Recreation Drive’s after-hours street gang party claimed another shooting victim early Saturday. A 23-year-old man was shot in the left knee along the lakefront, about 150 feet south of the landmark clocktower, police said. Officers gave the victim a ride to Illinois Masonic Medical Center where his condition was stabilized. Witnesses said that a heavy-set,
You asked. We found out. How did the man accused of repeatedly stabbing a volleyball player near Lincoln Park Zoo last week get out of jail after being charged less than a month earlier with two counts of armed robbery and two counts of aggravated battery on the Near North Side? Image: Skibalaw The answer:
Image: All Posters UPDATE JULY 28: How did the suspect, charged with another knife attack and robbery, manage to get released from jail just six days before this incident? We tell you HERE. Our original story follows. ——————————— Chicago police have confirmed that a North Avenue Beach volleyball league player was stabbed repeatedly as he
Albis A 34-year-old Ashburn man was charged with battery and pot possession after he allegedly stuck his hand up the butt of an 19-year-old man who was sleeping at the Belmont Red Line station. The victim told police that he was catching a few Z’s when Nawaf S. Albis “penetrated his rectum with his hand”
Askew (top) and Shabazz One of the men accused of tackling, beating, and robbing a senior citizen at gunpoint Sunday afternoon was arrested in Boystown last winter and charged with brandishing a replica firearm during a fight on Halsted Street. Days later, a Cook County judge threw out the weapons charge against David Shabazz finding “no
Two suspected offenders are in custody after an off-duty cop and witnesses pursued them following another daylight armed robbery near the Wellington Brown Line station on Sunday. Image: Pinterest Investigators are now working to determine if the men were involved in any of the 11-plus robberies reported in our area over the past 10 days,
Five people were robbed at gunpoint in four separate incidents near L stations in our area Saturday. No one is in custody, but at least three of the cases are believed to be related. Image: Gunvault In the most recent case, a woman was robbed at gunpoint Saturday afternoon at Kenmore and Wellington, one block
In a remarkably bold crime, a woman was robbed at gunpoint outside the Walgreens at Broadway and Belmont in beaming sunshine Tuesday afternoon. No one is in custody. The woman told police that the offender approached her in the store parking lot at 4:10PM, displayed a black and silver handgun, then demanded her valuables. He
A 19-year-old Maywood man faces weapons charges after officers say they found him armed with not one…not two…but three Tasers and stun guns near Belmont and Broadway in June. Richardson (Chicago Police Dept) Cops say they saw a “long black metallic object with metal prongs” sitting next to Kevon Richardson during a routine traffic stop in
We’re pretty sure that nobody ever accused Patrick Huston of being smart. Huston (Chicago Police Dept) Paroled in March after serving part of a 4-year robbery sentence, Huston was arrested Saturday after he allegedly robbed (and tried to rob) several people near Sheffield and Belmont. The first victim called 911 at 1:15AM Saturday to report
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