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Man gets 7-year sentence for Boystown carjacking that was caught on video

April 21, 2021 CWBChicago

A Chicago man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for throwing a 61-year-old woman from her vehicle during a carjacking in the Boystown neighborhood in May 2019.

Package room burglar sought in Lakeview East

April 21, 2021 CWBChicago

Police are looking for a man who’s forced his way into a pair of Lakeview apartment buildings over the past week to steal packages and other items.

Alleged Lakeview rapist violated probation in earlier attack, but nobody tried to track him down — until it was too late

April 13, 2021 CWBChicago

Antoine Jackson was non-compliant with his probation agreement for months before he allegedly raped a woman near the Belmont Red Line station last month, but no one ever tried to arrest him — until it was too late.

Burglar targeting Lakeview apartments while victims sleep inside, cops say

April 9, 2021 CWBChicago

Police are warning Wrigleyville and Boystown residents about a burglar who is breaking into homes while people are sleeping inside.

10-year sentence for man who robbed Lakeview woman after meeting her at Wicker Park bar

April 5, 2021 CWBChicago

A man with a long, violent criminal history has been sentenced to 10-years in prison for robbing a Lakeview woman who invited him to her home after they met at a Wicker Park bar in April 2017.

Catalytic converter thieves sweep through Lakeview and Northwest Side

April 5, 2021 CWBChicago

Chicago’s friendly neighborhood catalytic converter thieves were very busy late last week, according to CPD reports.

Prosecutors: Rapist who followed woman from Belmont Red Line was supposed to be on electronic monitoring

March 27, 2021 CWBChicago

A man who followed a Lakeview woman from the Belmont Red Line station last weekend and then raped her in a nearby alley was supposed to be on electronic monitoring for a previous attack, prosecutors said.

Outrageous: Man raped woman in Lakeview alley while on probation for violent Red Line sex attack, police say

March 26, 2021 CWBChicago

Antoine Jackson is charged with raping and robbing a woman in a Lakeview alley last weekend, just a few months after he got probation for violently attacking and robbing a woman on the Red Line.

Ridership is low, but violent crime is through the roof on Red Line, data shows

March 26, 2021 CWBChicago

CTA ridership remains sharply lower in 2021 due to COVID, but violent crime reports along the transit agency’s backbone, the Red Line, are significantly higher this year than during normal times.

Cops seek group that beat, robbed man at Belmont Red Line station

March 23, 2021 CWBChicago

Police said the group threw asphalt at the 40-year-old victim and displayed a weapon while demanding his property around 8:59 p.m.

Attacker sexually assaults woman in Lakeview alley, police say

March 21, 2021 CWBChicago

A Lakeview woman was forced into an alley and sexually assaulted by a man who claimed he had a gun early Sunday, police said.

Lakeview: Teens mug CTA passenger at Belmont station, police say

March 20, 2021 CWBChicago

A 40-year-old man was beaten and robbed at the Belmont CTA station in Lakeview on Friday evening.

Executive used HIV-AIDS charity’s money to pay for divorce attorney, go on “lavish” shopping sprees, prosecutors say

March 12, 2021 CWBChicago

Two executives of Chicago House, a charity dedicated to supporting people living with HIV and AIDS, used the group’s funds to pay for a divorce attorney, buy an Audi, and go on lavish shopping sprees, prosecutors say.

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