West Loop Archives

Court report: Recent outcomes of some cases you read about on CWBChicago

April 9, 2020 4:27 PM CWBChicago

Here are the results of a few court cases that we told you about on CWBChicago…

Man charged with burglarizing Loop sports bar during COVID-19 shutdown

April 1, 2020 2:38 PM CWBChicago

Jerry Brown allegedly burglarized Flight Club, 111 West Wacker, and then told police that he only went inside to use the bathroom. The restaurant-bar has been closed since March 15 due to COVID-19.

Two charged with West Loop armed carjacking, including one released from prison less than a week ago (for carjacking)

March 3, 2020 6:24 PM CWBChicago

Two men, including one who was released from prison for vehicular hijacking just one week ago, are charged with with carjacking a man in the West Loop on Sunday, police said.

Armed robbery, carjacking team targeting River North and West Loop, cops say

February 25, 2020 1:19 AM CWBChicago

Police said an armed robbery and carjacking crew has struck four times since last Wednesday in River North and the West Loop. And they may have robbed a man at gunpoint of his license plates on Monday.

New “person of interest” sought in connection with Feb. 5 shooting and robbery at UIC-Halsted Blue Line

February 17, 2020 5:08 PM CWBChicago

Police are now looking for a new “person of interest” in connection with the Feb. 5 shooting and robbery of a Blue Line passenger at UIC-Halsted.

Charges filed in Blue Line armed robbery and shooting

February 6, 2020 11:05 AM CWBChicago

Patrick Waldon is charged with shooting and robbing a passenger on the CTA Blue Line near UIC-Halsted, police said. Waldon is on parole for an armed robbery that he committed while on parole for yet another robbery.

Man shot out woman’s tire in West Loop road rage incident, cops say

January 23, 2020 2:43 AM CWBChicago

Devon Dortch is accused of shooting out a woman’s tire after she slammed into the back of his car on the 100 block of North Jefferson yesterday morning.

Man charged with violent carjackings in River North, West Loop this month

January 15, 2020 2:54 PM CWBChicago

Caleb Morales is charged with carjacking a physician in River North and forcing a family from their vehicle in the West Loop this month. Victims were injured in each incident, police said.

Prosecutors: Man brutally beat store clerk with garden tool in robbery that yielded bottles of Fireball and Tito’s vodka

January 8, 2020 2:25 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say Ricky Norman viciously beat a West Loop convenience store clerk with a weeding tool during a robbery that netted him a bottle of Fireball and a bottle of Tito’s Vodka.

Parolee escaped electronic monitoring to rob victims downtown, cops say

November 19, 2019 10:45 PM CWBChicago

Police say multiple robbery victims identified Devin Wilder as the man who held them up in the Loop and West Loop last Wednesday evening. Wilder was an escapee from electronic monitoring at the time.