Police say Jacqueline Beard had a bit of an “oopsie” when she went digging for her ID after cops stopped her for smoking at the Roosevelt Red Line station Friday. As she fumbled through her bag, officers caught a glimpse of a loaded firearm, turning a routine citation into a felony charge for the 24-year-old.
A Venezuelan migrant charged with robbing a Lakeview man during a Facebook Marketplace meetup earlier this month received a complimentary upgrade Tuesday when federal prosecutors decided to pick up the case. Now 19-year-old Maykel Gonzalez Demaria is charged with Hobbs Act robbery and using a firearm during a violent crime for the August 5 holdup in the 700 block of West Belmont Avenue.
A guy who got 30 months probation for nearly killing another homeless man with a box cutter at a River North Walgreens has been arrested 8 more times since taking the plea deal last year — sometimes for allegedly threatening other people with knives. In his latest arrest, Roy Pughsley is accused of burglarizing the Loop Macy’s.
The armed parolee whom Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera was chasing when her partner unintentionally shot and killed her last year is now facing federal drug distribution charges, one of five men charged in a major undercover federal drug investigation that, according to a law enforcement source, was prompted in part by Rivera’s on-duty death in June 2025.
Five friends were robbed at gunpoint in River North by a crew that prosecutors say jumped out of a stolen Jeep, with one woman pistol-whipped during the attack. A 20-year-old man is now charged after detectives followed a trail of surveillance footage, license plate reader data, and credit card transactions.
Six people were murdered and another ten people survived being shot across Chicago on Sunday, a wave of violence that drove the weekend’s shooting total to 25 victims, according to preliminary information provided by Chicago police and reviewed by the independent crime data analysis site HeyJackass.com.
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