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July 18, 2020 CWBChicago

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Update: Police warn about armed robbery crew

July 18, 2020 CWBChicago

An armed robbery crew pulled off nine separate robberies in less than two hours on the city’s Near West Side and West Town early Friday, according to a community alert from Chicago police.

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More carjackings reported as police promise crackdown: “The criminal justice system has to get serious about how they deal with some of these juveniles.”

February 22, 2020 CWBChicago

Chicago police will reconstitute a multi-agency task force to reverse a rise in carjackings this year. On Friday evening, a 72-year-old man was punched and robbed of his car in the latest hijacking.

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January 30, 2020 CWBChicago

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Old Town man with violent past now charged with 2018 armed sexual assault and robbery of woman

January 13, 2020 CWBChicago

Klevontaye White surrendered to police in Old Town last week to face allegations that he raped and robbed a woman at knifepoint in 2018, less than three years after he was sentenced to a five-year prison term for carjacking.

Parolee beat, bit, raped his 91-year-old neighbor in Little Italy, prosecutors say

December 20, 2019 CWBChicago

Londre Brown, 55, is accused of battering, biting, and sexually assaulting his 91-year-old neighbor during a home invasion in Little Italy last week.

Near West Side

Protected: Members Only: Near West Side crime performance from January through June 2013 – 2020

Update: Police warn about armed robbery crew

More carjackings reported as police promise crackdown: “The criminal justice system has to get serious about how they deal with some of these juveniles.”

Protected: Members Only: Near West Side annual crime performance 2013 – 2019

Old Town man with violent past now charged with 2018 armed sexual assault and robbery of woman

Parolee beat, bit, raped his 91-year-old neighbor in Little Italy, prosecutors say

Man stole tow truck, then called 911 to complain because victim pulled a gun on him, prosecutors say

Woman carjacked at Moody Bible Institute; suspect detained

Lincoln Square: Police warn of suspicious man near Welles Park

Illinois legislators approve police reforms and elimination of cash bail

Uber, Lyft drivers are being carjacked by passengers in Wicker Park, police say