Lakeview Archives

CPD bulletin offers new details of North Side burglary spree at bars, restaurants

November 7, 2023 12:54 PM CWBChicago

An internal Chicago police bulletin contains new information about a string of burglaries at businesses, mostly bars and restaurants, on the North Side overnight.

Bars, restaurants among at least 12 businesses burglarized overnight

November 7, 2023 6:14 AM CWBChicago

Burglars targeted at least a dozen businesses, mostly bars and restaurants, during an overnight spree, Chicago police say. A short stretch of Lincoln Avenue in North Center and Lincoln Square was particularly hard-hit.

3 gangbangers killed a man on a busy Lakeview street to boost their position in a rival gang, feds say

November 2, 2023 4:47 PM Tim Hecke

Federal prosecutors charged three Chicago men on Thursday with murdering a rival gang member as he drove in Lakeview East more than four years ago to boost their positions in the Ambose street gang.

Lakeview stabbing victim says assailant emerged from migrant tent outside nearby police station

October 27, 2023 4:35 AM CWBChicago

A man found stabbed at the Addison Red Line station told Chicago police that he was attacked by a migrant who emerged from a tent erected in front of the nearby Town Hall (19th) District police station.

Uptown man charged with stealing mail from residential buildings across the North Side

October 25, 2023 12:13 PM CWBChicago

An Uptown man charged last month with repeatedly stealing mail from a Loop condo building is now accused of doing the same thing at seven residential buildings across the North Side, according to Chicago police.

Woman who unwittingly provided clues that cracked massive Chicago burglary ring gets 6-year sentence

October 13, 2023 11:26 AM Tim Hecke

The woman who unknowingly provided Chicago police with the break they needed to bring down a prolific burglary team suspected of breaking into hundreds of stores across the city has been sentenced to six years.

Cops seek 2 men who robbed a group of women in Lakeview

October 12, 2023 1:08 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police detectives released surveillance images on Thursday of two men suspected of robbing a group of women in Lakeview.

North Side garage burglars caught on camera

October 12, 2023 8:05 AM CWBChicago

Two residential garage burglars were caught on camera in Edgewater recently, and one of their victims believes they’re the same prowlers that Chicago police recently warned North Side homeowners about.

2-man burglary team is targeting residential garages on North Side: Chicago police

October 8, 2023 4:11 PM CWBChicago

A two-man burglary team is targeting residential garages on the North Side, Chicago police said in a community alert Sunday.

Armed robbers mug 3 women in Lakeview, driver in Uptown

September 30, 2023 9:51 AM CWBChicago

Three women were robbed at gunpoint in Lakeview on Friday evening and Chicago police suspect the same offenders pulled off a carjacking in Uptown a few hours later.

Package thieves blasted victim with bear spray: Chicago police report

December 7, 2023 8:18 AM

Two North Siders blasted a woman in the face with bear spray while stealing packages from her apartment building vestibule, according to a Chicago police report.

15-year-old stabbed a man on the Red Line, Chicago police say

December 7, 2023 7:30 AM

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with stabbing a man on a Red Line train in Lincoln Park last month, according to Chicago police.

Man killed near West Loop homeless camp, 2nd shooting at troubled intersection in a month

December 7, 2023 6:33 AM

A man was shot and killed in the West Loop overnight, just steps from a homeless camp that the local alderman has said is a catalyst for violent crime in the area. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has reportedly withheld assistance in cleaning up the area because the local alderman refused to link his votes on key legislation to the clean-up effort.