Lincoln Park Archives

An Ulta Beauty crime ring organizer is busted. He’s 15.

January 15, 2022 CWBChicago

Prosecutors have filed 21 felony charges against the operator of a financial crime enterprise that was fueled by reselling colognes and cosmetics stolen in brazen shoplifting raids on Ulta Beauty stores across the city.

Woman, 18, carjacked on tony Lincoln Park street

January 8, 2022 CWBChicago

An 18-year-old woman was carjacked last night as she sat in her car on a Lincoln Park street lined with some of the city’s priciest homes.

One day after being featured on TV news, this Lincoln Park shop lost $50,000 to a 10-man shoplifting mob

January 3, 2022 CWBChicago

Monday, a shoplifting mob raided Cynthia’s Consignments, 2218 North Clybourn, and stole everything from a designer handbag display that WGN featured prominently in its report.

Boystown robbery victims were shot by hold-up crew that has been working the North Side for weeks, CPD confirms

December 29, 2021 CWBChicago

Chicago police tonight confirmed that the armed robbery crew that shot two men during separate hold-ups in Boystown late Tuesday and early Wednesday is part of the same group that committed dozens of crimes across Lakeview and Lincoln Park.

See a robbery happening? This alderman wants you to run toward the offenders while blowing a whistle.

December 29, 2021 CWBChicago

Lincoln Park Alderman Michele Smith is encouraging residents to run toward robberies in progress while blowing a whistle.

Shots fired during hijacking attempt in Irving Park; successful carjackings reported in Lincoln Park and West Town

December 24, 2021 CWBChicago

A carjacker fired a gun while trying to hijack a man’s vehicle on the North Side yesterday evening, then struck the victim with their getaway car as they fled the scene, police said.

Robberies reported aboard Red Line trains in the Loop, Lincoln Park, and Lakeview on Thursday

December 23, 2021 CWBChicago

Police are investigating three robberies reported on CTA trains in the Loop, Lincoln Park, and Lakeview on Thursday.

3 arrested after car linked to North Side robbery sprees slams head-on into CPD squad car, sources say

December 17, 2021 CWBChicago

A stolen Honda Civic that has been used in several recent armed robbery sprees on the North Side crashed into a Chicago police tactical unit in the Austin neighborhood yesterday evening, according to a law enforcement source.

Exclusive: “Flash mob robbery crews” are responsible for waves of hold-ups across the city, sources reveal

December 17, 2021 CWBChicago

Investigators now believe “flash mob robbery crews” are responsible for months of robberies stretching from West Town to Uptown, with Lakeview and Lincoln Park being their latest hunting grounds.

Man charged with attacking and carjacking real estate agent in Lincoln Park tells judge, “I’m trying all my best”

December 16, 2021 CWBChicago

A 19-year-old man who is charged with attacking and carjacking a real estate agent in Lincoln Park this week — while free on bail for a felony drug case — tried to convince a judge that he’s a good guy.

Armed robbery crews claim 14 more victims Wednesday — hours after politicians staged a street corner conversation about armed robberies

December 16, 2021 CWBChicago

Just hours after politicians and police concluded a street corner conversation about crime in Lakeview, at least 14 people fell victim to armed robbery crews that swept across the area.

5 more people robbed and 3 are pistol-whipped in Lakeview and Lincoln Park on Tuesday evening

December 15, 2021 CWBChicago

At least five more people were robbed — and three of them were pistol-whipped — across Lakeview and Lincoln Park on Tuesday evening, police say.

Woman robbed in Lakeview, man robbed in Lincoln Park as area’s hold-up problem rolls along

December 14, 2021 CWBChicago

Police are investigating two robberies that were reported Monday afternoon and evening — one in Lakeview East and the other in Lincoln Park, two areas that have been hard-hit in a weeks-long string of similar crimes.

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