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ATM burglars strike again in Lakeview, West Loop

April 3, 2022 CWBChicago

A burglary crew is stealing ATMs from locations across the city, and their most recent targets are a Lakeview currency exchange and a West Loop restaurant, according to police and a CPD report.

ATM break-ins in Ravenswood, Kenwood early Friday are strangely similar

April 1, 2022 CWBChicago

Groups of armed men tried to force their way into ATMs on opposite sides of the city early Friday. Police are now trying to determine if the crimes are connected.

#68: Twice-convicted gun offender fired shots, threatened hospital guards while on bond for felony gun case, prosecutors say

March 5, 2022 CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a twice-convicted gun offender was on bond for a pending Class X felony gun case when he threatened a Swedish Hospital security guard with a pistol and fired shots in the hospital parking lot, narrowly missing a bystander.

2 arrested after robbers take woman’s car in Edgewater on Monday night

February 1, 2022 CWBChicago

Two suspects are in custody after they robbed a woman and stole her car in Edgewater late Monday.

Robberies reported in Boystown, Ravenswood this weekend

January 31, 2022 CWBChicago

A man fought off two robbers who then brandished a gun in Boystown on Sunday night, police said. Separately, detectives are investigating a robbery in Ravenswood in which three men mugged a woman and stole her car Saturday evening.

Ridership is still down, but robberies and violent attacks are at 10-year highs on CTA’s Loop and North Side train lines

December 1, 2021 CWBChicago

Ridership on the CTA’s train system remains significantly lower than during the pre-COVID era, but city statistics show that robberies and violent attacks on the L system from downtown to the North Side are at their highest point in at least ten years.

Armed carjackers strike 4 times in 30 minutes across North Side

October 4, 2021 CWBChicago

Armed men carjacked three drivers and tried to carjack a fourth during a 30-minute crime spree Sunday night across Lakeview, Roscoe Village, and Ravenswood, police said. No arrests have been made.

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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