robberies

Police are warning of a string of robberies reported in Little Village on the Southwest Side.

Chicago police are warning residents of a pair of armed robberies reported in April in Englewood on the South Side.

The Chicago Police Department is warning residents after a series of strong arm robberies in the West Town neighborhood. In a community alert issued Saturday, police say one or two masked male offenders engage a lone female in conversation, then forcefully take her purse and throw her to the ground. In one instance, a victim was struck twice in the…

Police are warning residents about a pair of robberies Wednesday at basketball courts in Albany Park and Norwood Park on the Northwest Side. In each case, two men approached a group of teenagers playing basketball, implied that they had a weapon and demanded the victims’ phones and other valuables, according to a community alert from Chicago police. In one case,…

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 string of robberies and a carjacking in February on the Near North and Near West sides. In each case, a group of one to three males showed a gun and took property, Chicago police said in a community alert They took a car in one incident, police said. The robberies happened: about 10:45 p.m….

Within a span of 10 minutes Wednesday, three people were robbed at gunpoint in two separate incidents while walking in the South Loop. A 42-year-old man was on the sidewalk about 10 p.m. in the 200 block of South Michigan Avenue when he was approached from behind by an armed male who demanded his coat, Chicago police said. The man…

Police are warning delivery drivers of two armed robberies since last month in Morgan Park on the South Side.

Chicago police are warning residents of four armed robberies reported in January in Near West Side neighborhoods.

An anonymous Streeterville resident gave the Cook County Crime Stoppers $10,000 to reward anyone whose information leads to the arrests of the suspects in a string of recent robberies on the Near North Side. Nine robberies were reported between Dec. 24 and Jan. 16 in the Gold Coast and River North, according to Chicago police and the Cook County Crime Stoppers. Now,…

Police are warning residents about a series of armed robberies this month near the 79th Street Red Line station in Chatham on the South Side.

Authorities issued a safety alert after three robberies were reported at multiple Starbucks Monday afternoon on Chicago’s Near West Side.

Authorities issued a safety alert after three robberies were reported at multiple Starbucks Monday afternoon on Chicago’s Near West Side. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.

Police are warning residents in Wrigleyville of a string of robberies in the past month.

A surveillance image was released by police Thursday of a man wanted in connection with two armed robberies earlier this week in the Loop.

A surveillance image was released by police Thursday of a man wanted in connection with two armed robberies earlier this week in the Loop. Ash-har Quraishi reports.

Police are reviewing surveillance video after women have been targeted–including a nanny pushing a child in a stroller–in three different armed robberies on the city’s North Side, authorities said Monday. Dick Johnson reports.

Police are reviewing surveillance video after women have been targeted in three different armed robberies on the city’s North Side, authorities said Monday.

As shoppers, tourists and residents flock to downtown Chicago this holiday season, police are warning of groups of teenage robbers targeting pedestrians in the popular Grant Park area.