robberies

In each robbery, someone armed with a handgun enters the store and takes money, liquor and cigarettes by force, Chicago police detectives said in a community alert.

Chicago police have boosted patrols in the city’s Gold Coast neighborhood after two robberies occurred within 10 minutes of each other. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski 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…

A total of eight people, including one man who was shot, were robbed during a series of three incidents that occurred just minutes apart early Thursday morning in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, police said.

A total of eight people, including one man who was shot, were robbed during a series of three incidents that occurred just minutes apart early Thursday morning in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, police said. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

Chicago police warned residents of a series of armed robberies reported on the city’s Northwest Side last week.

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. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.

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