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6 time felon becomes 12 time felon by pleading guilty to robbery and burglary spree

April 29, 2025 6:08 AM Tim Hecke
A six-time convicted felon doubled his felony conviction total to 12 on Monday by pleading guilty to committing six robberies and burglaries on the city’s Northwest Side, primarily at restaurants, in late 2023.

Jefferson Park

Burglars drive Jeep into NW Side dispensary

March 26, 2025 6:18 AM CWBChicago
A crash-and-grab burglary crew slammed an SUV into a Northwest Side cannabis dispensary overnight.

Jefferson Park

Woman charged with random baseball bat attacks is found not guilty by reason of insanity

March 7, 2025 6:03 AM CWBChicago
A Jefferson Park woman accused of randomly attacking victims with a baseball bat and trying to run one of them over with her car was found not guilty by reason of insanity on Wednesday. Denise Solorzano, 28, remains on electronic monitoring. She will be back in court next month as officials work to determine what treatment, if any, she needs going forward.

Beverly

Man charged with participating in burglary crew that targeted restaurants across Chicago, suburbs

February 9, 2025 5:42 AM CWBChicago
In a pair of warnings issued late last year, detectives linked a single burglary crew to at least 30 business burglaries in neighborhoods stretching from Beverly to Wicker Park to Jefferson Park. Now, prosecutors have charged one man with participating in some of those crimes.

Bucktown

ATMs, cash targeted in two nights of burglaries on NW Side

November 11, 2024 6:45 PM CWBChicago
It was quite a weekend for businesses on the city’s Northwest Side, and not in a positive way. A burglary crew broke into at least eight storefronts to steal cash registers and break into ATMs, according to Chicago police.

Jefferson Park

Couple robbed man, dragged him with car at NW Side gas station, officials say

October 20, 2024 5:01 PM CWBChicago
Two people are jailed after prosecutors accused them of robbing and dragging a man with their car at a Northwest Side gas station earlier this month.

Irving Park

Memorable MCLOVN6 license plate helped cops track down expressway shooter, officials say

September 16, 2024 5:51 PM Tim Hecke
A Chicago man is in jail, accused of shooting another driver’s car on the Kennedy Expressway, after his alleged victim gave cops his easy-to-remember license plate: MCLOVN6.

Citywide

Armed caravan committed 15 robberies in 2 days, police say

April 18, 2024 6:01 AM CWBChicago
The latest warning from Chicago police about the city’s seemingly endless supply of armed robbery crews involves a group of up to eight armed men who’ve committed at least 15 holdups during two sprees in three days.

Jefferson Park

Robbers attacked woman with gun and Taser until she surrendered her PIN, Chicago police report says

March 12, 2024 5:34 AM CWBChicago
Four men attacked and robbed a woman in Jefferson Park, then returned and tortured her with a Taser until she surrendered her bank card PIN, according to details in a Chicago police arrest report.

Bucktown

*Another* armed robbery spree reported Monday night in Bucktown, Lincoln Park, and the Gold Coast

February 20, 2024 6:47 AM CWBChicago
For the fourth time in 24 hours, armed men went on a crime spree Monday evening, robbing and carjacking victims in the Gold Coast, Bucktown, and Lincoln Park, according to Chicago police reports. The group may also be responsible for burglarizing a smoke shop on the Northwest Side overnight.

Jefferson Park

Anti-Semitic signs placed on cars in Lincoln Park, alderman says. Similar incidents reported elsewhere in Chicago.

February 7, 2024 5:01 AM CWBChicago
Anti-Semitic flyers were placed on cars along two blocks in Lincoln Park this week, a Chicago alderman says. Similar incidents have been reported elsewhere in the city.

Jefferson Park

Man charged with shooting a woman in the face during argument in her ‘nice white neighborhood’

February 3, 2024 10:13 AM Tim Hecke
A Skokie man shot a Chicago woman at point-blank range during an argument on the Northwest Side after she said he wouldn’t do anything to her because they were in a “nice white neighborhood,” prosecutors say.

Jefferson Park

Bank robber’s getaway plan? Uber.

December 22, 2023 8:03 AM CWBChicago
The Chicago man who robbed a Jefferson Park bank may have used an Uber as his getaway car, according to the FBI.

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