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Daytime burglar hits five North Side homes, police warn

October 14, 2025 3:39 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are warning residents about a series of home burglaries on the North Side in which a lone intruder forced his way through rear doors or windows to steal jewelry and electronics.

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August 2, 2025 2:22 PM CWBChicago

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Police comb Lincoln Square after masked gunmen rob McDonald’s

July 26, 2025 7:26 PM CWBChicago

Two masked gunmen robbed the McDonald’s at 4844 North Lincoln Avenue around 3:40 p.m. Saturday. Police launched a grid search from California to Lawrence and Ainslie to Washtenaw.

Police investigate Ravenswood and Uptown robberies, plus two weekend holdups that left victims shot

July 14, 2025 10:31 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating two armed robberies that occurred about nine hours apart on the North Side — one in Ravenswood and another in Uptown — as well as two robberies in which victims were shot over the weekend, one in Lakeview and the other in West Rogers Park.

Woman sentenced to 6 years for DUI crash that killed bicyclist in Lincoln Square

May 30, 2025 6:58 PM CWBChicago

A North Center woman was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to striking and killing a bicyclist while driving drunk in Lincoln Square.

Arsonist is firebombing cannabis dispensaries, Chicago police warn

May 1, 2025 2:33 PM CWBChicago

Arson investigators are hunting for a firebug who has tossed Molotov cocktails into two cannabis dispensaries on the North and Northwest Sides. They say he’s started two fires since April 19, both during the overnight hours.

Man murdered his wife, then tried to get 12-year-old to lie about what happened: prosecutors

April 16, 2025 5:50 AM Tim Hecke

A North Side man fatally stabbed his wife while their young children were in the next room and then tried to convince the children to lie to authorities about what happened, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Suspect detained after child finds mother fatally stabbed in North Side home

April 13, 2025 7:31 AM CWBChicago

A suspect is in custody after a 12-year-old child called 911 to report that her father had stabbed their mother inside their North Side home on Saturday night. The victim did not survive.

8 years for man who stabbed, tried to kill North Side convenience store clerk while on bail and on parole

March 26, 2025 4:39 PM CWBChicago

A suburban man was handed an 8-year sentence on Tuesday for stabbing a convenience store clerk in Lincoln Square. Nicholas Mann, 28, was on parole and on bail for a pending burglary charge at the time of the May 17, 2023, attack.

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January 27, 2025 10:46 AM CWBChicago

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Arsonist accused of setting a string of fires across North Side gets probation

January 18, 2025 8:01 PM Tim Hecke

The man charged with setting a string of arson fires from Lincoln Square to Andersonville one year ago has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to two cases this week, court records show.

North Side garage burglar, seen in countless surveillance videos, has become ‘a regular TV star’

December 9, 2024 5:24 AM CWBChicago

For the past few weeks, residents of a North Side neighborhood have grown tired of a prowler who has been breaking into garages and snooping around yards. Now Chicago police are trying to identify him.

Serial burglar is charged with breaking into bars and restaurants across Chicago (again)

December 4, 2024 7:18 PM CWBChicago

So far this year, more restaurants have been burglarized in Chicago than in any year since at least 2001. But there is some good news to report. Detectives have arrested and charged a man with committing six restaurant and bar burglaries since July, but he’s suspected of committing many more.

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