Lakeview Archives

Five more armed robberies, carjackings reported overnight in Lakeview, Wicker Park, West Town

March 10, 2023 6:00 AM CWBChicago

For the third day in a row, and the fourth time this week, armed men committed a string of robberies and carjackings overnight, according to Chicago police.

Man stabbed during fight on Red Line train at Addison

March 9, 2023 9:06 AM CWBChicago

A man is hospitalized after being repeatedly stabbed during a fight aboard a Red Line train in Wrigleyville overnight, Chicago police said.

Paroled burglar charged with burglarizing homes in Lakeview, North Center

March 8, 2023 10:11 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a paroled burglar with breaking into three homes on the North Side, starting less than four months after he got out of prison for a series of burglary and looting-related crimes.

Armed men rob sandwich shops in Lakeview, Loop as possible crime pattern emerges

March 3, 2023 10:54 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are looking for possible connections between the late-night robberies of two sandwich shops, one in the Loop and the other near Boystown.

New details of ‘Puffy Coat Bandits’ emerge as prosecutors formally charge ‘ringleader’

March 2, 2023 5:00 PM CWBChicago

New details were revealed about the unfortunately-named “Puffy Coat Bandit” restaurant theft crew as prosecutors charged a man identified as a group leader with four counts of felony theft from persons in Chicago.

Chicago cops hunting man responsible for ‘indecent acts’ in Lakeview

February 28, 2023 7:30 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are trying to track down a man who is responsible for committing indecent acts in Lakeview during October and November of last year.

Liquor store burglary crew hits the city again overnight; cops link dozens of cases to the group

February 27, 2023 9:53 AM CWBChicago

An armed burglary crew that has struck dozens of liquor stores during overnight raids across Chicago over the past month was back in action Monday morning.

Serial robber busted after angry ex-boyfriend turned him in, prosecutors say

February 25, 2023 8:45 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man exacted a little revenge by notifying Chicago police that his ex-boyfriend was responsible for a string of robberies on the North Side in which the offender escaped in a U-Haul truck.

Woman shoplifted from Gold Coast lululemon store 30 times, getting merch worth $36,000, prosecutors say

February 24, 2023 11:45 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago woman took merchandise worth $36,000 during more than 30 raids of the Gold Coast lululemon store, prosecutors said

Armed robbers followed man as he walked home from Wrigleyville bar, prosecutors say

February 20, 2023 10:08 PM CWBChicago

A group of armed men followed a Lakeview man as he walked home from a Wrigleyville bar in January, then attacked and robbed him of his cash and phone, prosecutors said as they announced charges against one man on Monday.