Uptown Archives

Man gets 7 years for stealing identities by posing as a ride-share driver outside Chicago nightclubs

November 15, 2023 12:19 PM Tim Hecke

A man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing people’s credit cards and identities while posting as a ride-hail service driver in Chicago. It’s the second time Gabriel Jackson has gone to the big house for the same scam.

Uptown man charged with stealing mail from residential buildings across the North Side

October 25, 2023 12:13 PM CWBChicago

An Uptown man charged last month with repeatedly stealing mail from a Loop condo building is now accused of doing the same thing at seven residential buildings across the North Side, according to Chicago police.

Gunmen shoot 3 in Uptown on Friday morning; ten shot in neighborhood this month

October 20, 2023 9:59 PM CWBChicago

Three people showed up at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Friday morning after being shot in Uptown, according to Chicago police. They are the eighth, ninth, and tenth people shot in the neighborhood this month.

14-year-old robbed Uptown convenience store, police say

October 17, 2023 11:01 AM CWBChicago

A 14-year-old boy is charged with robbing an Uptown convenience store last month, according to Chicago police.

Man shot in Uptown on Friday evening is neighborhood’s 7th shooting victim this month

October 14, 2023 6:43 AM CWBChicago

A 38-year-old man was shot in Uptown, Chicago police said, marking the seventh person shot in the area this month.

4 shot in Uptown gang hotspot on Saturday afternoon: Chicago police

October 7, 2023 7:13 PM CWBChicago

Four people were wounded in a gang-related shooting in Uptown on Saturday afternoon, according to Chicago police and law enforcement sources. The gunmen are suspected of firing shots in another part of Uptown just minutes before the shooting, but no one was injured there.

Midday shooting leaves man and 15-year-old boy injured in Uptown

October 2, 2023 2:35 PM CWBChicago

A gunman who opened fire after emerging from an alley left two people injured near the Argyle Red Line station on Monday morning, according to Chicago police.

Armed robbers mug 3 women in Lakeview, driver in Uptown

September 30, 2023 9:51 AM CWBChicago

Three women were robbed at gunpoint in Lakeview on Friday evening and Chicago police suspect the same offenders pulled off a carjacking in Uptown a few hours later.

At least 14 robbed in violent, hour-long robbery spree overnight; 78-year-old beaten by muggers

September 21, 2023 5:46 AM CWBChicago

Carloads of robbers committed an hour-long string of robberies from the North Side to downtown Chicago this morning, robbing at least 14 people, many of whom were physically attacked.

Jogger finds fisherman badly beaten and robbed at Montrose Harbor

September 20, 2023 7:19 PM CWBChicago

A 60-year-old man is in serious condition after being attacked and robbed as he fished near Montrose Harbor on Wednesday morning. Chicago police are still looking for the three offenders.

‘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.

11-year sentence for committing violent robbery on a CTA train in the Loop

November 28, 2023 7:09 PM

A Chicago man received an 11-year prison sentence after pleading guilty today to participating in a violent robbery on an Orange Line train in the Loop.

15-year-old robbed 11 people in 5-hour crime spree, Chicago police say

November 28, 2023 3:14 PM

Prosecutors have charged a 15-year-old boy with participating in an armed robbery spree that targeted 11 victims in one morning this summer, according to Chicago police.