Two men wearing masks reportedly attempted to hijack a vehicle occupied by a woman and her 6-year-old grandson as they ate their food in the parking lot next to Chik-fil-A, 7201 Cermak Road in North Riverside, on May 15 at about 1:45 p.m.

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A 68-year-old North Riverside man apparently thought that Monday afternoon looked like a good day to paddle his 15-foot aluminum canoe down Salt Creek, but the flood-swollen waterway quickly proved him wrong.  

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A 69-year-old Forest Park woman called police on the morning of May 3 after she reportedly fought off a man who tried to hijack her vehicle in the parking lot of the shopping center at 2000 Harlem Avenue in North Riverside.

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The Riverside and Lyons fire departments asked the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to close its boat launches on the Des Plaines River on May 2 after they pulled one of four kayakers, whose boats had capsized, from swiftly moving, flood-stage currents.

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A fire that appears to have ignited in the basement of a Riverside home on the afternoon of May 1 did serious smoke and heat damage to the residence on the lower level and first floor, said Fire Chief Matthew Buckley.  

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A man suspected of hijacking a car in Cicero on April 24 is also believed to have robbed a 25-year-old Stickney man of his cellphone that same afternoon in Riverside.

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A man wearing an N95-type mask who appeared to be simply practicing social distancing while waiting to make a purchase inside a Riverside convenience store on April 21 at about 9:25 p.m. turned out to be an armed robber, according to police.  

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Two Chicago men face felony charges after allegedly stealing several power tools out of a work van in the 4200 block of Elm Avenue and then leading police on a high-speed chase that ended in front of Riverside-Brookfield High School during the early morning hours of April 14.

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A family of four escaped injury but has been displaced from their Riverside home after a fire caused serious damage to the rear of the building during the early morning hours of April 15.  

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Manuel Mercado, 28, of Melrose Park, faces felony stalking and aggravated battery charges, after reportedly following his estranged wife in his vehicle, cutting her off in the 2500 block of Desplaines Avenue, North Riverside, and then ramming his Chevy Suburban into her GMC pickup truck on April 6 at about 6:15 p.m.  

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