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Thief targeting spare tires and catalytic converters in Old Town, Gold Coast, Lincoln Park

March 25, 2021 CWBChicago

Police are on the hunt for a thief who’s been stealing catalytic converters and spare tires from parked cars in Lincoln Park, Old Town, and the Gold Coast since March 10.

Prosecutors: Contractor stole cash and coins worth $190,000 from Gold Coast condo

March 23, 2021 CWBChicago

The safe contained $90,000 cash and $100,000 worth of collectible coins, prosecutors said.

Here we go again: Milwaukee woman accused of stealing identities of men she met in Chicago bars

March 13, 2021 CWBChicago

A Milwaukee woman who was jailed for allegedly ripping off a series of men she met in Chicago nightclubs was set free last spring when COVID concerns prompted authorities to clear thousands of detainees out of Cook County jail.

Alleged “dent scammer” charged with targeting yet another driver — in Lincoln Park this time

March 13, 2021 CWBChicago

A North Center man who was charged last month with ripping off senior citizens with an auto dent repair scam caused more than $3,000 damage to a 72-year-old driver’s vehicle in a similar scheme last December, prosecutors said this week.

Prosecutors: Man scored $14K from robbery outside downtown nightclub

March 7, 2021 CWBChicago

The allegations serve as a timely reminder to nightlife lovers as Chicago’s bars and restaurants resume late-night operations after a year in COVID mode.

Man threatened to post condo receptionist’s private pix online, prosecutors say

March 6, 2021 CWBChicago

A Chicago man threatened to post revealing photos of his condo building’s front desk receptionist online to ruin the woman’s reputation in a series of anonymous text messages, prosecutors said.

Gold Coast: Cops looking for gunman after bullets fly into LSD condos

March 4, 2021 CWBChicago

Residents of three Lake Shore Drive high-rises are demanding answers after bullets have flown through the windows of four condo units over the past three weeks.

Attempted robbery charge filed in Streeterville attack

February 18, 2021 CWBChicago

Prosecutors on Wednesday said James Killingsworth attacked a woman and tried to take her phone in Streeterville — just two days before he was arrested for taking a woman’s phone in the Gold Coast.

Prosecutors: Man carjacked driver at Clark-Division — 2 years after he robbed another guy at the same spot

February 11, 2021 CWBChicago

A Riverdale man who went to prison for robbing a passenger at the Clark-Division Red Line station in 2018 was back in court Thursday to face charges of carjacking a driver at the same intersection in November.

Armed carjackings reported in Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, Edgewater, West Town

January 13, 2021 CWBChicago

Armed carjackers stole five cars in four separate crimes stretching from the Gold Coast to West Town and Lincoln Park to Edgewater on Tuesday evening.

Judge sends alleged drunk-driving former alderman to jail

January 7, 2021 CWBChicago

A judge on Thursday ordered former Alderman Proco “Joe” Moreno to turn himself in to jail officials for violating the terms of bail in a pending case by getting arrested for DUI late last month.

Former alderman charged with DUI after crashing into cars, tree along Gold Coast street

December 28, 2020 CWBChicago

Chicago police confirm that former Chicago Alderman Proco “Joe” Moreno was behind the wheel of a car that struck a series of cars along a Gold Coast street and then crashed into a tree Sunday evening.

Breaking: Car registered to former alderman plows into row of cars, tree in Gold Coast

December 28, 2020 CWBChicago

A vehicle registered to embattled former Chicago Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno crashed into a line of parked cars before plowing into a tree in the Gold Coast on Sunday evening, according to a CPD report.

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