Old Town Archives

Woman mugged while parking in Lincoln Park

January 30, 2020 10:16 AM 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 4:55 PM 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 4:03 PM 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 8:23 AM 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 9:31 AM 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 4:37 PM 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 6:00 AM 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 6:34 AM 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 9:23 AM 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 8:41 AM CWBChicago

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

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.