The Hardest-Working Paper in America | 
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Crime News Chicago

String of carjackings reported in West Town

Two or three males, between 15 and 20 years old, have carjacked at least four people at gunpoint since Halloween, police say.

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
SHARE String of carjackings reported in West Town
A Chicago Police Department officer.

West Town has seen four armed carjackings since Halloween, police say.

Sun-Times file

Chicago police are alerting West Town residents of a recent string of armed carjackings.

Two or three males, between 15 and 20 years old, have carjacked at least four people at gunpoint since Halloween, according to a Chicago police community alert.

The carjackings happened:

  • about 4:30 a.m. Oct. 31 in the 1000 block of North Hoyne Avenue;
  • about 7:20 p.m. Nov. 3 in the 1500 block of West Chicago Avenue;
  • about 2 p.m. Nov. 8 in the 2300 block of West Grand Avenue; and
  • about 5:15 p.m. Nov. 14 in the 2300 block of West Augusta Boulevard.

Police asked anyone with information to call Area Three detectives at 312-744-8263.

Next Up In Crime
Joliet farmers wrangle cows thrown from semitrailer after crash on Interstate 80
1 killed, 3 wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago
Cook County judge ‘refused to speak’ with police investigating another judge
CPD shifting cops to more violent beats as summer approaches
Woman claims self-defense in murder of rapper Johnny May Cash, says he beat her
Man killed in Back of the Yards shooting
The Latest
Screenshot 2024-04-19 at 8.41.52 PM.png
Chicago Sky and WNBA
Sky operating chairman, co-owner Nadia Rawlinson confident in team's direction: "This is our era"
Rawlinson hopes to make an announcement regarding the team’s plans for an individual practice facility before the 2024 season begins.
By Annie Costabile
 
Indiana State center Robbie Avila
High School Basketball
College basketball transfer portal chock full of area players
Once again there are dozens of players with local ties moving on from their previous college stop in search of a better or different opportunity.
By Joe Henricksen
 
Burnham Prairie - Landscape Wetland - Jul19 3.JPG
Editorials
Illinois wetlands deserve protection. Lawmakers should make that happen, while there is still time.
State lawmakers can pass legislation that would restore the safeguards the U.S. Supreme Court removed last year on wetlands, which play a key role in helping to mitigate the impact of climate change and are critical habitats for birds, insects, mammals and amphibians.
By CST Editorial Board
 
Screen Shot 2024-04-17 at 11.57.01 PM.png
White Sox
Bettors knew White Sox would be bad, but they’re worse than expected
Bet on it: Don’t expect Grifol’s team, which is on pace to challenge the 2003 Tigers for the most losses in a season, to be favored much this year
By Rob Miech
 
TT Still 6.png
Columnists
Watch and learn: Chicago Palestine Film Festival aims to entertain, educate
Not all filmmakers participating in the 15-day event are of Palestinian descent, but their art reclaims and champions narratives that have been defiled by those who have a Pavlovian tendency to think terrorists — not innocent civilians — when they visualize Palestinian men, women and children.
By Rummana Hussain