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Lakeview

Car thief steals pizza driver’s SUV — and her daughters — in Lakeview, cops say

April 23, 2021 CWBChicago

Car thieves stole a pizza delivery driver’s car in Lakeview on Thursday evening with two of the victim’s children in side,

Citywide

A year after boasting of sharp crime reductions during COVID lockdown, CPD faces reality

April 22, 2021 CWBChicago

One year after COVID restrictions drove Chicago crime to record lows, Chicago police brass face a reckoning.

Citywide

Man charged with attempted murder in shooting that left 22-month-old critically wounded on Lake Shore Drive

April 22, 2021 CWBChicago

Prosecutors on Thursday approved attempted murder and other charges against a Far South Side man in connection with the April 6 shooting that left 22-month-old Kayden Swann critically wounded during a road rage incident on Lake Shore Drive, police said.

Citywide

Court update: Outcomes of some cases you read about on CWBChicago

April 22, 2021 CWBChicago

Here are the court outcomes for some cases you may have read about on CWBChicago.

South Loop

Police investigate shooting in South Loop apartment

April 22, 2021 CWBChicago

A South Loop man told police that three men came into his apartment early Thursday and fired guns, leaving him with a graze wound to his chin, according to CPD.

Loop

Woman carjacked in Loop as CPD says hijackings are down 70%

April 22, 2021 CWBChicago

The hijacking came just four hours after Chicago Police Supt. David Brown tweeted that monthly carjackings “are down 70% in Chicago since January 1.”

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CTA

17-time convicted felon gets 3 year sentence for stealing blind musician’s guitar at Loop CTA station

April 21, 2021 CWBChicago

A man who’s amassed more than 80 criminal cases in Cook County under at least 20 different aliases has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing a blind man’s guitar at the Jackson Blue Line platform.

Boystown

Man gets 7-year sentence for Boystown carjacking that was caught on video

April 21, 2021 CWBChicago

A Chicago man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for throwing a 61-year-old woman from her vehicle during a carjacking in the Boystown neighborhood in May 2019.

Lakeview

Package room burglar sought in Lakeview East

April 21, 2021 CWBChicago

Police are looking for a man who’s forced his way into a pair of Lakeview apartment buildings over the past week to steal packages and other items.

Citywide

Man charged with trying to steal laptop from Chicago police squad car

April 20, 2021 CWBChicago

Breaking into a car? Dumb. Breaking into an unmarked police car while officers are handling a call nearby? That’s really dumb.

Rogers Park

Cops look for car used by gunman who shot at Rogers Park police station

April 20, 2021 CWBChicago

Area Three detectives on Tuesday released a surveillance image of the car used by a gunman who opened fire on the 24th District police station in Rogers Park over the weekend.

Citywide

Community bond funds say they help poor people get out of jail — but some of their choices raise eyebrows

April 20, 2021 CWBChicago

While CCBF’s publicity materials say it posts bond for people who “cannot afford to pay the bonds themselves and who have been impacted by structural violence,” court records show the group does not shy away from winning release for people who are accused of violent crimes.

Streeterville

Cops warn Uptown residents about recent carjacking pattern

April 20, 2021 CWBChicago

Police issued a community alert for the Uptown neighborhood early Tuesday after investigators linked two recent carjackings to the same offenders.

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