West Town Archives

Carjackings reported in Loop, Bucktown

June 30, 2020 12:19 PM Tim Hecke

Police are investigating armed carjackings on the 100 block of West Polk and near the intersection of Armitage and the Kennedy Expressway in Bucktown.

Alert issued after woman’s groped in West Town

June 23, 2020 2:01 PM Tim Hecke

Police said a man approached the woman from behind and sexually abused her as she walked on the 1400 block of West Blackhawk in West Town.

Man, boy charged with carjacking SUV that struck Divvy biker

May 29, 2020 7:46 AM Tim Hecke

Elias Figueroa of Wicker Park is charged with carjacking an SUV and then driving into a Divvy bike rider Wednesday evening in West Town.

Juvenile charged with three armed robberies, gun possession

March 31, 2020 12:39 AM Tim Hecke

The teen is charged with robbing convenience stores in Lincoln Park and Little Italy last week and also robbing a man in West Town on Monday afternoon.

Saturday night shooting in West Town may be linked to nearby party

March 29, 2020 5:15 PM Tim Hecke

A 23-year-old man was shot in the 1400 block of North Greenview around 10:15 p.m. on March 28, Chicago police said.

Teen charged with West Town armed carjacking

March 26, 2020 6:54 AM Tim Hecke

Prosecutors charged a 17-year-old boy with carjacking a driver on the 900 block of North Noble early Monday.

Cops: Shotgun blast blows hole in Bucktown woman’s ceiling; man charged

March 22, 2020 10:40 AM Tim Hecke

Police responded to the woman’s apartment after she reported hearing a gunshot and discovered a hole in her ceiling last Saturday night on the 1600 block of West North Ave.

Police: 13-year-old girl grabbed, kissed by man in Wicker Park

March 9, 2020 9:23 AM Tim Hecke

Police said a man in his 60’s grabbed the girl, kissed her hand, and refused to let go as she walked on the 2000 block of West Schiller.

Killer arrested, murder charge filed, in Richard’s Bar slaying

March 4, 2020 4:52 PM Tim Hecke

Thomas Tansey is charged with one count of first degree murder in the stabbing death of Kenneth Paterimos outside Richard’s Bar in West Town on February 28.

Warrant issued in Richard’s Bar stabbing death

February 29, 2020 2:15 PM Tim Hecke

An arrest warrant has been issued for a 30-year-old man in connection with the stabbing death of Kenneth Paterimos outside Richard’s Bar in West Town last weekend.

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.