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Rifle-wielding crew robs 4 in Lakeview, more near Chinatown

January 6, 2021 CWBChicago

A group of armed robbers, including at least one who brandishes a rifle, robbed four people in Lakeview on Tuesday evening, police said. Then, they apparently struck again in Chinatown.

Boystown: Man accused of beating Grindr date with hammer gets 5 years for battering cops (Video)

December 16, 2020 CWBChicago

Cedrick Johnson pleaded guilty to battering and pepper spraying a cop after a Boystown resident accused Johnson of beating him with a hammer during a Grindr hook-up.

7 years after race-fueled rage in Boystown bar, cop is finally suspended

December 9, 2020 CWBChicago

Seven years after a Black security guard accused a Chicago cop of battering him and calling him racial slurs during an off-duty incident inside a Boystown bar, the police officer has finally served a suspension from the force, according to a CPD spokesperson.

Update: Man gets 4 years for “criminal enterprise” built on gym locker room burglaries

December 4, 2020 CWBChicago

Hector Roman’s business model involved burglarizing gym lockers for credit cards and car keys, prosecutors said.

Court report: A look at recent robbery sentences

December 2, 2020 CWBChicago

Here’s how some robbery cases that we previously told you about have concluded in court. The outcomes range from probation to six years.

Local troublemaker eyed in Boystown fire

November 24, 2020 CWBChicago

A well-known neighborhood menace is suspected of setting a dumpster fire in Boystown late Monday. The blaze broke out behind Sherwin-Williams, 3311 North Halsted, around 10:30 p.m.

13-time felon gets 6 years for choking, robbing man on Boystown side street

November 23, 2020 CWBChicago

A 13-time violent felon has reached a plea deal with prosecutors who accused him of robbing, choking, and trying to sexually assault a man on a Boystown side street in August 2018.

He’s going to back to prison for robbing Boystown Walgreens again

November 22, 2020 CWBChicago

Raymond Bensfield, who was charged with robbing stores in Lakeview and Lincoln Park last year while he was on parole for robbing stores in Lakeview and Lincoln Park in 2018 while he was on parole for robbing stores in Lincoln Park in 2016, is going back to prison.