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Protected: Members Only: Roscoe Village January-June crime performance 2015 – 2022

July 23, 2022 1:21 PM CWBChicago

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2-hour armed robbery and carjacking spree leaves at least 7 victims in its wake overnight

June 29, 2022 12:04 PM CWBChicago

Police are investigating a series of armed robberies and carjackings that unfolded in about two hours early today in Lincoln Park, Bucktown, West Town, and the Lower West Side. No arrests have been made in the robberies, which appear to be the work of a hold-up crew that uses at least two cars.

Police looking for hit-and-run driver who injured motorcyclist in Roscoe Village

June 6, 2022 5:11 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are asking for help as they try to track down a hit-and-run driver who struck a motorcyclist in Roscoe Village on Friday afternoon.

Chicago cop is stripped of powers, charged with threatening to shoot two other cops during off-duty incident in Roscoe Village

May 8, 2022 2:32 PM CWBChicago

Officer Angel Escobedo is accused of pulling a gun and threatening to shoot two other CPD cops during an off-duty incident last August.

Former Schubas owner is slapped with more unauthorized videotaping charges by women who worked at his home

March 15, 2022 7:33 PM CWBChicago

The now-removed owner of two popular North Side bars was charged Tuesday with two more counts of unlawfully videotaping women he hired to work in his Roscoe Village home.

Cops say they saw a 10-time felon trying to steal a catalytic converter. Prosecutors refuse to charge him with a felony.

January 30, 2022 12:36 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police officers who responded to a 911 call say they saw a 10-time felon trying to steal a catalytic converter from a car after he successfully stole one from another vehicle nearby. But prosecutors refused to charge the man with a felony.

Protected: Members Only: Roscoe Village annual crime statistics 2013 – 2021

January 30, 2022 10:27 AM CWBChicago

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Small stores are hit with waves of robberies in Rogers Park and more burglaries in Lakeview

December 20, 2021 7:51 AM CWBChicago

An armed robber held up several small stores on the Far North Side and burglary crews struck at least five more stores in Lakeview over the weekend.

Thieves confront diners at Roscoe Village restaurant, getting away with wallets and purse, CPD report says

December 9, 2021 7:59 AM CWBChicago

A group of thieves entered a Roscoe Village restaurant on Wednesday evening and stole customers’ valuables right off their tables as they enjoyed dinner.

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 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.