Lincoln Square

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

Three carjackings were reported on Tuesday in the North Side’s 19th (Town Hall) Police District, including two within five minutes around 9 p.m. The latest incidents are at least the sixth and seventh to be reported in the police district since Oct.1st, according to city data. Around 9 p.m., a Missouri man was forced out

The attack took place near the intersection of Lincoln and Eastwood, police said. | Google Police detectives are investigating a robbery and possible hate crime after an 18-year-old man reported being attacked by two men in Lincoln Square on Thursday afternoon. A police spokesperson said the victim and his 18-year-old girlfriend were walking in the

Lily, a three-pound teacup poodle, was stolen from her Lincoln Square home, police said. | Chicago Police Dept Police are investigating the reported dognapping of a teacup poodle from her home in Lincoln Square, according to an alert issued by Area North detectives. The three-pound pooch named Lily was taken from her front yard in

The Bloom Yoga Studio in Lincoln Square was robbed on Monday afternoon, police said. | Google The Bloom Yoga Studio in Lincoln Square was robbed on Monday afternoon in a crime that bears a striking resemblance to a robbery of the same business in May of 2017. No one is in custody for today’s hold-up.

Chicago police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two vehicles that were used in separate hit-and-run incidents earlier this year. In one case, a bicyclist was seriously injured in Lincoln Park. In the other, a pedestrian was struck in Lincoln Square. Both community alerts were issued on Tuesday. Lincoln Park Image of the

David Walsh (inset) and a bank robber that the FBI says is…David Walsh. | CPD, FBI David Walsh was a 71-year-old retiree with a plan, if you believe the FBI. At an age when many of his contemporaries are winding down, Walsh hatched a scheme to make big bucks by pulling off a bunch of

An 87-year-old man was robbed here, near the corner of Rockwell and Agatite on Wednesday. | Google An 87-year-old man was robbed of his wallet in Lincoln Square late Wednesday morning, police said. No one is in custody. The man was walking northbound in the 4400 block of North Rockwell around 11:40 a.m. when a

Approximate locations of four burglaries listed in today’s police alert. Four homes in the Town Hall Police District were burglarized last Friday and police believe the cases are connected, according to a newly-released community alert. Homes were struck in the Lincoln Square, North Center, and Uptown neighborhoods according to the police department’s press release. The

This man robbed a Lincoln Square bank on Saturday. | FBI The FBI has released an image of a bank robber who struck in Lincoln Square over the weekend. The U.S. Bank at 4725 North Western was targeted in a “takeover” bank robbery just before 1 p.m. on Saturday, the agency said. The robber seen

(NORTH CENTER) — A knife-wielding man robbed an eyebrow threading salon and one of its customers on Thursday evening, police said. The offender entered Brows Threading, 2121 West Irving Park shortly after 6 p.m.and pulled out a knife. He took a woman into the back of the store, robbed a customer of a debit card

(UPTOWN) — A 12-year-old girl was followed into a locker room by a 14-year-old boy who then sexually abused her Thursday evening at the Uplift Community High School swimming pool, 900 West Wilson, police said. The boy made “inappropriate contact” with the girl around 6 p.m., causing minor injuries, according to a CPD spokesperson. Prosecutors