Magnificent Mile Archives

3 charged in separate robberies on CTA trains in Loop, Old Town, and near Mag Mile

April 18, 2021 CWBChicago

Three more people have been arrested and charged with committing robberies on the L system downtown and in Old Town this week.

City files “nuisance” complaint against downtown hotel, alleging guns, crime, and packed elevators

April 16, 2021 CWBChicago

A downtown hotel faces public nuisance charges after the city launched an investigation following a series of incidents involving the hotel and its guests, the local alderman said.

“Social unrest” cited as prosecutors charge 2 men with separate store raids

April 13, 2021 CWBChicago

Prosecutors charged two men participating in two different raids on retail stores in the city early Monday.

Nordstrom break-in video released as city cancels days off for cops out of “abundance of caution”

April 13, 2021 CWBChicago

Surveillance video released by Chicago police last night shows seven people breaking into a Mag Mile department store and stealing armloads of purses early Monday.

Mag Mile Nordstrom burglarized after 911 callers see looting crew on Facebook Live

April 12, 2021 CWBChicago

One man is in custody, but at least three others got away after breaking into Nordstrom, 55 East Grand, early Monday.

Man gets 10-years in connection with 2019 Streeterville robbery wave

April 11, 2021 CWBChicago

A man who police linked to a series of armed robberies that plagued Streeterville during March 2019 has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.

Prosecutors: Mag Mile panhandler slashed tourist’s throat as victim’s son looked on

March 31, 2021 CWBChicago

A Chicago man was ordered held without bail Wednesday for allegedly slashing the throat of a tourist who refused to give him money in the heart of the Magnificent Mile.

Man shot inside Streeterville hotel

March 31, 2021 CWBChicago

An 18-year-old man was shot inside a Streeterville hotel Tuesday evening, police said. The victim and witnesses were reportedly uncooperative with investigators.

Mag Mile panhandler stabs man who won’t give him money, police say

March 28, 2021 CWBChicago

A complete stranger stabbed another man in the throat after the victim refused to give him money Sunday afternoon on the Magnificent Mile, police said.

Explosives discovered in Streeterville apartment — nearly 17 hours after police found man dead inside

March 25, 2021 CWBChicago

Chicago police removed two pipe bombs from a Streeterville apartment late Wednesday nearly 24 hours after the man who lives there was found dead in his bedroom, according to multiple sources.

6 guns seized, 6 men arrested when traffic stop leads cops to River North hotel party, prosecutors say

March 9, 2021 CWBChicago

Chicago police seized five handguns and arrested five men after a traffic stop in River North led cops to explore a nearby hotel guest room, prosecutors said. Felony gun charges have been filed against all of the men.

Swift justice: 10-time felon pleads guilty to violent robbery of 85-year-old near Mag Mile

February 13, 2021 CWBChicago

Less than six months after 10-time convicted felon Tony Davis violently mugged an 85-year-old woman outside her Mag Mile condo building, he has pleaded guilty to the crime.

Cops seize 2 guns from Mag Mile hotel room, prosecutors say

February 8, 2021 CWBChicago

Chicago police seized two handguns from a Mag Mile hotel room over the weekend, as the department continues to make near-daily arrests for illegal firearm possession along the North Michigan Avenue corridor.

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