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January 15, 2023 CWBChicago

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Armed crews are carjacking victims, targeting people at bank ATMs from Wicker Park to the Lower West Side, Chicago police reports say

January 11, 2023 CWBChicago

Chicago police are trying to track down an armed robbery and carjacking crew that has been working the city between Wicker Park and the Lower West Side over the past week.

Armed robbery sprees claim at least 8 more victims from Wicker Park to Lower West Side

January 4, 2023 CWBChicago

Groups of armed men robbed at least eight victims during two waves of crime stretching from Wicker Park and Humboldt Park to the Lower West Side on Monday evening and Tuesday morning, according to Chicago police reports.

Chicago police shutter Wicker Park bar hours after a shooting left 3 injured nearby

January 1, 2023 CWBChicago

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown ordered DSTRKT Bar & Grill in Wicker Park to close until further notice on Saturday afternoon, hours after a nearby shooting left three men injured.

3 men were shot in the Wicker Park nightlife district overnight, possibly following an argument at a bar

December 31, 2022 CWBChicago

Three men were shot while walking in a Wicker Park alley overnight, possibly after arguing with the gunman at a nearby bar, according to Chicago police and a law enforcement source.

Robber took CTA passenger’s money, then offered her some crack after the crime: prosecutors

December 18, 2022 CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a panhandler robbed a woman at the Damen Blue Line station and then tried to give her some crack cocaine after the crime. Chicago police arrested the accused man, Daryl Russell Jr, at the CTA station.

At least 8 more armed robberies reported in overnight spree on Near West Side

December 7, 2022 CWBChicago

Just two days after a concealed carry holder neutralized an armed robbery crew that had been pillaging the near west and north sides, another carload of bandits continued to work the area on Wednesday morning, according to preliminary Chicago Police Department reports.

Breaking: Concealed carry holder shoots 2 suspects in Wicker Park robbery spree; 4 people in custody

December 5, 2022 CWBChicago

Two members of an armed robbery crew were shot by a concealed carry holder and a third member of the team suffered a broken leg after they committed a series of holdups in Wicker Park on Monday morning, according to Chicago Police Department sources

Chicago woman is attacked, robbed while walking with her 9-year-old as 12 more armed robberies are reported

December 4, 2022 CWBChicago

At least 12 more armed robberies were reported in West Town and the North Side of Chicago, where recurring sprees have left dozens of victims in their wakes.

7 women robbed, another carjacked in Wicker Park, Bucktown, West Town on Friday evening

December 3, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police are looking into a series of robberies and a carjacking that occurred on the Near West Side on Friday evening. Almost all of the crimes targeted women.

Man who pushed passenger from Blue Line platform was on recognizance bonds for 3 separate misdemeanor cases, prosecutors say

December 1, 2022 CWBChicago

A Chicago man suffered severe facial injuries after being pushed from the Division Blue Line platform on Tuesday evening, prosecutors said Thursday as they announced attempted murder charges in the case.

Man shot while driving in Wicker Park, police say

November 30, 2022 CWBChicago

A man was shot while driving his car in Wicker Park on Tuesday evening, according to Chicago police.

Armed robbers strike at least 9 times in about an hour on North, Near West Side

November 25, 2022 CWBChicago

A group of armed men committed at least nine armed robberies and carjackings on the city’s north and near west sides in just over an hour on Friday morning, according to Chicago police reports.

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