Near West Side Archives

Driver bails out of stolen car, hides on expressway pillar, leaving guns, drugs, cash behind: prosecutors

June 3, 2023 4:26 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police and state troopers arrested Bahroze Hussain after he fled from a stolen Jeep and hid on an expressway pillar, leaving guns, cash, and drugs behind, prosecutors said.

4 women robbed while walking in Lincoln Park this morning; at least 9 victims in area since Sunday night

June 1, 2023 9:49 AM CWBChicago

Four young women were robbed while walking together in Lincoln Park shortly after midnight Thursday, Chicago police said.

At least 9 robbed in an hour Saturday morning in Humboldt Park, Near West Side

May 27, 2023 8:10 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating another robbery spree on the Near West Side after at least eight people were robbed at gunpoint in about an hour Saturday morning.

Seeing double? Suspects in recent CTA robbery bulletins may be the same people

May 14, 2023 11:12 AM CWBChicago

Surveillance images included in two Chicago police bulletins about robberies on CTA train platforms this month appear to show the same suspects.

Chicago boys charged with 16 armed robberies and carjackings. They’re 15 and 16 years old.

May 11, 2023 7:31 AM CWBChicago

Two boys, ages 15 and 16, are charged in connection with dozens of armed robberies and carjackings reported across the city during late March, Chicago police said.

Images released of men who robbed high school students at Racine Blue Line station

May 1, 2023 3:27 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police have released surveillance images of two men who allegedly robbed three high school students at the Racine Blue Line station over the weekend.

3 high school students robbed at gunpoint after leaving an event at Whitney Young High School

April 30, 2023 7:07 PM CWBChicago

Three Chicago high school students were robbed at gunpoint Saturday evening after leaving an event at Whitney Young Magnet School, according to a parent of one victim.

#59: Father killed Uber driver who failed to drop daughters off at intended destination, prosecutors say

April 28, 2023 7:24 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors on Thursday charged a Chicago man with killing an Uber driver who failed to drop his daughters off at their desired location last summer.

7 armed carjackings this week are linked to same crew, Chicago police say

April 26, 2023 7:42 PM CWBChicago

Detectives have linked a series of armed robberies and carjackings this week to the same crew of offenders, according to a community alert released by Chicago police.

2 year sentence for pushing man from Blue Line platform

April 8, 2023 10:50 AM CWBChicago

The Chicago man who pushed a CTA passenger onto the tracks from a Blue Line platform last summer has been sentenced to two years

6 weeks after hit-and-run driver killed a construction worker on Lake Shore Drive, friends are raising money, cops investigating

June 7, 2023 6:26 PM

Friends are trying to raise money for Kenny Hernandez, the road construction worker who was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Lake Shore Drive in April.