West Town Archives

Stabbing leaves man dead outside popular West Town dive bar; 1 in custody

February 22, 2020 7:58 AM CWBChicago

A 23-year-old man was fatally stabbed outside Richard’s Bar in West Town late Friday night. An offender is in police custody.

Five arrested, 25 guns seized at Wicker Park Airbnb party

February 1, 2020 7:00 AM CWBChicago

Police arrested five, tazed one, and seized up to 25 weapons after responding to a large party in an Airbnb rental on the 1200 block of North Milwaukee in Wicker Park.

Police warn of another kidnapping and robbery — this time they have pictures

January 30, 2020 8:29 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police said yet another man has been abducted and robbed while walking on the public way. It is at leat the fifth crime of its type reported in January. Investigators released images of a suspect and his vehicle.

Armed carjackings reported in Fulton River District, West Town

January 27, 2020 8:54 AM CWBChicago

A woman delivering packages for Amazon was carjacked Sunday evening in the Fulton River District, police said. Earlier in the weekend, a man was carjacked at gunpoint while loading packages into his car in West Town.

Man charged with West Town armed robbery, sexual assault

December 8, 2019 7:05 AM CWBChicago

Melvin Meeky robbed a woman at knifepoint and forced her to perform a sex act in the stairwell of her West Town apartment building, police said.

Cops seek man who robbed, sexually assaulted woman at knifepoint Tuesday evening

December 4, 2019 7:04 AM CWBChicago

An armed man followed a 22-year-old woman into her West Town apartment building Tuesday evening and then robbed and sexually assaulted her at knifepoint, police said.