West Ridge Archives

Prosecutors: Gunshot narrowly misses 10-year-old inside West Ridge home

January 23, 2021 1:31 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors said Juan Gonzalez fired a gun while playing with it just feet away from his 10-year-old brother. It was the second time in 8 days that Gonzalez’s family called police after he fired a gun, prosecutors said.

More Tuesday carjackings: Old Town, West Ridge, Jefferson Park

January 20, 2021 1:31 PM CWBChicago

The carjackings just won’t stop. And, once again, the early evening hours Tuesday proved to be prime time for hijackings on the North Side.

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Catalytic converter thieves fire shots, brandish gun in separate incidents this week

January 16, 2021 10:40 AM CWBChicago

Catalytic converter thieves fired shots at a man who caught them in action on the Northwest Side. Another man was threatened with a gun when he interrupted a crew in West Ridge.

Robbery crew strikes 3 more times Friday afternoon as CPD issues alert

January 9, 2021 6:54 AM CWBChicago

Police said the group, which is sometimes armed, steals vehicles and uses them to go on crime sprees across the North Side and downtown. The team has also used stolen and hijacked vehicles to commit burglaries and other crimes in the suburbs, according to CPD.

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

January 7, 2021 12:30 AM 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.

Probation for setting Salvation Army donation boxes ablaze

December 21, 2020 10:22 PM CWBChicago

Christopher Slattery pleaded guilty to setting donation boxes on fire at the Far North Side Salvation Army store three times last December.

Man gets 4 years for robbing 12-year-old; Another gets 7 years for robbing 14-year-old

November 25, 2020 12:32 AM CWBChicago

Two men who separately robbed young victims on the city’s North Side last year are heading to prison after striking plea deals with prosecutors.

Man carjacks truck, goes on hour-long robbery spree across North Side

November 24, 2020 3:08 AM CWBChicago

An armed man carjacked a four-door pickup truck on the Northwest Side and then went on an hour-long robbery spree Monday evening through Rogers Park, West Ridge, Edgewater, and Lincoln Square, according to CPD reports.

Felon charged with four Far North Side robberies and speeding from cops

October 15, 2020 7:36 AM CWBChicago

Marshal DelValle is accused of robbing four people earlier this month and prosecutors also said he shot one man and fired at others.

Cops seek another armed robbery team on Far North Side

October 6, 2020 1:21 AM CWBChicago

Police are warning residents of the Far North Side about another violent robbery team that is working in the West Ridge neighborhood. The alert involves a different group of offenders than another bulletin that detectives issued Monday.

Man robbed Loop hotel one day after they fired him: prosecutors say

June 8, 2023 4:38 AM

Prosecutors say a Chicago man robbed the JW Marriott Hotel one day after the company fired him.

#12: Man shot at, tried to kill Chicago cops while on parole and felony bail, prosecutors say

June 8, 2023 4:02 AM

On parole for two felony gun cases, on bond for allegedly possessing a stolen motor vehicle, and with a fresh gunshot wound in one arm, Earnest Lockett opened fire on a marked Chicago police squad car this week, prosecutors said.

6 weeks after hit-and-run driver killed a construction worker on Lake Shore Drive, friends are raising money, cops investigating

June 7, 2023 6:26 PM

Friends are trying to raise money for Kenny Hernandez, the road construction worker who was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Lake Shore Drive in April.