Driver Flags Down Woman, Robs Her At Knifepoint
A woman was robbed at knifepoint Wednesday night in the Norwood Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
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A woman was robbed at knifepoint Wednesday night in the Norwood Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
Kenneth Armoni Sims, 19, was charged with a single felony count of armed robbery, according to Chicago Police.
Juan Morales, 33, was charged Thursday with an additional felony count of armed robbery, according to Aurora police.
The suspect ran away southbound toward Main Street, police said. Officers and a police dog searched the area but were not able to find him.
A 26-year-old man was charged with robbing another person at gunpoint Sunday morning in northwest suburban Elgin.
An employee was shot during a robbery Sunday night at a Family Dollar store in south suburban Lansing.
Illinois Attorney General candidate Aaron Goldstein and a camera crew were robbed at gunpoint Thursday afternoon while filming in the Northwest Side Albany Park neighborhood.
Officers later saw the vehicle speeding, but didn't chase it, instead finding it crashed into a building at 3000 N. Laramie, police said.
Shaquille Gales of Bellwood was fatally shot by a 58-year-old man he was trying to rob in the South Side Austin neighborhood.
The robbery happened about 2:40 p.m. at the restaurant at 1008 Weiland Rd., according to Buffalo Grove police.
A pizza restaurant was robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday in west suburban St. Charles.
Police are looking for a person who robbed a west suburban Naperville store at gunpoint Wednesday evening.
Kemar Matthews-Hill, who lives in the South Chicago neighborhood, and the girl were both charged with one felony count of armed robbery with a firearm.
Two people were arrested Sunday night, after crashing a stolen car on the Near West Side. The car allegedly had been used in an armed robbery earlier in the night.
About 4:30 p.m., two males entered the business in the 6800 block of Windsor Avenue and, while pointing a black semi-automatic weapon, forced victims into the back of the building, according to Berwyn police.
The suspects stole an unknown amount of cellphones, including the cellphone of a 22-year-old woman who was working at the time.
Two of the males were armed with handguns and the other two stole miscellaneous property from the woman, police said.
Deantonio Sheppard, 46, faces three felony counts of armed robbery, according to Chicago Police and Cook County sheriff's records.
A woman was robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday in the Uptown neighborhood on the North Side.
Nicholas Handy-Ambrose was charged with felony counts of armed robbery, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and aggravated fleeing, police said.
Two people approached the woman in the 2600 block of North Clybourn and started a conversation with her, then asked for help, police said.
An off-duty Chicago Police officer fired shots during an attempted armed robbery in the Beverly neighborhood on the Far South Side.
A gas station attendant was battered and pepper sprayed Thursday when two people robbed the station of cigarettes in northwest Indiana.
A fast-food restaurant in southwest suburban Plainfield was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night for the second time in two months.
An armed robber hit a Subway restaurant Wednesday in northwest suburban Schaumburg.
