armed robberies

In recent months, violent crime including shootings, armed robberies and carjackings are on the rise in neighborhoods of Chicago that haven’t typically seen a high volume of violent crime in the past. Lisa Chavarria has more.

While police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the offenders, the department has not released photographs or detailed descriptions of the suspects.

While police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the offenders, the department has not released photographs or detailed descriptions of the suspects.

Security video captured the moment a violent robbery unfolded in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood early Friday morning. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

A frightening robbery happened Thursday evening steps from where Carmen Cruz lives with her family in Lake View. “There was a lot of people walking around. A young lady got mugged for her phone and I could have been another victim. Luckily, I wasn’t,” she said. Cruz told NBC 5 she had just gotten home from work and was getting…

Chicago police are warning Sunday of a string of armed robberies of people on foot in the Near West Side and Little Italy neighborhoods.

Chicago police are warning Saturday of a string of armed robberies of people on foot in the Lake View neighborhood.

Chicago police are warning residents of three armed robberies reported Friday on the Lower West Side and in the South Lawndale community.

Chicago police are warning residents of a series of armed robberies with a handgun in the city’s Edgewater neighborhood this weekend.

Police are warning residents about a series of armed robberies over the course of the last month in Englewood on the South Side. In each case, one to four men approached a lone victim on the street, threatened them with a knife and demanded their property, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The hold-ups occurred: About 5 p.m….

Police are warning residents about a series of armed robberies this month on the Near West Side. In each case, two men or teenage boys approached a victim, displayed or implied they had a handgun and demanded the victim’s property, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The hold-ups occurred: About 4:25 p.m. June 27 in the 2300 block…

Police are warning residents about a series of armed robberies last week in Englewood on the South Side. In each case, one or two men approached a lone victim on the street, threatened them with a black handgun and demanded their property, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The hold-ups occurred: About 7 p.m. May 14 in the…

Three armed robberies were reported in January and February in Washington Park on the South Side. In each incident, lone victims are approached by two males who flash a gun and take their personal property, Chicago police said in a community alert. In one of the robberies, the males took the victim’s car keys and fled in their car....

Police are warning South Side residents after a series of armed robberies were reported over the last few weeks in Englewood.

Police in Hammond, Indiana, are searching for a man who they believe is responsible for a string of armed robberies at businesses last week.

Police are warning businesses on the Northwest Side of two recent robberies in the Logan Square and Avondale neighborhoods.

Police issued a community alert after three armed robberies were recently in the Lakeview and Lincoln Park neighborhoods in the last week.

Police are warning residents of a recent string of armed robberies in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side.