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Armed robbery team is targeting Bucktown, Wicker Park, Logan Square, police say

January 25, 2022 CWBChicago

Police are warning about another armed robbery and carjacking team that is committing crime sprees around Bucktown, Logan Square, and Wicker Park.

Man attacked strangers with knife, hammer, and machete in Logan Square, prosecutors say

December 14, 2021 CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged an Elgin man with two separate random attacks in Logan Square since September — one with a knife and another with a hammer and a machete.

Woman shot during a robbery behind Logan Square food co-op; another carjacking in Wicker Park

December 9, 2021 CWBChicago

Another carjacking was reported in Wicker Park on Wednesday evening. Later, an armed man shot a woman in Logan Square during a robbery that netted him a cellphone.

Police safely detain man who allegedly attacked an officer and grabbed cops’ guns during apparent suicide attempt

December 8, 2021 CWBChicago

A 23-year-old man attacked and tried to disarm a Chicago police officer outside the Shakespeare (14th) District station in Logan Square on Saturday afternoon, prosecutors said.

8 more victims robbed in 5 hold-ups across West Town, Bucktown, and Wicker Park

November 4, 2021 CWBChicago

At least eight more people were targeted in muggings and carjackings from Wednesday afternoon into the early hours of Thursday across the robbery-plagued West Town community area.

Bucktown woman foils carjacking by leaning on the horn; Logan Square woman not so lucky

October 27, 2021 CWBChicago

A Bucktown woman foiled an armed carjacking by leaning on her car horn when the hijacker pointed a gun at her Monday morning.

Concealed carry holder foiled organized tobacco thieves at River North Walgreens — but they are still raiding stores

October 23, 2021 CWBChicago

Two men who have stolen large volumes of cigarettes from Walgreens stores across the North Side had a little scare when they targeted one of the chain’s River North stores.

Couple robbed at gunpoint in Bucktown, driver carjacked in Logan Square

September 20, 2021 CWBChicago

A man and woman were robbed at gunpoint by a group of men who confronted them in Bucktown early Monday, police said. The hold-up unfolded minutes before a man was carjacked in Logan Square of a vehicle he purchased just three days ago.

Another woman robbed and carjacked in Bucktown on Tuesday evening

September 15, 2021 CWBChicago

Another woman was robbed and carjacked in Bucktown on Tuesday evening. The hijacking unfolded just a couple hundred yards from the 1900 block of West Wabansia, where at least three armed robberies and carjackings have been reported since Friday.

Armed robbery and carjacking wave rolls through Bucktown and Wicker Park

September 14, 2021 CWBChicago

Police are investigating at least eight armed robberies and carjackings around Bucktown and Wicker Park — including three that have bee reported on a single block since Friday.

Man charged with stun-gunning, carjacking Uber driver in Logan Square

September 3, 2021 CWBChicago

A 19-year-old man has been charged in connection with a series of carjackings on Monday in which Uber drivers were attacked with stun guns.

Woman shot man outside River North bar following “intense provocation,” defense attorney claims

August 31, 2021 CWBChicago

A Logan Square woman shot a man on River North street corner, then followed him for two blocks and shot him again at point-blank range as bystanders tried to help him outside a bustling tavern, prosecutors said.

High on coke and benzos, man drove wildly through Mag Mile before crashing into DIOR’s 3,000-pound security window, prosecutors say

August 29, 2021 CWBChicago

The man who allegedly drove recklessly through the Mag Mile neighborhood before crashing into the DIOR store on Friday morning received probation last month for a case that started as a home invasion.

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