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7 liquor stores robbed in 2-hour spree Saturday evening

October 15, 2023 8:21 AM CWBChicago

Seven liquor stores in Chicago were targeted by armed robbers in a two-hour-long spree on Saturday evening. The crimes mirrored similar incidents that occurred on Wednesday.

California man robbed NW Side pharmacy of pills, cash: Chicago police report

October 7, 2023 10:07 AM CWBChicago

A California man and a 17-year-old boy robbed a Portage Park pharmacy of prescription drugs and cash, but Chicago cops arrived before they got out of the store, officials said.

Shot fired during Wicker Park robbery as holdup sprees continue

August 24, 2023 7:46 AM CWBChicago

A gunman fired a shot while robbing a man in Wicker Park yesterday afternoon, Chicago police say. The crime was part of yet another robbery spree in the area.

At least 23 armed robberies reported Sunday as Chicago cops again see a robbery in progress, but don’t chase the offenders

August 21, 2023 7:19 AM CWBChicago

For the second time in less than a week, Chicago police officers witnessed an armed robbery in progress but did not try to catch the offenders, who continued to rob innocent victims on the street freely.

Prosecutors charge man with 2017 sexual assault after women accuse him of battery, assault on NW Side streets

August 13, 2023 6:22 AM CWBChicago

A Northwest Side man initially arrested for threatening a woman who refused to give him her contact information on a Jefferson Park street is facing much more serious charges after Chicago police linked him to other crimes, including a 2017 sexual assault.

Neighbor intentionally killed 9-year-old moments after she bought ice cream for herself and her dad: prosecutors

August 8, 2023 4:49 PM CWBChicago

Serabi Medina had just purchased ice cream for herself and her father when her 43-year-old neighbor intentionally shot the 9-year-old to death outside her Chicago home, prosecutors said.

Man charged with murdering Northwest Side resident, possessing machine gun

August 5, 2023 4:02 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors this week accused a Lake County man of murdering a Chicago man as the victim backed into the garage at his Northwest Side home in June.

Rifle-toting crew robs 10 people across Chicago on Monday morning

July 3, 2023 11:53 AM CWBChicago

A group of men armed with several guns, including at least one rifle, went on a robbery spree across Chicago on Monday morning, targeting victims from the Loop to the Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, and the Northwest Side.

Man gets 2 year hate crime sentence for defacing Chicago smoke shops with swastikas, prison gang tags

April 14, 2023 2:25 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago man has been sentenced to two years for a pair of hate crimes against two Northwest Side businesses last summer.

Man carjacked salesman during Land Rover test drive, officials say

March 23, 2023 8:31 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say the Chicago man who carjacked a Northwest Side auto dealership salesman during a test drive last year was caught because he gave the dealership a fake driver’s license that bore the picture from his real driver’s license.

Portage Park

7 liquor stores robbed in 2-hour spree Saturday evening

California man robbed NW Side pharmacy of pills, cash: Chicago police report

Shot fired during Wicker Park robbery as holdup sprees continue

At least 23 armed robberies reported Sunday as Chicago cops again see a robbery in progress, but don’t chase the offenders

Prosecutors charge man with 2017 sexual assault after women accuse him of battery, assault on NW Side streets

Neighbor intentionally killed 9-year-old moments after she bought ice cream for herself and her dad: prosecutors

Man charged with murdering Northwest Side resident, possessing machine gun

Rifle-toting crew robs 10 people across Chicago on Monday morning

Man gets 2 year hate crime sentence for defacing Chicago smoke shops with swastikas, prison gang tags

Man carjacked salesman during Land Rover test drive, officials say

15th person accused of Chicago murder or attempted murder while on felony release this year

Man gets 12 years for robbing Facebook Marketplace users in Chicago

Rapper whose release party preceded Chicago’s worst mass shooting of all time gets 2-year prison sentence — for gun possession

Woman waited hours for Chicago police response after being raped at gunpoint during home invasion

Burglar caught after 14 cars are broken into on a single Irving Park block