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New: Serial 7-Eleven theft and robbery team captured on video

January 14, 2021 CWBChicago

CWB has secured surveillance images and video of a theft and robbery team that has taken large amounts of cigarettes and liquor from convenience stores downtown, in the West Loop, and in Avondale this month.

Avondale

Crew raids 4 more 7-Eleven stores in an hour Thursday

January 14, 2021 CWBChicago

A robbery and theft team that has been raiding 7-Eleven convenience stores for cigarettes and liquor struck four more times within an hour on Thursday morning — twice downtown and two more times in Avondale. No arrests have been made.

Downtown convenience store robbers returned Friday. They brought a gun this time.

January 9, 2021 CWBChicago

A group of men who raided four downtown convenience stores for cigarettes and liquor earlier this month has apparently struck again — and they brought a gun this time.

CPD to drivers: Please, please, please don’t leave your cars running on the street

January 7, 2021 CWBChicago

Motor vehicle theft reports increased by 11% citywide last year, according to CPD data. And that does not include more than 1,400 carjacking cases. Those are categorized separately as robberies.

Armed carjackers strike in Bucktown, West Loop on Monday evening

January 5, 2021 CWBChicago

Carjackers dragged a food delivery driver with his own car in Bucktown about two hours after another driver was hijacked by armed men in the West Loop, police said.

Theft crew raids 4 downtown convenience stores in 2 hours

January 3, 2021 CWBChicago

In each incident, two or three of the men barged into 7-Eleven stores, collected smokes and booze from behind the counters, loaded the merch into a dark-colored 2003 Ford Expedition, and sped away.

8 years for man who robbed 3 people downtown — while on parole AND electronic monitoring

December 28, 2020 CWBChicago

A man who allegedly escaped from electronic monitoring in November 2019 to pull off three robberies downtown has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

Woman allegedly beats 73-year-old grandma who “nudged” her at Union Station; “You old b*tch!”

December 21, 2020 CWBChicago

A 73-year-old woman and her 5-year-old grandson received a rude Chicago welcome when they arrived at Union Station on Saturday: The elderly woman got beaten with a cellphone before they even got out of the train station.

Police again warn of robbery pattern in West Loop, West Town

December 20, 2020 CWBChicago

Police issued another robbery alert for the West Loop and West Town after two more women were robbed this week.

Violent robbers targeting women in West Loop, West Town, cops say

December 12, 2020 CWBChicago

One or two men are striking up conversations with women who are walking alone, then the offenders throw the victims to the ground and take their purses.

No cops: Woman carjacked in West Loop waits over an hour for police response

December 5, 2020 CWBChicago

Three men armed with two guns carjacked the woman in traffic near Washington and Halsted on Saturday morning. Then she had to wait over an hour for police to respond.

Police warn of more auto thefts in West Loop

November 26, 2020 CWBChicago

Police once again are warning about auto thieves who target cars that drivers have left unattended and running in the West Loop.

Update: CPD warns of robbery pattern following hold-up spree

November 9, 2020 CWBChicago

Police have linked an armed robbery in Bucktown last Wednesday evening to two others that were reported nearby less than 30 minutes earlier, according to a community alert from Area Five detectives.

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