Chicago police search for armed robber who struck on Blue Line
Chicago police on Sunday were asking for help in finding a man they said robbed someone at gunpoint on the Blue Line on Chicago’s West Side.
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Chicago police on Sunday were asking for help in finding a man they said robbed someone at gunpoint on the Blue Line on Chicago’s West Side.
Chicago police said the robbery happened around 3:46 a.m. on the Red Line train in the 200 block of West Garfield Boulevard in Fuller Park.
Ten days after the brazen robbery of the Louvre Museum in Paris, a prosecutor says there's no sign of the missing jewels, and still only two people in custody.
At 6 p.m. Monday, the teen was attacked in the alley behind the 2700 block of West Glenlake Avenue in West Ridge, or West Rogers Park.
Chicago police said a man was robbed at gunpoint on a CTA Red Line train.
The Louvre, the world's most iconic museum, remained closed Monday after thieves stole priceless treasures from the Apollon Gallery, the home of the French crown jewels.
The Louvre museum was hit by a brazen daytime jewel heist, forcing the Paris institution to close its doors for a second day in a row.
Chicago police are looking for a group of seven women and one man who beat and robbed people on a CTA Blue Line platform in the Loop.
Police said in each incident, one to three suspects used an online marketplace to set up meetings to buy items, including clothing and mobile devices.
Chicago police said an employee told officers two men wearing masks used hammers to break into the store in the 2000 block of North Western Avenue around 8:40 p.m.
The latest incident happened at 2:35 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, in Millennium Park.
In each incident, a man holds up the victims with a black handgun or a silver revolver, police said. He announces a robbery and takes personal property.
Chicago police said three males robbed a passenger while aboard the train just before 11 p.m. on Sept. 26, in the 100 block of West Lake Street.
Chicago police have issued a new warning about a roving group of robbers targeting people wearing gold chains in downtown, particularly in the area around Grant Park.
Four people approached a 61-year-old man walking outside in the first block of Grand Avenue just after 4:15 a.m.
Police said the robbery happened early Saturday, Aug. 30, in the 900 block of West Lake Street in the Fulton Market District. The Morgan Street Green and Pink Line stop is located at that address.
Shannon Stephens, 23, of Chicago's North Austin neighborhood, and Jamarion Gray, 21, of Hazel Crest, were arrested a block apart shortly after 2 a.m. Friday.
A man who was shot a midday armored truck robbery in downtown Chicago is now facing federal charges.
Chicago police are warning CTA riders about a string of robberies on the Red Line and Blue Line downtown and on the South Side.
The robber was placed into police custody and then taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with gunshot wounds.
Joshua Walder, 24, was arrested on Aug. 26, as a result of a joint investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Chicago Police Department.
Five watches, valued at a total of $170,500, were taken during the incident, prosecutors say.
In each incident, the victims were walking when a white Nissan sedan pulled up and a robber exited the car armed with a rifle, announced a robbery, and took the victims' property, police said.
Chicago police said the robbery happened on Aug. 24, around 7 a.m. at the station at 4000 W. Lake St.
Police said the men approached the victim and wrestled his property away from him after a brief fight.
