Month: February 2018

A man who carjacked a taxi cab in River North on Tuesday evening crashed into two cars just blocks away, killing a woman, police said. The 31-year-old cabbie was in his taxi in the 200 block of West Walton when a 29-year-old man opened the driver’s side door, struck him in the face, and forced

Around 2:30 p.m. last Friday, unbeknownst to most Chicagoans, shots were fired on the lower level of 35 East Wacker Drive. Someone in a “light colored vehicle…fired gunshots at a dark-colored sedan driving in the opposite direction,” the police department said in a short statement. Yesterday, around 1:45 p.m., a tactical team that was well-aware

A car, stolen on Chicago’s West Side two days ago, was found burning on a Lakeview side street early Tuesday. The blaze was captured on video that later found its way online. It has since been removed by the man who filmed the scene. Fire personnel responded to the 900 block of West Oakdale around

The fire was contained to a fifth-floor apartment in this building at 3831 N. Fremont, police said. | Google Two police officers suffered smoke-related injuries while rescuing a woman from her burning apartment near Wrigleyville on Monday evening. Both cops and the woman remained hospitalized overnight. Police and fire units responded to a fire on

Not often, but sometimes, this crime journalism thing can be entertaining. Here are a few fresh reports from our “stupid” file: Ramirez • Jabiel Ramirez of Berwyn has been charged with the December burglary of a home in the 4000 block of North Sacrament in the Irving Park neighborhood. In his arrest report, police point to

A former Chicago cop, currently a Texas Ranger, pins a carjacking suspect in Streeterville on Feb 2. | ABC7 Chicago leaders including Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson think they’ve identified a major reason for the city’s out-of-control carjacking problem. In 2015, the year before the current rise in vehicular hijackings began to

The Subway restaurant at 352 West Armitage was robbed at gunpoint Saturday morning. | Google A Subway restaurant located just north of Old Town in Lincoln Park was robbed at gunpoint Saturday morning. There were no injuries and no one is in custody. Shortly after 9 a.m., a masked man entered the restaurant at 352 West

Two unusual business burglaries have been reported in Lakeview…and North Side detectives have just issued a burglary alert for retail and restaurant businesses. Here’s the latest: Rendering of the soon-to-open Hotel Zachary at Wrigley Field | Hotel Zachary On Wednesday, construction workers at the new Hotel Zachary across from Wrigley Field reported that two men

Chicago police and fire equipment at the scene of this afternoon’s recovery. Police and Fire Department divers recovered the body of a man from Lake Michigan near Belmont Harbor on Friday afternoon. Detectives are conducting a death investigation. A woman who was walking near the lake called 911 shortly after 3:30 p.m. to report seeing

An example of one ATM skimmer design. | BDO Chicago cops recovered at least three more ATM skimmers on Thursday, two downtown and another in Lincoln Park, as enterprising criminals continue trying to suck up your debit and credit card data. Skimmers are devices that slip over the real card readers and keypads of genuine

Police have made an arrest in connection with the robbery and attempted criminal sexual assault of a woman in Wrigleyville early last Saturday. Tyrone Robinson | Chicago Police Dept Tyrone Robinson, a 26-year-old parolee from the Englewood neighborhood, has been charged in the case along with two other violent crimes against women since Christmastime. Around