Uptown Archives

3 shootings in an hour leave 1 dead, 2 injured Tuesday afternoon

May 23, 2023 7:28 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating three shootings that occurred in under an hour on Tuesday afternoon. Shootings were reported in Uptown, Edgewater, and inside Hollywood Park in North Park.

Uptown man bungled Subway restaurant robbery by asking for ‘all the bread,’ prosecutors say

May 12, 2023 7:13 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a Chicago man robbed two Subway restaurants on Wednesday night, just two weeks after getting out on bond for allegedly burglarizing a wireless store near his home.

Shoplifting raid at Uptown smoke shop is caught on video, one of several similar crimes last weekend

May 11, 2023 8:43 AM CWBChicago

An Uptown smoke shop owner says one of his employees is doing OK after being attacked by a group of young shoplifters last week, part of a wave of similar crimes, according to Chicago police.

Two 15-year-boys among group that robbed Boystown smoke shop at gunpoint, police say

May 8, 2023 7:38 AM CWBChicago

Two 15-year-old boys were among eight people who robbed a Boystown smoke shop at gunpoint on Sunday afternoon, Chicago police said.

Man gets 7 years for shooting at car occupied by his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend and her 3-year-old

April 29, 2023 8:22 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man accused of opening fire on a car occupied by his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend and her 3-year-old girl in Uptown was sentenced to seven years this week, according to court records.

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.

Shoplifter pinned by livestreaming black belt pleads guilty

April 20, 2023 2:41 AM CWBChicago

Christopher Cruz, the North Side man who went viral when a black belt jiu-jitsu instructor put him in a pretzel hold on the floor of a Chicago convenience store last summer, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in the case.

Protected: Members only: Walt Disney Magnet School firearm discharge records

April 9, 2023 8:13 PM CWBChicago

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FBI looks for Uptown bank robber with ‘messy penmanship’

April 6, 2023 8:23 PM CWBChicago

The FBI’s Chicago office is looking for a bank robber with sloppy handwriting who held up a Chase Bank branch in Uptown on Thursday afternoon.

Another round of convenience store robberies swept across the city overnight, the third time this week

March 31, 2023 6:38 AM CWBChicago

For the third time since Sunday, armed robbers zoomed across the city, holding up convenience stores and escaping with cash registers and money, according to Chicago police.

FBI ups reward for bank robber who carried stuffed animals, gun in Chicago

June 1, 2023 9:30 AM

The FBI is pumping up its reward for a robber who entered a Chicago bank branch carrying stuffed animals last month.

Concealed carry holder shoots himself, another man in the Loop

June 1, 2023 6:22 AM

A concealed-carry holder shot himself and another man during an altercation in the Loop on Wednesday evening, Chicago police said.

The man shot by Chicago cops in August 2020, sparking waves of looting, has been found guilty of attempted murder of police

May 31, 2023 10:00 PM

The man whose shooting by Chicago police officers sparked misinformation and widespread looting in August 2020 was found guilty Wednesday on 8 felonies, including four counts of attempted murder of police officers.