Lincoln Park Archives

Woman dragged by car during robbery in Home Depot parking lot; charges filed

May 5, 2021 CWBChicago

Prosecutors on Wednesday charged an 18-year-old man with dragging a woman with his car as he grabbed the strap of her purse during a robbery on the parking lot of a Home Depot store near Goose Island in March.

Bungling burglars busted after cops see them walking out of house with crowbar, prosecutors say

May 1, 2021 CWBChicago

Two bungling burglars face a fresh round of felony charges after cops allegedly saw them walking out of a Lincoln Park home with a crowbar Thursday afternoon.

Third man charged with Lincoln Park carjacking

April 30, 2021 CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a third man in connection with the May 30, 2020, carjacking of a driver in Lincoln Park.

Cops again warn about thieves stealing parts from cars in Old Town, Lincoln Park

April 26, 2021 CWBChicago

For the second time this month, Chicago police are warning Lincoln Park and Old Town residents about thieves who take parts from parked cars in the neighborhoods.

Lincoln Park: Man shot near Alcott School overnight

April 11, 2021 CWBChicago

Police are looking for the gunman who shot another man in a parking lot next to Alcott Elementary School in Lincoln Park early Sunday.

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.

Robbery team struck again Tuesday, targeting women in Lincoln Park and Rogers Park

April 1, 2021 CWBChicago

A robbery and auto thief team that Chicago police warned about earlier this week struck two more times Wednesday — once in Rogers Park and once in Lincoln Park. The offenders remain at-large.

Creepy Lincoln Park peeping Tom is heading to prison

March 30, 2021 CWBChicago

It’s prison time for a Skokie man who’s pleaded guilty to committing a series of creepy peeping Tom incidents in Lincoln Park.

Cops link 2 Rogers Park robberies to auto theft in Lincoln Park

March 30, 2021 CWBChicago

Police are on the hunt for a group of men who stole a car in Lincoln Park on Saturday evening and then used it to commit two robberies in Rogers Park on Tuesday afternoon.

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.

Thief targeting spare tires and catalytic converters in Old Town, Gold Coast, Lincoln Park

March 25, 2021 CWBChicago

Police are on the hunt for a thief who’s been stealing catalytic converters and spare tires from parked cars in Lincoln Park, Old Town, and the Gold Coast since March 10.

Carjacking and robbery crew sought in Lincoln Park, Near North Side

March 25, 2021 CWBChicago

An armed robbery team carjacked a driver on the Near North Side yesterday then used the vehicle as they robbed another person of cash in Lincoln Park a few hours later, police said.

Mailbox theft crew is targeting residential buildings in Uptown, Lincoln Square

March 19, 2021 CWBChicago

The crime is similar to patterns identified elsewhere in the city that involve organized crews that use stolen or duplicated postal service keys to access buildings and delivered mail.

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