Wicker Park Archives

Wicker Park: Man shot at $2,400-per-night party house

August 8, 2020 7:23 AM Tim Hecke

A man was shot during an altercation at a $2,400-per-night party house on the 1400 block of North Milwaukee in the heart of Wicker Park overnight, according to police and witnesses.

Update: Police warn about armed robbery crew

July 18, 2020 9:29 AM Tim Hecke

An armed robbery crew pulled off nine separate robberies in less than two hours on the city’s Near West Side and West Town early Friday, according to a community alert from Chicago police.

Shots fired as robbery crew sweeps across Near West Side early Friday

July 17, 2020 5:04 AM Tim Hecke

The robberies were reported in Bucktown, Wicker Park, Ukrainian Village, and West Town between 12:40 a.m. and 2:30 a.m., according to police reports.

Burglary alert issued for Wicker Park, Bucktown

July 13, 2020 9:19 AM Tim Hecke

The two-man team typically removes or breaks through window screens before prying open or breaking the window to gain entry, police said.

Looters hit 6 post offices, now a reward is offered

June 4, 2020 7:17 PM Tim Hecke

The Postal Inspection Service is offering rewards after mail and property were taken from six post offices during widespread looting in Chicago.

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.

Exclusive: Wicker Park man sought in connection with murder of ex-Marine at Jackson Red Line

April 16, 2020 4:37 PM Tim Hecke

A Cook County Judge has signed an arrest warrant for a 19-year-old Fajour Hodges in connection with the murder of former Marine Mamadou Balde at the Jackson Red Line station last week.

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.

Woman accused of 3 Red Line attacks last week while free on a pair of recognizance bonds (including one for robbery)

March 5, 2020 10:35 AM Tim Hecke

Tatyona Davis was accused of three separate attacks on the Red Line last week while she was free on “affordable bail” for robbery and retail theft cases.

“Increasingly violent” serial robber stabs Walgreens clerk in Lincoln Park; Man suspected in two other Walgreens hold-ups

February 23, 2020 8:38 PM Tim Hecke

A serial robber stabbed the clerk of a Lincoln Park Walgreens on Sunday, less than an hour after he violently robbed another Walgreens location in Logan Square. Cops worry about his increasingly violent approach.

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.