West Town Archives

Burglar is targeting businesses in West Loop and West Town, cops say

March 30, 2021 10:41 PM CWBChicago

A serial burglar is targeting commercial buildings and offices in the West Loop and West Town, according to a community alert from Chicago police

Man, shot while driving in West Town, in critical condition

March 29, 2021 12:12 AM CWBChicago

A 49-year-old man was shot while driving on Division Street near the Kennedy Expressway on Sunday evening, police said. No one is in custody.

Armed carjackers take Mercedes at West Town service station

March 25, 2021 2:24 AM CWBChicago

A group of armed carjackers took a man’s Mercedes at gunpoint as he filled the tank at a West Town service station Wednesday evening, police said.

Man fatally shot at West Town house party

March 21, 2021 9:43 AM CWBChicago

A 39-year-old man was fatally shot at a house party in West Town on Sunday morning.

Wicker Park: Man attacks restaurant worker with knife, steals nearby moving truck

March 18, 2021 2:07 PM CWBChicago

A Wicker Park restaurant worker was attacked from behind by a knife-wielding man who is also suspected of stealing a residential moving truck nearby, Chicago police said.

Carjacker pulls woman from SUV in West Town, police say

March 17, 2021 9:07 AM CWBChicago

According to a police report, the victim, age 28, was parking her car on the 700 block of North Wood when a man pointed a gun at her head and opened the driver’s door around 10:15 p.m., according to a police report.

Women targeted in West Loop, West Town robberies

March 7, 2021 9:51 AM CWBChicago

Police are investigating another robbery reported in the West Loop on Saturday morning and one reported minutes earlier in West Town. The muggings follow two street robberies in the area on Friday night.

Robbery, theft crew struck 3 times this week on Far North Side, police say

March 5, 2021 11:46 AM CWBChicago

The men have been stealing from stores, taking cars, and robbing people on the street, according to a community alert from Area Three detectives.

Armed carjacking and ATM theft team strikes 12 businesses overnight as FBI joins the hunt

February 28, 2021 1:42 PM CWBChicago

A prolific group of criminals specializing in armed carjackings and ATM burglaries targeted at least 12 businesses overnight just days after the FBI announced that they are getting involved in CPD’s pursuit of the crew.

Carjackings reported in Uptown, West Loop, West Town on Saturday; 3 arrests

February 28, 2021 3:06 AM CWBChicago

It seems like whatever strategy Chicago police leaders deployed to achieve a purported “20% reduction” in carjackings during this month’s blizzard doesn’t work when temperatures hit 48-degrees.

Group mugs man in River North as Chicago police warn of similar attacks in the Loop

September 24, 2023 4:13 AM

A man was attacked and robbed by four men as he walked in River North early Saturday, Chicago police said.

CTA pickpocket gets probation, one of the lightest sentences he’s received since 1985

September 23, 2023 7:28 PM

A Chicago man with a decades-long criminal history who pleaded guilty Friday to pickpocketing three women on the CTA was sentenced to a year of probation, among the lightest sentences he’s received since the Reagan administration.

Venmo robbery: Man forced victim to surrender phone near Wrigley Field, transferred $3,000 to himself, prosecutors say

September 23, 2023 7:23 PM

Prosecutors have charged a Hazel Crest man with robbery for allegedly forcing a man to surrender his phone near Wrigley Field and then Venmoing himself money from the victim’s account.