Near West Side Archives

Auto burglar is actively welcoming restaurant diners back to Fulton Market

April 1, 2021 CWBChicago

Auto break-ins have been reported to police on at least six evenings since March 10 around the West Fulton Market restaurant strip.

Carjacker pulls woman from SUV in West Town, police say

March 17, 2021 CWBChicago

According to a police report, the victim, age 28, was parking her car on the 700 block of North Wood when a man pointed a gun at her head and opened the driver’s door around 10:15 p.m., according to a police report.

Robbery and carjacking crew struck 3 times in 5 hours, police say

March 16, 2021 CWBChicago

Chicago police are on the hunt for a carjacking and robbery crew that struck three times on Sunday evening and early Monday in on the Near West and Near South Sides

Carjacking team mugged woman in parking lot of Goose Island Home Depot, police say

March 2, 2021 CWBChicago

A group of men who hijacked two cars on the Northwest Side over the weekend robbed a woman as she walked on a Home Depot parking lot near Goose Island yesterday, according to Chicago police.

Armed carjacking and ATM theft team strikes 12 businesses overnight as FBI joins the hunt

February 28, 2021 CWBChicago

A prolific group of criminals specializing in armed carjackings and ATM burglaries targeted at least 12 businesses overnight just days after the FBI announced that they are getting involved in CPD’s pursuit of the crew.

Carjackings reported in Uptown, West Loop, West Town on Saturday; 3 arrests

February 28, 2021 CWBChicago

It seems like whatever strategy Chicago police leaders deployed to achieve a purported “20% reduction” in carjackings during this month’s blizzard doesn’t work when temperatures hit 48-degrees.

Armed men rob, carjack food delivery drivers twice on same block

February 23, 2021 CWBChicago

Two armed men robbed food delivery drivers on the same Near West Side block Saturday and Sunday evenings, according to police. The offenders carjacked one of the victims.

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February 9, 2021 CWBChicago

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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.

Near West Side

Auto burglar is actively welcoming restaurant diners back to Fulton Market

Carjacker pulls woman from SUV in West Town, police say

Robbery and carjacking crew struck 3 times in 5 hours, police say

Carjacking team mugged woman in parking lot of Goose Island Home Depot, police say

Armed carjacking and ATM theft team strikes 12 businesses overnight as FBI joins the hunt

Carjackings reported in Uptown, West Loop, West Town on Saturday; 3 arrests

Armed men rob, carjack food delivery drivers twice on same block

Protected: Members Only: Near West Side annual crime performance 2013 – 2020

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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.”

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

Two adults among those arrested as “large groups” of teens overran the Loop this weekend; gun recovered

“Watch what I’m going to do”: Man, angered by “yuppies” and dogs, plowed truck into group’s picnic, prosecutors say

Police: Burglar targeting bikes in Wicker Park, Bucktown garages

Tiny Loop parking garage generates 3 arrests in a month — 2 guns, plenty of pot siezed

Carjackers try to kidnap female driver in River North, police say