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Daytime burglar hits five North Side homes, police warn

October 14, 2025 3:39 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are warning residents about a series of home burglaries on the North Side in which a lone intruder forced his way through rear doors or windows to steal jewelry and electronics.

Fourth man gets 15 years federal time for violent 2022 carjacking and robbery spree

July 17, 2025 10:01 AM CWBChicago

The last of four men who took part in a two-day carjacking and robbery rampage across Chicago in September 2022 has been sentenced to federal prison.

Police investigate Ravenswood and Uptown robberies, plus two weekend holdups that left victims shot

July 14, 2025 10:31 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating two armed robberies that occurred about nine hours apart on the North Side — one in Ravenswood and another in Uptown — as well as two robberies in which victims were shot over the weekend, one in Lakeview and the other in West Rogers Park.

Uber driver charged with sexually abusing passenger on North Side is ‘a risk to every woman’: judge

April 18, 2025 10:13 AM CWBChicago

A rideshare driver has been detained as a “risk to every woman” after prosecutors accused him of sexually abusing a female passenger he picked up at a North Side bar.

Armed robbery and carjacking crew gets up to 22 years in federal prison

February 24, 2025 4:58 PM CWBChicago

Four men who committed a string of carjackings and armed robberies across Chicago during two days in September 2022 are heading to federal prison. Damandre Henley, 28, received the lengthiest sentence: 22 years. Davario McDowell, 25, received 18 years, and Tyler Oates-Nelson, 29, got 15 years. The fourth man, Dwight Hasberry, 31, will be sentenced next month.

‘I’m an elected official’ Cook County politician warns cops during DUI investigation (videos)

November 23, 2024 6:56 AM Tim Hecke

Newly released Chicago police body camera footage shows a Cook County Board of Review commissioner wasted little time identifying herself as an “elected official” while repeatedly refusing to step out of her car for a DUI investigation on the North Side on November 10.

Man broke windows at Ravenswood tavern 3x while on pretrial release for similar allegations, prosecutors say

September 26, 2024 11:18 AM CWBChicago

CHICAGO — A man is charged with breaking windows at a Ravenswood tavern three times while on pretrial release for allegedly breaking the window of a neighboring bar and stealing furniture from outside nearby homes. Court records show that Glenn Gerich, 58, repeatedly skipped court in the pending case and continued to skip court even

12-time convicted burglar broke into Edgewater apartment while on pretrial release for 2 Ravenswood burglaries: officials

July 3, 2024 10:40 AM CWBChicago

Officials say Sherwin Degraffenreid has been convicted of burglary 12 times during his 65 years on planet Earth. Now, they say he committed yet another burglary while on pretrial release for two additional burglary cases.

Ravenswood

Daytime burglar hits five North Side homes, police warn

Fourth man gets 15 years federal time for violent 2022 carjacking and robbery spree

Police investigate Ravenswood and Uptown robberies, plus two weekend holdups that left victims shot

Uber driver charged with sexually abusing passenger on North Side is ‘a risk to every woman’: judge

Armed robbery and carjacking crew gets up to 22 years in federal prison

‘I’m an elected official’ Cook County politician warns cops during DUI investigation (videos)

Man broke windows at Ravenswood tavern 3x while on pretrial release for similar allegations, prosecutors say

12-time convicted burglar broke into Edgewater apartment while on pretrial release for 2 Ravenswood burglaries: officials

Chicago police recruit shot while driving in Ravenswood

Burglary crew hit 10 businesses in 5 hours, Chicago police say

Probation for woman who used postal service master keys to burglarize residential mailrooms

Woman mugged while walking in Ravenswood

Attackers fire shot, assault man and pregnant woman in Ravenswood

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