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North Siders On Alert After Home Invasions
CHICAGO (CBS) - Police are warning residents of several north lakefront neighborhoods to lock their windows, after a string of robberies and burglaries. As CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli reports, there have...
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Door-Knocking Suspects Sought In Burglaries
GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (STMW) - Police in Glen Ellyn are investigating a series of burglaries that began in the western suburb in June. The burglaries have all taken place since June in residential areas in...
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Four Burglary Suspects Questioned By Police
RIVERSIDE, Ill. (STMW) — Police in west suburban Riverside are now holding four suspects for questioning in area burglaries. Police on Wednesday were called by a resident who had a man ring his...
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Police Bust West Suburban Burglary Ring
MAYWOOD, Ill. (CBS) – Cook County Sheriff’s Police have busted up a burglary ring that targeted homes across the near western suburbs. Alfredo Ramirez, 21, of Stone Park, has been arrested and charged...
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Men Charged With Burglarizing South Suburban Storage Facility
MARKHAM, Ill. (CBS) — Three men have been charged with burglarizing lockers at a storage facility in the southern suburbs, after allegedly showing up in a U-Haul to take away more loot when management...
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Police Warn NW Side Businesses Of Recent Burglaries
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are warning Northwest Side business owners of a string of burglaries. Businesses in the Jefferson Park police district have had their entrance doors forced open and money taken...
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Teens Charged With Thefts From Cars In Forest Preserves
MARKHAM, Ill. (CBS) — Two teens have been charged with a string of burglaries in south suburban forest preserves. As WBBM Newsradio’s Lisa Fielding reports, Jaton Harris, 19, of Calumet Park; and Brian...
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Man Used Google Maps To Find Homes To Burglarize
INDIAN HEAD PARK, Ill. (STMW) – Google Maps helped a Chicago man target as many as nine suburban homes for break-ins since March, police said. Indian Head Park police arrested Samuel A. Watson, 33, at...
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Crime Up Near UIC; Cops Tell Students To Put Away Phones, iPods
CHICAGO (CBS) – Crime is up on the borders of the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, and Tuesday, campus police told students and staff that it is time to put the cell phones and iPods away and...
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Waukegan Police Bust Rings Of Burglars, Robbers
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (CBS) — Waukegan police believe they have broken up separate rings of burglars and armed robbers working the far north suburbs. As WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports, seven...
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In One Week, Gary Police Respond To 85 Burglaries
GARY, Ind. (CBS) — In one week’s time, Gary police responded to at least 85 burglaries. Between Monday, Nov. 14, and Nov. 21, residents in the Brunswick, Glen Park and Miller neighborhoods, in the...
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Aurora Residents Warned Of Spike In Burglaries
AURORA (CBS) — As Aurora residents get ready for the holidays, police are warning them to keep gifts locked up amid a rash of burglaries. There has been a 52 percent jump in garage break-ins on the...
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Man, Girlfriend Arrested In Willowbrook Home Invasion
WHEATON, Ill. (CBS) — Two people have been arrested for a suburban home invasion with ties to furniture delivery. As WBBM Newsradio’s Julie Mann reports, last month, a woman from unincorporated...
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Men Wanted For Invading Homes, Attacking Elderly Indiana Residents
WHITING, Ind. (CBS) — Police in several Northwest Indiana towns are looking for three Chicago men wanted for a series of daylight home invasions of elderly residents’ houses. Police identified the...
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Burglars Hitting Cell Phone, Electronics Stores In Downtown Area
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police are warning cell phone and electronics businesses in the downtown area that about a band of burglars that have been breaking in and stealing merchandise. The burglars have been...
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New Gary Mayor Introduces Public Safety Team
GARY, Ind. (CBS) – Gary’s new mayor is pledging to put the brakes on a growing number of burglaries in the city. As CBS 2’s Roseanne Tellez reports, that’s just one item on Karen Freeman-Wilson’s...
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Elgin Police Focus Efforts On Spike In Burglaries
ELGIN, Ill. (CBS) – Crime in Elgin is at a 40-year low, but police said they’re also seeing a dramatic spike in burglaries, which shot up 31 percent last year. As CBS 2′s Mai Martinez reports, police...
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Burglars Hit Homes Near United Center
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police have issued a warning to Near West Side residents after a string of burglaries in the neighborhood surrounding the United Center. There have been at least three burglaries in the...
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Burglars Strike Homes In Ukrainian Village
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police are warning residents of the Ukrainian Village neighborhood about a series of burglaries this month. As WBBM Newsradio’s David Roe reports, police say the burglars hit...
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2 Weeks, 3 Smash-And-Grab Retail Thefts
CHICAGO (CBS) — For the third time in the past few weeks, police are trying to find some brazen thieves who get into stores by smashing their way in. As CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports, the latest...
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