Chicago police announced murder charges against two men for the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old boy in Humboldt Park, prosecutors dropped the case against one of the men during a bail hearing on Thanksgiving afternoon.