Gold Coast Archives

Robbers are targeting Divvy riders on the Lakefront Trail, police say

May 21, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police say a couple of men are robbing Divvy riders of their bicycles on the Gold Coast lakefront.

Gold Coast ‘home invasion victim’ actually shot himself, police believe: sources

May 2, 2022 CWBChicago

Police now believe that a man who said home invaders shot him inside his Gold Coast apartment Friday morning actually shot himself, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

Man shot during Gold Coast home invasion, police say

April 29, 2022 CWBChicago

A Gold Coast resident was shot while struggling with men who invaded high-rise apartment on Friday morning, police said. He is in good condition.

Loop hijacker also carjacked a driver outside Gov. Pritzker’s Gold Coast mansion, officials say

April 10, 2022 CWBChicago

A South Loop man who carjacked a Lyft driver at gunpoint in the Loop on Saturday is also responsible for hijacking a driver outside Gov. JB Pritzker’s Gold Coast mansion last year, according to police and prosecutors.

Video shows driver plowing through other cars to escape cops in the Gold Coast

April 8, 2022 CWBChicago

Video shows the driver of a stolen SUV ramming through two other cars to escape Chicago police in the Gold Coast,

Division Street nightclub, scene of December drive-by, voluntarily closes after meeting with Chicago police, officials say

March 30, 2022 CWBChicago

Play Kitchen and Cocktails, 7 West Division, will close temporarily after management met with Chicago police, the local alderman said.

Woman shot in Gold Coast early Sunday, police say; more shots fired in River North on Sunday evening

March 28, 2022 CWBChicago

A 28-year-old woman was shot while riding in a car in the Gold Coast neighborhood early Sunday morning, police said.

Burberry burglary team may have committed 200 break-ins across Chicagoland: prosecutors

March 22, 2022 CWBChicago

The burglary crew that broke into Burberry twice in January and many other stores may have raided 200 stores this winter.

Man-woman robbery team strikes again in River North and Gold Coast

February 26, 2022 CWBChicago

A man-woman robbery team that struck five times on Wednesday and Thursday mornings across the city pulled off two more muggings Friday afternoon — once in River North and then in the Gold Coast.

Dozens were arrested during the riots, protests, and looting of 2020. Here’s what happened in court.

February 8, 2022 CWBChicago

We tracked dozens of 2020 criminal cases from the May/June riots and looting to the Columbus Statue clash. Here’s what happened after the headlines faded.

Gold Coast watch thief’s partner sped away in a Maserati, leaving him to fend for himself, prosecutors say

February 4, 2022 CWBChicago

Painstaking police work has led to the arrest of an Indiana man in connection with December’s smash-and-grab theft of pricey watches from a Gold Coast exotic car dealership.

Nightclub-trolling, ID-stealing woman heads to prison after pleading guilty to 6 felonies

January 18, 2022 CWBChicago

A Milwaukee woman has pleaded guilty to six felony counts of theft and identity theft in connection with a long-running scam in which she allegedly targeted men that she met in Chicago nightclubs and at a suburban casino bar.

Days after $1 million smash-and-grab, Lightfoot walked out of meeting with “idiot” luxury car dealer — then a city inspector showed up with a ticket book

January 12, 2022 CWBChicago

Lori Lightfoot visited Joe Perillo days after armed smash-and-grab robbers stole over $1 million in watches from his Gold Coast car dealership. It didn’t go well. Then, Perillo received a visit from a city inspector. She brought her ticket book.

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