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Protected: Members Only: Old Town annual crime performance 2013 – 2019

February 3, 2020 CWBChicago

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Woman mugged while parking in Lincoln Park

January 30, 2020 CWBChicago

Two men attacked the woman and one brandished a handgun as she got out of her car in the 1600 block of North Halsted on Tuesday evening.

Burglary alert issued for Lincoln Park, Near North

January 26, 2020 CWBChicago

Police said the two-man burglary team is breaking into homes through front and side doors. Five cases in Lincoln Park and Near North have been reporte since Jan. 11.

Police investigate alleged abduction, robbery in Lincoln Park

January 15, 2020 CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating after a man reported being abducted and robbed after leaving a bar in Lincoln Park early Wednesday.

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.

Fake ride-hail robbers return to city’s nightlife districts, cops say

January 8, 2020 CWBChicago

Robbers have lured at least four victims into fake Uber and Lyft vehicles in River North and Old Town since Dec. 22, police said.

Even more shots fired on beleaguered Old Town block has some residents blaming “open air drug market”

December 2, 2019 CWBChicago

Yet another shooting attempt unfolded Saturday afternoon in a small, troubled section of Old Town that has seen a series of shootings and shots-fired cases since Oct. 23.

Woman escapes drive-by in violent corner of Old Town

November 30, 2019 CWBChicago

A violence-plagued corner of Old Town that has claimed four shooting victims since Oct. 23 nearly claimed its fifth victim on Friday morning.

Update: Charges filed in Old Town armed robbery

November 27, 2019 CWBChicago

Police said Deshawn Jackson put a gun to the woman’s head and took valuables from her and from her vehicle Monday afternoon in Old Town.

Arrest made, gun recovered after woman’s robbed in Old Town

November 26, 2019 CWBChicago

The woman said one man put a gun to her head as she loaded items into her car on the 1200 block of North Wells in Old Town.

Another shooting in Old Town — 4th victim in one month

November 23, 2019 CWBChicago

A gunman shot a 28-year-old Chicago man on the 1300 block of North Sedgwick in Old Town, police said.

911 refused to send police for “suspicious teens” during Sunday night robbery spree, Old Town woman says

November 18, 2019 CWBChicago

Police issued a warning after at least eight robberies unfolded on the Near North Side and in Lincoln Park on Sunday. But one 911 call taker refused to give a citizen’s critical information to dispatchers, an Old Town resident says.

Gunday: A look at how the courts are handling some recent weapons charges in Chicago

November 13, 2019 CWBChicago

How are the courts handling gun cases in Chicago? Here are a few recent cases that we found interesting. Prosecutors accuse one man of having a handgun in Edgewater while being on probation for beating a robbery victim with a two-by-four. Another is on parole for an earlier gun case. Back CWB’s reporting team and

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