Lincoln Square

Police have issued two community alerts to warn residents of burglary patterns in Lincoln Square and in Lakeview’s Wrigleyville and Boystown neighborhoods. Detectives typically release alerts when they believe that an individual or group is responsible for a series of crimes. In Lincoln Square, a burglar has been forcing his way through front and rear

A burglar took two handguns and other valuables from a Lincoln Square home on Thursday morning, according to a Chicago police report. And two Lakeview residents woke up Friday morning to discover that a burglar entered their home and took property as they slept. In the Lincoln Square case, police responded to the 4400 block

Map of all Lincoln Square shooting locations since 2002. After a 31-year-old man was shot in their neighborhood on Friday evening, some Lincoln Square residents did what many Chicagoans do after the city’s violence hits close to home: They headed to online neighborhood watch groups to talk about the incident and wonder if things are

Police said a 31-year-old man was shot Friday evening as he sat in his car in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. No one is in custody. The victim was in an SUV at 4601 North Leavitt when a gunman in another vehicle opened fire on him from behind at 7:58 p.m., police said. He was struck

The man was shot near this building in the 5200 block of North Damen, police said. | Google A 22-year-old man was in good condition after being shot during an altercation in Lincoln Square on Wednesday evening. No one is in custody. Police said the victim was involved in an argument with three men on

A woman was mugged by two men in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on Wednesday morning, police said. The victim was near the corner of Wolcott and Sunnyside Avenues when the men approached and took her phone and credit cards around 10:15 a.m., according to a police report. The woman chased the men to the 1900

The Turin bike shop has been burglarized at least three times since last summer. | Google A Lincoln Square bicycle shop has been burglarized twice in January (and at least three times since last summer), a clear sign of just how widespread overnight burglaries to businesses are on the North Side. On Jan. 12th, cops

Lamon Weathers in 2016 | Cook County Sheriff Lamon Weathers, accused of violently robbing two cab drivers on the North Side and killing a cabbie during a third hold-up, pleaded guilty to murder on Monday. He was sentenced to 42 years in prison. Weathers was 19-years-old when he called Flash Cab for a ride from