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Armed carjackings reported in North Center, Albany Park on Saturday

February 5, 2023 CWBChicago

A woman was carjacked of her Maserati in North Center on Saturday night, Chicago police said, almost exactly 24 hours after another woman was carjacked just across the river in Albany Park.

Man gets 10 years for hijacking Chicago couple during a test drive

February 4, 2023 CWBChicago

A Cook County judge has sentenced a man to 10 years for carjacking an Chicago couple who offered their vehicle for sale on Facebook Marketplace last year.

Carjacking charges filed against man who hid inside police dispatch center dumpster with a gun

February 4, 2023 CWBChicago

The man charged last month with running from a freshly-hijacked SUV and then hiding inside a dumpster behind the Chicago police dispatch center is now accused of carjacking two vehicles since December, including the SUV that he allegedly ran away from moments before being arrested.

Chicago man who offered to sell stolen car and dog back to owner for $350 gets 3-year sentence

February 4, 2023 CWBChicago

An eight-time felon who allegedly offered to sell a Chicago woman’s stolen car back to her — along with her pet Shih Tzu that was inside the vehicle — for $350 has been sentenced to prison.

Robber is mugging women inside Loop parking garages, Chicago police say

February 4, 2023 CWBChicago

Chicago police are warning about a man who is robbing women inside Loop parking garages.

There have been 5 armed robberies since Christmas on this Chicago street corner, most recently on Saturday

February 4, 2023 CWBChicago

group of armed robbers targeted three victims in 90 minutes Saturday morning during a crime spree that stretched from the Lower West Side to Humboldt Park, according to Chicago police reports.

Man robbed Rogers Park convenience store 3 times, prosecutors say

February 4, 2023 CWBChicago

A Rogers Park man who robbed a local convenience store three times since late November was identified after Chicago police used surveillance footage to track him from the store to his apartment building after two of the hold-ups, prosecutors said this week.

‘Suspicious person’ call leads to burglary arrest in Bucktown, prosecutors say

February 4, 2023 CWBChicago

A 911 call about suspicious people carrying packages in Bucktown helped Chicago police bring charges in three recent burglary cases around the area, prosecutors said. But the accused man’s bigger problem may be his failure to register as a sex offender.

Twice imprisoned for attacking people on CTA platforms, he did it again last month: prosecutors

February 3, 2023 CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a man who has been sent to prison twice for attacking people on CTA train platforms attacked a 64-year-old woman on a platform in downtown Chicago last month.

Second man charged with murdering restaurant manager during a robbery in the Loop

February 3, 2023 CWBChicago

Prosecutors on Friday charged a second man with murdering a restaurant manager in downtown Chicago as the victim returned home from work in September.

Chicago man allegedly took a stolen gun to meet with his parole officer, then convinced a judge to reduce his bail by yelling at him

February 3, 2023 CWBChicago

A Chicago man who allegedly carried a gun to meet with his parole officer convinced a Cook County judge to lower his bail amount by yelling at him.

9 years for driver who killed physician while fleeing Chicago police traffic stop in River North

February 3, 2023 CWBChicago

Nearly six years after he fled from Chicago police in River North and crashed into a taxi, killing a Wisconsin doctor, Ammar Hussain has been sentenced to prison.

An 80-year-old recovering from surgery fought and shot a home invader on the Northwest Side, prosecutors say

February 3, 2023 CWBChicago

An 80-year-old man recovering from prostate surgery fought and shot a home invader who broke into his Chicago home this week, leaving the 13-time felon in critical condition, officials said.