Ravenswood Archives

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 8:51 AM Tim Hecke

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 11:04 AM Tim Hecke

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 7:21 PM Tim Hecke

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 9:11 AM Tim Hecke

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 7:04 AM Tim Hecke

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 6:15 PM Tim Hecke

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 1:45 PM Tim Hecke

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 3:20 PM Tim Hecke

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.

Fight between Venezuelan, Afghan high schoolers was the result of ‘cultural differences,’ not a hate crime, alderwoman claims

October 1, 2023 10:06 PM

Venezuelan students attacked with a baseball bat were involved in “cultural differences” with Afghan students, Rogers Park alderwoman says.

Bad luck: Man shot in Humboldt Park faces felony charge after Chicago cops allegedly found a gun under his body

October 1, 2023 4:14 PM

A Humboldt Park man faces a felony charge after Chicago cops who found him shot allegedly discovered a handgun under his body.

Car burglar arrested in Lincoln Park after cops mistook altercation for a robbery: CPD

October 1, 2023 3:19 PM

When neighbors and Chicago cops saw a masked man and a group of people having an altercation in Lincoln Park early Saturday morning, everyone thought a robbery was in progress.