West Town Archives

Gunmen rob FedEx delivery crew in Bucktown on Thanksgiving morning

November 23, 2023 6:23 PM CWBChicago

A FedEx delivery crew was robbed in Bucktown on Thanksgiving morning, according to a Chicago police report.

Cops need help finding man who tried to sexually assault a woman in Ukrainian Village

November 22, 2023 5:07 AM Tim Hecke

Chicago police are trying to track down the man who tried to sexually assault a woman on Ukrainian Vilalge street last week.

Video captures part of shooting that left 1 dead, another injured in Noble Square

November 17, 2023 8:01 PM CWBChicago

A barrage of gunfire is heard on surveillance video that captured part of an incident that Chicago police said left one man dead and another seriously injured in Noble Square on Friday morning.

Police find 1 man dead, another injured after an early morning shooting in West Town

November 17, 2023 8:48 AM CWBChicago

One man is dead and another injured after shots were fired in the Noble Square neighborhood on Friday morning. Chicago police were still trying to figure out exactly what happened.

Man gets 7 years for stealing identities by posing as a ride-share driver outside Chicago nightclubs

November 15, 2023 12:19 PM Tim Hecke

A man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing people’s credit cards and identities while posting as a ride-hail service driver in Chicago. It’s the second time Gabriel Jackson has gone to the big house for the same scam.

$150,000 reward offered for info about man who robbed mail carrier in West Town

November 15, 2023 10:12 AM CWBChicago

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a $150,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the man who robbed a mail carrier in Chicago last week.

Robbery caught on video as holdup crew sweeps West Town on Monday afternoon

November 13, 2023 7:25 PM CWBChicago

Another string of daytime robberies on Monday wound through the same Chicago neighborhoods that have been hit time and time again by similar sprees since early this year: West Town, Bucktown, and Logan Square. And one of the West Town robberies was caught on video.

Robbery, carjacking crews return to Logan Square and West Town; at least 12 victims in latest sprees

October 29, 2023 7:30 AM CWBChicago

After laying low for a few days following the arrest of a 14-year-old boy, Chicago’s armed robbery crews returned to the streets on Saturday night and Sunday morning. One of the crews crashed into a building in Humboldt Park, but they escaped by jumping into a second car trailing behind them that was full of accomplices.

Robberies up 140% since alderman announced “concrete and collaborative plan” to stop them

October 27, 2023 6:08 AM Tim Hecke

Robberies are up 140% in the 1st Ward since Ald. Daniel La Spata announced that Chicago police had concocted a “concrete and collaborative plan” to tamp down on the violence.

After mail thief is caught on video, residents sign up for USPS mail tracking service

October 26, 2023 9:23 AM Tim Hecke

One of Chicago’s countless mail thieves was caught on camera as they used a U.S. Postal Service master key to enter a residential building near Goose Island on Wednesday. Building residents are now using postal service “informed delivery” so they know when their important mail arrives.