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Police are warning businesses about a pair of robberies last week in the same Rogers Park block on the North Side. In each case, a man entered a store in the 7000 block of North Sheridan Road and displayed or implied that he had a gun before demanding cash or taking it from the register, according to a business alert…

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…

Two men are in custody and a woman remains at large after an armed robbery at a Naperville motel early Sunday morning, according to police. In a press release, Naperville police said the suspects broke into a motel room where a woman was staying in the 1600 block of Naperville-Wheaton Road. Police said the victim was struck in the head…

Three people robbed a student of the University of Chicago Monday morning at the school’s South Side campus. The robbery happened about 8:30 a.m. at 58th Street and Dorchester Avenue, according to a statement from the University of Chicago police. The trio, one armed with a handgun, confronted the student on a sidewalk and stole the student’s phone and credit...

A Hyde Park restaurant known for serving free meals to those in need was robbed at gunpoint by one of those patrons on Wednesday, according to the owner. Surveillance video shows two robbers at the Litehouse Whole Food and Grill holding the cashier at gunpoint while the second hopped the counter. Restaurant owner Eric Rico Nance said what that second…

BACK HERE AT HOME – A RESTAURANT SERVING FREE MEALS TO THOSE IN NEED IS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT.
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\tAND THE RESTAURANT OWNER TELLS US – THE MAN WITH THE GUN SAYS HE HAD TO DO IT BECAUSE HE DIDN’T HAVE ANY MONEY DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
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Police are warning residents on the Northwest Side of robberies at Subway restaurants in Union Ridge and Old Irving Park. In both robberies, a masked suspect pulled out a “large” knife and demanded money from employees, Chicago police said in a community alert. One happened at 9:35 p.m. March 5 in the 5200 block of North Nagle Avenue, police said….

A 52-year-old man was seriously wounded Monday after he was stabbed and pepper-sprayed in Lake View on the North Side. He was walking in the 3200 block of North Sheffield Avenue about 7:50 a.m. when two or three males approached him and sprayed him with a “chemical irritant,” according to Chicago police. They stabbed him in the back and arm,…

A rideshare driver was robbed by four people Saturday evening in suburban Naperville after he met with one of the individuals who didn’t pay for a previous ride, police said. The incident was reported at approximately 8:30 p.m. in the 100 block of Testa Drive. While the driver was talking to the first suspect, three additional suspects approached on foot,…

A restaurant was robbed Monday in Lincoln Park on Chicago’s North Side. About 10:15 p.m., a man walked into an eatery in the 300 block of West Armitage Avenue armed with a gun, approached the clerk and demanded cash before fleeing, Chicago police said. It was not immediately clear how much money the man stole. No one is in custody...

Police are searching for a second person of interest in connection with a shooting on board a Blue Line train earlier this month.

A store clerk was shot and killed after exchanging gunfire with a group of robbers Friday in Park Manor on the South Side. Four men entered the store about 1:45 p.m. in the first block of East 71st Street and took cash from the register by force, Chicago police said. As the clerk, later identified by the Cook County medical…

A person robbed a restaurant at gunpoint Tuesday near North Park University on Chicago’s Northwest Side. About 10:25 p.m., a male walked into the restaurant in the 3300 block of West Foster Avenue and approached a female clerk who was behind the counter, Chicago police said. He then pulled out a handgun and told her to empty the cash register….

A Speedway gas station was robbed at gunpoint early Monday in west suburban Naperville, police said. Three men armed with a handgun entered the gas station about 3:20 a.m. at 3004 111th St., at Route 59, and demanded cash and tobacco products, according to Naperville police. They drove off in a black 4-door car, which was located by Naperville police…

 Two people robbed a Naperville gas station at gunpoint Saturday. Officers responded about 12:25 a.m. to reports of the armed robbery in the 1900 block of Brookdale Road, Naperville police said. The two suspects entered the gas station, displayed handguns and stole money and cigarettes before driving off in a black sedan. No one was hurt during the robbery, police…

A man was shot during an armed robbery Thursday in Rogers Park by a group wanted for a series of other hold-ups since last week, according to police. The 33-year-old man was on the sidewalk about 8:25 p.m. in the 6700 block of North Bosworth Avenue when two males robbed him at gunpoint before one of them opened fire, Chicago…

A 42-year-old man was robbed early Thursday morning in Gold Coast on the Near North Side.

Someone attempted to rob an Uber driver at gunpoint Thursday in west suburban Naperville. The driver pulled up about 12:10 p.m. for a fare near Olympus Drive and Tupelo Avenue, according to a statement from Naperville police. A man walking west on the south side of Tupelo got into the car and tried to rob the driver. The attempt was…

Police in Jasper, Alabama, are searching for a man who robbed at least two churches while wearing a Batman-style mask....

King’s Way Church pastor Jason Hooper says the “Batman Bandit” used a rock to break the front window....

The man stole a keyboard and bass guitar, committing his crime in just one minute and 18 seconds....

“You’re frustrated because looking at the gentleman...

Five employees with city’s transportation department were robbed at gunpoint Wednesday morning while they were setting up a construction zone in Austin on the West Side. Two gunmen approached the workers in an alley about 8:15 a.m. in the 600 block of North Lavergne Avenue and demanded their personal property, according to Chicago police. The gunmen fled on foot east…