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Victim OK, man detained after shooting in North Center

August 24, 2021 CWBChicago

A 25-year-old is in good condition and a suspect is in custody after a shooting in Lincoln Square on Tuesday afternoon.

16-year-old charged with trying to carjack off-duty cop at gunpoint in Uptown

July 28, 2021 CWBChicago

Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with the attempted carjacking of an off-duty Chicago police officer in Uptown on Sunday evening.

Woman carjacked at gunpoint in Ravenswood, as hijacking reports climb

July 28, 2021 CWBChicago

A carjacker took a woman’s SUV at gunpoint in Ravenswood on Tuesday morning, police said. The details of the hijacking are similar to at least nine other cases that have been reported in the area in recent days.

Ravenswood woman comes home to find 4-time burglar in her bedroom closet, prosecutors say

July 12, 2021 CWBChicago

A four-time convicted burglar is facing his fifth residential burglary case after a Ravenswood woman came home to discover him inside her bedroom closet, according to prosecutors.

Ravenswood man wearing “Rastafarian wig” disguise tried to beat ex-wife to death on Lakeview street, prosecutors say

June 9, 2021 CWBChicago

A Ravenswood man disguised himself with a “Rastafarian wig” as he tried to beat his ex-wife to death on a Lakeview street last month, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Woman, 18, sexually assaulted in Ravenswood, police say in community alert

May 18, 2021 CWBChicago

A man sexually assaulted a woman after luring her into a Ravenswood construction site Monday evening, Area Three detectives said in a community alert Tuesday afternoon.

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Victim OK, man detained after shooting in North Center

16-year-old charged with trying to carjack off-duty cop at gunpoint in Uptown

Woman carjacked at gunpoint in Ravenswood, as hijacking reports climb

Ravenswood woman comes home to find 4-time burglar in her bedroom closet, prosecutors say

Ravenswood man wearing “Rastafarian wig” disguise tried to beat ex-wife to death on Lakeview street, prosecutors say

Woman, 18, sexually assaulted in Ravenswood, police say in community alert

8-time felon accused of shooting at cop in Rogers Park is held without bail

Social media is to blame for River North’s violent crime “perception,” local police commander says

3 pups missing after thief steals doggy daycare’s transport van in Lakeview

Old Town carjacking is linked to citywide hijacking team, but man caught driving the stolen car is only charged with misdemeanors

Prosecutors charge man with murdering woman in expressway shooting — while on felony bond