Man Arrested After Trying To Rob Off-Duty Cop
The officer, 25, was walking in the 1700 block of West Diversey Parkway about 12:30 a.m. when a man rode up on a bicycle, displayed a knife and announced a robbery.
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The officer, 25, was walking in the 1700 block of West Diversey Parkway about 12:30 a.m. when a man rode up on a bicycle, displayed a knife and announced a robbery.
The man, 39, was walking in the 4800 block of South Komensky Avenue about 2 a.m. when two males—one of whom was armed—approached him and announced a robbery.
Marcus Ervin, 42, and William Ward-Bey, 61, each faced armed robbery, robbery resulting in bodily injury and criminal confinement charges.
Parents in Wicker Park are on the alert and so are area police. Those parents are being targeted by thieves when they're picking up or dropping their kids off at school.
It was him or us. That's what a Chicago store owner is saying about shooting & killing a man he says was trying to rob his South Side business.
Police are searching for two men who pepper-sprayed a clerk while robbing a southwest suburban convenience store of more than $2,000 last week.
Charges are expected against two men - after three employees at a Merrillville Portillo's were tied up and the restaurant safe was robbed of $3500.
Police continue to search for two men who held up a jewelry store off Butterfield Road early Saturday evening in west suburban Oak Brook, the Pioneer Press is reporting.
Martise Earl Lowe is alleged to have trailed behind the 26-year-old victim from the train to her apartment, in the 1700 block of West Henderson, the Sun-Times is reporting.
A party was being held in an office rental space in the former Zenith TV plant in the Austin neighborhood, when four armed suspects entered and announced a robbery about 9:45 p.m.
Montago Suggs, of Kenosha, was convicted of killing 22-year-old Melinda "Mindy" Morrell, of Round Lake Park, during a robbery in Waukegan.
A south suburban man was charged with the armed robbery of a wireless store Tuesday in northwest suburban Mount Prospect.
A stun gun attack by two robbers has been caught on surveillance video. The assault happened Saturday night in Chicago's West Loop. CBS 2's Mike Parker tells the story in this Original Report.
Shortly before 10 a.m., the man, believed to be about 60 years old, walked into the Charter One bank at 3901 Kirchoff Road and demanded money from a teller.
Police say the masked man who held up a White Castle at gunpoint Wednesday let employees get a good look at his face minutes earlier.
An armed robber who helped steal a "football sized pizza" and $13 from a couple delivering food was arrested after one of the victims recognized him on Facebook, Cook County prosecutors said.
Robert Demon Squzert, 36, was charged Tuesday in Lake Superior Court with a slew of charges in connection with a Nov. 4 incident in which the victim is likely to lose her left eye.
A man was cleaning snow off his vehicle while another man waited inside the vehicle, when two unknown males -- one of whom had a gun -- walked up and took cash, wallets and cell phones from the victims.
A woman who is believed to have stolen two high-end puppies from Chicago area retailers may have hit a St. Louis pet shop a day earlier.
Lawrence Bradley, 25, of Dolton, allegedly used a handgun in an attempt to rob a store in the 2900 block of West Devon Avenue about 5:40 p.m. Monday.
The victim was attempting to deliver a pizza when he was approached by two males, who demanded the food, then started to punch and kick him until they were able to steal it.
Police are looking for the man who robbed a teenage boy at gunpoint Saturday night in northwest suburban Schaumburg.
A 55-year-old man from Arkansas was killed early Thursday morning, when a gunman robbed and shot him, after the victim and his cousin had pulled over to ask for directions.
One of the two suspects said he had a gun, the robbery victim told police.
A man from Logan Square was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail Sunday after allegedly trying to mug someone with an ax, this Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
