Lincoln Park Archives

Lincoln Park: Cyclist beats robbery suspect with bike as FedEx driver helps cops chase him down (Judge lets him go for $100)

August 9, 2019 1:47 AM CWBChicago

Deontae Brisco is accused of robbing a woman in the street on the 500 block of West Armitage. | CPD; Google At least four witnesses told police they saw a woman get chased into Armitage Avenue and robbed by a man on Wednesday afternoon. One of them beat the alleged attacker with a bike. Another,

Man sought in Lincoln Park carjacking arrested in Texas; Parolee also called “person of interest” in DePaul-area slashing

August 8, 2019 11:42 PM CWBChicago

Adam Bramwell | Illinois Department of Corrections United States Marshals in Texas have arrested the man who police say last month carjacked a woman in her Lincoln Park garage. Chicago police have also named the man as a “person of interest” in the July 18th knife attack that left a recent DePaul University graduate severely

Lincoln Park: AWOL parolee sought in connection with July 13 attack, carjacking

August 1, 2019 10:18 AM CWBChicago

Adam Bramwell | Chicago Police Dept In a rare move, Chicago police have identified a wanted offender by name in connection with the July 13th attack and carjacking of a woman in her Lincoln Park garage. Adam Bramwell, a four-time convicted felon who is currently missing while on parole, is being actively sought by police,

Phone thief targets restaurant diners in Lakeview, Lincoln Park

July 28, 2019 2:01 PM CWBChicago

Police are warning about a scammer who is stealing phones from restaurant patrons in Lakeview East and nearby Lincoln Park. The offender strikes up conversations with diners who have a phone on their table. He’ll casually place a menu over the phone, then casually take the device away with the menu and leave the restaurant.

Blotter: Lincoln Park rock-thrower causes $28K in damages; More…

July 26, 2019 1:32 AM CWBChicago

Editor’s note: A third story that previously appeared in this report was removed on February 16, 2023, after the accused person had the matter expunged from their record. Alejandro Alvarez | CPD • A Lower West Side man caused grave injuries to his girlfriend’s poodle when he struck the year-old dog in the head with

Lincoln Park: Seven shot on lakefront near Fullerton

July 20, 2019 10:40 AM CWBChicago

Police said shots were fired near the brick sign marking the entrance to Theater on the Lake. | Google Seven people, mostly women, were shot early Saturday near the entrance to Theater on the Lake, 2401 North Lake Shore Drive, according to police and a CPD source. No one is in custody. It is the

Armed man robs, carjacks woman in her Lincoln Park garage

July 16, 2019 10:29 AM CWBChicago

A Lincoln Park woman was confronted in her garage by an armed man who battered her, robbed her, and stole her car Saturday morning, according to a CPD spokesperson. The offender remains at large. Police said the victim, 56, was parking her car in her garage on the 1800 block of North Fremont when the

14-year-old scammed by man at Lincoln Park ATM

June 24, 2019 6:30 PM CWBChicago

A 14-year-old girl lost hundreds of dollars of her aunt’s money to a scam artist at a Lincoln Park ATM on Sunday afternoon, police said. No one is in custody. The aunt sent her niece to make a withdrawal at Citibank, 2555 North Clark, around 2:50 p.m., according to a police report. While the girl

Lincoln Park bank robber gets away with over $9K, cops say

June 23, 2019 5:14 PM CWBChicago

| FBI The FBI is looking for a bank robber who made off with more than $9,000 from a Chase branch in Lincoln Park on Saturday morning. A man wearing sunglasses and a surgical mask walked into the bank at 935 West Armitage at 10:53 a.m. and presented a demand note to a teller, police

Lincoln Park: Two armed robberies within 15 minutes early Wednesday

June 19, 2019 11:39 PM CWBChicago

Approximate locations of Wednesday’s robberies. Police are investigating two armed robberies reported in under 20 minutes early Wednesday in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The same pair of gunmen are suspected of being responsible for both hold-ups, according to a police department source. In the first incident, two men armed with handguns approached a pair of

Five weeks after being paroled, convicted murderer had a gun in his car: prosecutors

June 7, 2023 8:33 AM

Five weeks after being paroled on a murder case, Donald Wilson had a gun in his car during a traffic stop, Chicago police say.

Gun charge filed against man convicted last year of inciting 2020 riots in Chicago

June 7, 2023 7:40 AM

James Massey, who received a 15-month federal prison sentence last May for using social media to encourage people to riot in downtown Chicago during the summer of 2020, is facing new charges after Chicago police allegedly found him carrying a gun in his car.

Serial burglar jumped from 3rd floor as Chicago cops moved in: prosecutors

June 6, 2023 1:34 AM

A Chicago man jumped from a third-floor balcony as police moved in to arrest him for a series of business burglaries, mainly in West Town, officials said.