West Loop Archives

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 Tim Hecke

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 Tim Hecke

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 Tim Hecke

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 Tim Hecke

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 Tim Hecke

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 Tim Hecke

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 Tim Hecke

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 Tim Hecke

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.

Shots fired during West Loop carjacking

October 28, 2019 4:42 AM Tim Hecke

The victim was standing near his minivan when two men demanded control of the vehicle and fired two shots, according to police and the victim.

Recent arrests in River North and the West Loop

October 6, 2019 11:12 PM Tim Hecke

Here are some recent arrests made by Chicago police in the West Loop and River North neighborhoods.

Fight between Venezuelan, Afghan high schoolers was the result of ‘cultural differences,’ not a hate crime, alderwoman claims

October 1, 2023 10:06 PM

Venezuelan students attacked with a baseball bat were involved in “cultural differences” with Afghan students, Rogers Park alderwoman says.

Bad luck: Man shot in Humboldt Park faces felony charge after Chicago cops allegedly found a gun under his body

October 1, 2023 4:14 PM

A Humboldt Park man faces a felony charge after Chicago cops who found him shot allegedly discovered a handgun under his body.

Car burglar arrested in Lincoln Park after cops mistook altercation for a robbery: CPD

October 1, 2023 3:19 PM

When neighbors and Chicago cops saw a masked man and a group of people having an altercation in Lincoln Park early Saturday morning, everyone thought a robbery was in progress.