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16-year-old from Rogers Park is charged with multiple armed carjackings

August 22, 2021 12:29 AM CWBChicago

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with committing three armed carjackings across the North Side during July, and police say two of his victims are in their 70s.

Boystown package thief busted after victim posts surveillance pix on Facebook, prosecutors say

August 21, 2021 11:50 AM CWBChicago

A Boystown resident is facing burglary charges after someone recognized him in surveillance images of a package thief that the victim posted to a neighborhood Facebook group, according to prosecutors.

Man found shot to death in Rogers Park street, police say

August 16, 2021 11:05 PM CWBChicago

A man was shot dead on a Rogers Park street Monday evening, but police have found no witnesses and haven’t been able to identify the victim, according to CPD.

Woman shot while sitting in car in Rogers Park, police say

August 2, 2021 10:14 AM CWBChicago

A 26-year-old woman is in good condition after being shot inside a car in Rogers Park on Sunday evening, police said.

Shootings reported in Lincoln Park, Rogers Park overnight

July 30, 2021 8:03 AM CWBChicago

Police are investigating separate shootings reported in Lincoln Park and Rogers Park late Thursday and early today.

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July 27, 2021 10:22 AM CWBChicago

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Rogers Park shooting leaves 17-year-old injured, police say

July 20, 2021 12:10 PM CWBChicago

A 17-year-old boy is recovering after someone shot him in the Rogers Park neighborhood on Monday evening, police said.

Man accused of robbing 3 pawnshops in 2018 is charged with robbing 2 more in Wicker Park and Bucktown

July 17, 2021 11:17 AM CWBChicago

A Bucktown man who is still awaiting trial for allegedly robbing three pawn shops in 2018 was charged Thursday with robbing two more pawnshops around the same time.

Nazi salute, threats, pepper-spray, and an attempt to set Pride flag ablaze doesn’t qualify as hate crime, CPD says

July 12, 2021 8:57 AM CWBChicago

A Rogers Park man allegedly tried to burn a store’s Pride flag while firing off “homophobic slurs and [a] Nazi salute” then threatened to kill the store’s employees.

Lakeview woman robbed, carjacked outside her home, police say

July 10, 2021 11:04 AM CWBChicago

A Lakeview woman was robbed and carjacked at gunpoint after parking near her home Friday night, police said. Carjackings were also reported Thursday in West Rogers Park and Bucktown.

Chicago cops hunt 3 suspects in ‘running gun battle’ that left bystander critically wounded

November 28, 2023 9:23 PM

Chicago police detectives just released video footage of a “running gun battle” that left a man critically injured in Avondale earlier this year. The shooting occurred as many people celebrated Mexican Independence Day on September 16.

Pharmacist gets federal probation for selling COVID vaccination cards on eBay (but some jurors thought the government was being petty)

November 28, 2023 9:06 PM

A pharmacist accused of selling blank COVID-19 vaccination cards on eBay as the nation’s immunization effort ramped up in 2021 was sentenced to a year of federal probation on Tuesday, according to court records.

‘Refugee’ rode around on a Divvy, groping passersby, Chicago police report says (but his suburban arrests are even stranger)

November 28, 2023 7:43 PM

A man who claims to be a “refugee” was recently arrested after Chicago police officers allegedly saw him riding around on a Divvy bike and groping women as he passed by. The really weird part of this story, though, is what he previously pleaded guilty to doing in the suburbs.