Violent Robbery Spree Strikes Downtown Chicago, Multiple Victims Hospitalized in Overnight Crime Wave

A series of violent armed robberies occurred overnight in downtown Chicago, injuring three and affecting at least eight individuals. Read More

Thieves armed with metal pipes, brass knuckles carry out 9 robberies within 2 hours: Chicago police

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are warning people in several neighborhoods about robbers who are armed with metal pipes and brass knuckles. There were nine robberies within two hours on Friday ... Read More

Armed Robbery

Several people in Bucktown ... apps at gunpoint in the past 24 hours – and one case was caught on camera. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports. In the first robbery, police say four men got out of ... Read More

74-year-old suspected bank robber possibly a scam victim, police sergeant says

FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) - A 74-year-old woman accused of robbing an Ohio bank at gunpoint may have been a victim of online scammers, according to a police sergeant. Read More

Armed robber shoots, then takes victim's belongings on Chicago's South Side

According to Chicago police, the victim, a 20-year-old man, was approached by an unknown male who produced a handgun, demanded his property, and shot him. The robber then ran from the scene with ... Read More

Gas station robbery that ended with bystander killing suspect was staged as part of visa scheme: police

An armed robber who was shot and killed by a bystander was only pretending to hold up a couple in a twisted, ongoing plot to get nonimmigrant visas, according to officials charging an alleged ... Read More

Victim shoots, kills armed robber; second suspect found urinating in front of church, police say

A Hapeville man shot and killed a 39-year-old armed robbery suspect in self ... [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The victim told police that he followed the suspect ... Read More

Delinquent: Read all the stories from Week 1. Cuyahoga County sends more kids to adult prison than any other county. Why?

For Montori, life in the streets was a game of shoot to kill. As boys growing up in Cleveland’s Collinwood-Nottingham neighborhood, he and his friends inherited a feud with rivals in adjacent ... Read More

3 women arrested for grand theft, strong armed-robbery in multiple cities

Three women were arrested twice after committing grand theft and a strong-armed robbery, according to the Colma Police Department. On Tuesday, a Colma business in the 1200 block of ... Read More

Store employee shot during armed robbery attempt in West Town

A store employee is injured after he was shot during an armed robbery attempt in West Town Friday night, police said. According to police, two armed men entered a store in the 2900 ... Read More

College student fights for gun from armed robber’s hands: ‘A blackout moment for me’

Madelyn, a 21-year-old senior who did not share her last name, was walking home from class Wednesday at around 2:45 p.m. when an armed ... victims in the street, produce handguns and announce a ... Read More

News Archives April 2024

Get a toll violation text from E-ZPass? It’s a fake. Miss Manners: Our friends have spouses with dementia. How can we help? Should we even ask if we can help? Jersey City municipal budget to be ... Read More