Ravenswood Archives

Ravenswood bank robber had ‘rough, working hands,’ FBI says

May 16, 2023 8:09 AM CWBChicago

The FBI’s Chicago field office is looking for a man with “rough, working hands” who robbed a Ravenswood bank on Saturday morning.

$800,000 bail for alleged baseball bat attacker: ‘What would happen if I bashed you with this bat?’

May 11, 2023 3:31 PM CWBChicago

A Cook County judge set bail at $800,000 for a Chicago woman who’s accused of randomly attacking women, sometimes with a baseball bat, this week.

Charges filed in North Side baseball bat attacks

May 11, 2023 5:56 AM CWBChicago

A Jefferson Park woman is charged with committing a string of apparently random attacks on women this week, sometimes using a baseball bat to attack her victims, according to Chicago police.

Woman randomly attacked 5 people with a baseball bat in Ravenswood Manor crime spree, Chicago police say

May 9, 2023 4:25 PM CWBChicago

A woman armed with a metal baseball bat attacked at least five women on the North Side in an apparently random series of crimes that were partially captured on video, according to Chicago police.

Cleaning crew finds cache of guns, ammo, and drugs in vacant Ravenswood apartment

May 3, 2023 1:21 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police seized a cache of guns, ammunition, cash, and drugs after a work crew found the items in a vacated Ravenswood apartment.

7 armed carjackings this week are linked to same crew, Chicago police say

April 26, 2023 7:42 PM CWBChicago

Detectives have linked a series of armed robberies and carjackings this week to the same crew of offenders, according to a community alert released by Chicago police.

20 cars burglarized in 2 days across North Side, police say

April 25, 2023 8:30 AM CWBChicago

A group of three or four males broke into at least 20 cars on the city’s North Side over the weekend, Chicago police said in a community alert Tuesday morning.

Two men burglarized 8 North Side bars and restaurants in 2 days, police say

March 17, 2023 7:54 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police say two men broke into eight bars and restaurants from Lincoln Park to Lincoln Square during back-to-back crime sprees on Wednesday and Thursday.

Liquor store burglary crew hits the city again overnight; cops link dozens of cases to the group

February 27, 2023 9:53 AM CWBChicago

An armed burglary crew that has struck dozens of liquor stores during overnight raids across Chicago over the past month was back in action Monday morning.

Parolee tried to sexually assault woman inside Buddhist temple, prosecutors say

February 25, 2023 6:54 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man on parole for sexually abusing an 86-year-old woman during a home invasion is now accused of trying to rape a woman inside a Buddhist temple in Ravenswood.

Girl, 2, accidentally shot herself in Rogers Park, police say

May 28, 2023 8:39 PM

A 2-year-old girl shot herself in the hand after finding a firearm inside a Rogers Park apartment on Sunday afternoon, according to initial information from Chicago police.

No bail for Chicago ‘peacekeeper’ charged with beating, robbing man in Little Village

May 28, 2023 12:07 PM

A Chicago man who wore a neon yellow “peacekeepers” vest helped a group of people beat and rob a motorist in Little Village on Friday night, according to a Chicago Police Department report.

Chicago man tried to sexually assault woman on Blue Line, touched second woman: prosecutors

May 28, 2023 6:32 AM

CHICAGO — Prosecutors have charged a Chicago man with repeatedly punching a woman during an attempted sexual assault aboard a Blue Line train and inappropriately touching another woman on the train line the next night.