Community Alert

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…

Police are warning residents of three burglaries reported in Englewood on the South Side. In each incident, someone entered through the rear window or door of a residence and took construction materials, Chicago police said in a community alert. The burglaries happened: About noon Oct. 13, in the 6900 block of South Morgan Street; Between noon Oct. 14 and noon…

A robbery crew is responsible for over 20 armed robberies across Chicago in June, according to a community alert issued by police.

Chicago police are warning of a series of burglaries that have targeted multiple churches in the city’s West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side. According to Chicago police, at least four thefts have been reported since Feb. 28, when two different churches were hit in the neighborhood. The thieves broke into the churches by prying open doors or breaking…

Chicago police are warning of a series of burglaries that have targeted multiple churches in the city’s West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.

Chicago police have issued a community alert after a series of seven armed robberies were reported in the city’s Englewood neighborhood over the last two months.

A Woodlawn man is charged with exposing himself and robbing a woman on a CTA Red Line train earlier this month on the North Side. Antoine Jackson, 27, allegedly exposed himself and inappropriately touched a woman on Jan. 2 on a northbound Red Line train approaching the Morse station, Chicago police said. He also demanded that she perform an “inappropriate…

Police are warning South Siders of a series of burglaries to apartments reported in recent weeks in Gresham. In each case, someone entered the apartment though a window or back door, Chicago police said. Once inside, the burglars took items including wallets, purses, televisions, jewelry, cellphones, iPads and video game consoles. The burglaries happened: Between 6:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m….

Police are warning residents about a pair of burglaries last week at the same Kenwood apartment on the South Side. In each case, someone took keys from an outdoor lockbox and used them to steal materials and equipment from an apartment undergoing rehabilitation work in the 900 block of East 45th Street, according to a community alert from Chicago police….

Chicago police are warning residents and visitors to the city about a series of cell phone and purse thefts that have occurred in the city’s Gold Coast neighborhood.

Chicago police are searching for suspects in a series of armed robberies on the city’s Northwest Side.

Four armed robberies in one week in Chinatown have prompted a community alert from police.

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

Chicago police issued a community alert Monday warning residents and visitors after a string of recent robberies on State Street downtown.

Police are warning residents of three recent armed robberies in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.

Police are warning residents about a pair of robberies reported over the past week in the North Side Lakeview neighborhood.

Chicago police issued a warning for bicyclists Sunday after several West Side riders were robbed at gunpoint and forced to give up their bikes, money and other valuables.

Police issued an alert after two recent robberies in the North Side Lakeview neighborhood. In each incident, two men approach a victim from behind, use force and rob them, police said.

Police issued a community alert Sunday after two armed robbery incidents near CTA Green Line stops.

In each incident, the robbers block the road with a construction barrel. When the drivers get out of their cars to move, the robbers beat them and took their possessions.