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5 stabbed in 3 separate incidents at Loop CTA stations overnight

January 14, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating after five people were stabbed in three separate incidents at CTA train stations in the Loop between last night and early today.

Group attacked and robbed victims at Roosevelt Red Line: “Let’s run their pockets, beat their *sses, and take their cell phones!”

January 13, 2022 CWBChicago

The victims, females ages 15 and 18, were at the station around midnight on January 2 when the group approached and asked one of the victims who they were talking to on the phone, Assistant State’s Attorney Zachary Peasall said.

Woman charged with shooting man in the Loop (and the man is charged with having a bunch of pot in his waistband)

January 11, 2022 CWBChicago

A Wisconsin woman who traveled to Chicago to celebrate her birthday with her child’s father wound up shooting the man during a confrontation on a Loop street corner Sunday morning, prosecutors said.

Career criminal gets 21 years for shooting passenger during robbery on CTA train

January 11, 2022 CWBChicago

A career criminal was sentenced Tuesday to 21 years in prison for shooting a CTA passenger in the back during a robbery at the UIC-Halsted station in February 2020.

Out of prison for two weeks, man’s charged with beating and robbing victim at Jackson Red Line station

January 9, 2022 CWBChicago

A man and three juveniles are charged with attacking and robbing a man on the Jackson Red Line platform Friday evening. As CWB reported last week, the Jackson station has become a hotbed of robbery activity in recent weeks. Timothy Mayo, a 20-year-old who was released from prison on December 23, is charged with felony

Cops watch via camera as woman shoots man in the Loop on Sunday morning

January 9, 2022 CWBChicago

A 29-year-old man is recovering after being shot by a woman during an apparent domestic incident on a Loop street corner Sunday morning

Armed robber fires warning shot during hold-up in the Loop; Tourist carjacked outside a downtown hotel

January 8, 2022 CWBChicago

An armed robber fired a shot while robbing a woman in the Loop on Friday morning, police said. She was not injured. CPD is also investigating two carjackings in the area on Thursday night — one in the Loop and another in the South Loop.

Video shows mob attacking and robbing a man on the Jackson Red Line platform

January 3, 2022 CWBChicago

CTA surveillance cameras were rolling as at least five people attacked and robbed a man on the Jackson Red Line platform Sunday night.

Groups attacked and robbed passengers on the Jackson Red Line platform Sunday night — twice.

January 3, 2022 CWBChicago

A group of attackers beat and robbed a man on the Jackson Red Line platform Sunday night — then, they returned an hour later to beat and rob a second victim, according to police. Two juveniles are facing charges.

On New Year’s Eve, 17-year-old becomes the Loop’s 28th shooting victim of 2021

January 1, 2022 CWBChicago

A 17-year-old girl became the Loop’s 28th and final shooting victim of 2021 on New Year’s Eve, wrapping up the bloodiest year for the famed downtown neighborhood in a generation or more.

Armed hijackings reported in Streeterville, South Loop, and West Town on Wednesday evening

December 30, 2021 CWBChicago

Armed hijackers targeted a family in Streeterville, a Grubhub driver in West Town, and a woman who was leaving work in the Loop on Wednesday evening, according to separate CPD reports.

Robber attacks man inside Loop hotel on Christmas Day, steals his car: report

December 26, 2021 CWBChicago

Police are investigating after a man was followed into a Loop hotel on Christmas Day by an offender who attacked him then stole his car, which was parked nearby.

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Trio robbed Loop convenience store — then one returned to blast the clerk with pepper spray, prosecutors say

December 25, 2021 CWBChicago

A woman and two men are charged with a convenience store robbery in the Loop this week that left the shop’s employee reeling from the effects of pepper spray.