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Suburban man charged with firing gun outside West Loop hotel

April 11, 2021 CWBChicago

A northwest suburban man will need to post $7,500 to get out of jail after prosecutors accused him of firing a gun outside a West Loop hotel early Sunday.

Police: Man in custody after shooting at group on West Loop street

April 11, 2021 CWBChicago

A suspect is in custody after he opened fire on a group of people outside a West Loop hotel overnight, according to a CPD report.

Auto burglar is actively welcoming restaurant diners back to Fulton Market

April 1, 2021 CWBChicago

Auto break-ins have been reported to police on at least six evenings since March 10 around the West Fulton Market restaurant strip.

Burglar is targeting businesses in West Loop and West Town, cops say

March 30, 2021 CWBChicago

A serial burglar is targeting commercial buildings and offices in the West Loop and West Town, according to a community alert from Chicago police

16-year-old charged with armed carjacking in West Loop

March 23, 2021 CWBChicago

A 16-year-old girl is charged with carjacking a woman at gunpoint in the West Loop on Monday evening, police said.

Robbery inside West Loop fitness center is part of crime pattern, cops say

March 15, 2021 CWBChicago

Chicago police issued a community alert for the West Loop on Monday night after detectives linked two recent robberies, including one that took place inside a fitness center, to the same offenders.

3 men, all on affordable bail, charged after Cadillac is taken from West Loop valet

March 7, 2021 CWBChicago

Three men, one on probation and all on affordable bail for pending felony cases, are facing gun and auto theft charges after one of them allegedly stole a Cadillac from a West Loop restaurant valet stand Saturday evening.

Women targeted in West Loop, West Town robberies

March 7, 2021 CWBChicago

Police are investigating another robbery reported in the West Loop on Saturday morning and one reported minutes earlier in West Town. The muggings follow two street robberies in the area on Friday night.

Armed robbers strike 3 times in 30 minutes Friday evening

March 6, 2021 CWBChicago

All of the hold-ups involved four armed offenders who traveled in two vehicles, according to CPD reports.

Armed carjacking and ATM theft team strikes 12 businesses overnight as FBI joins the hunt

February 28, 2021 CWBChicago

A prolific group of criminals specializing in armed carjackings and ATM burglaries targeted at least 12 businesses overnight just days after the FBI announced that they are getting involved in CPD’s pursuit of the crew.

Carjackings reported in Uptown, West Loop, West Town on Saturday; 3 arrests

February 28, 2021 CWBChicago

It seems like whatever strategy Chicago police leaders deployed to achieve a purported “20% reduction” in carjackings during this month’s blizzard doesn’t work when temperatures hit 48-degrees.

Prosecutors: Man burglarized 3 West Loop condo buildings while AWOL on another burglary charge

February 26, 2021 CWBChicago

Prosecutors say 12-time felon broke into three West Loop condo buildings over the past year while he was AWOL on another West Loop burglary case.

Weeks after charity bond fund posted bail for convicted murder who’s on parole for 3 robberies, he robbed a West Loop pet store, prosecutors say

February 21, 2021 CWBChicago

A convicted murder who’s also a three-time convicted robbery offender got out of jail on pending three felony cases last September because a community bail fund — which claims to be “truly grounded in the presumption of innocence for all” — posted his bond.

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