Month: March 2018

A man who was featured in a Chicago Police Department community alert on Friday afternoon for allegedly grabbing and holding multiple women on the Red Line in recent months has been released to a medical facility for evaluation, police said. No charges have been filed against the 19-year-old. Police announced on Saturday that they had

Chicago police are trying to track down a man who has repeatedly grabbed and held women on the Red Line, according to a new community alert. Ten women and girls have reported being grabbed by the man between August 23 and yesterday. All of the incidents have occurred on the Red Line between Clark/Division and

Image: File A man believed to be in his 50’s was found dead overnight on a Brown Line train at the Belmont station, 945 West Belmont. Police believe the man died from natural causes. An ambulance was called to the station around 1:55 a.m. after the unknown white male was found unresponsive on a southbound

Today’s skimmer was found at this Lincoln Square Walgreens. It’s probably just a coincidence, but three days after a man charged with possessing a stack of skimmed debit cards skipped bail, police today recovered a skimming device from an ATM in Lincoln Square. According to police records, today’s was the first skimming device recovered by

Santos throws up gang signs while sitting on a CPD squad car in the 20th (Lincoln) District. | Facebook A West Ridge 17-year-old has been charged as an adult with attempted murder for allegedly shooting a Truman College student near the school’s Uptown campus on  March 8. Bryan Santos of the 6000 block of North

Phipps’ February mugshot | Chicago Police Dept Just under a month ago, 20-year-old David Phipps starred in our weekly “Monday Gunday” feature. Now, he’s back in jail. When last we heard from Phipps, he had been released on a recognizance bond after cops arrested him in Uptown. He had stolen credit cards in his possession

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says she does not condone speeding. She says any speeding tickets issued to her county car “are paid.” We found the truth to be a little different. There must have been quite a political emergency in the Austin neighborhood at 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, February 25. That’s when Preckwinkle’s

Separating the wheat from the chaff. | Parris Blog With early voting underway for the March 20th primary, a lot of people are asking us for our thoughts on judicial candidates. We don’t make recommendations per se, but we do research criminal court judges’ performance on the bench. The information is passed along to our

The girl was abused inside the McDonald’s across from Lane Tech High School, according to reports. | Google UPDATE 3 AM MARCH 15—Updated story with suspect photos and new details HERE. ——————————– Area North detectives are investigating the reported sexual abuse of a teenage girl near Lane Tech High School this morning. Police said an unknown

Slue was wearing her Jimmy John’s uniform when she was arrested for trying to rob this Loop Subway. The woman accused of trying to rob a Loop Subway restaurant while wearing her Jimmy John’s uniform pleaded guilty yesterday. Cherene Slue also entered a guilty plea to charges that she held-up a nearby Dunkin’ Donuts the

A Wisconsin woman who posed as an Uber driver to rob passengers in Old Town and River North last November is going to prison. Raymond | Cook County Sheriff Posing as a rideshare driver, Nytina Raymond picked up a man outside of Old Town Pour House, 1419 North Wells, early on November 4th. Police said

A suburban man who has the words “F*ck The Police” tattooed on his forehead has been charged with the attempted robbery of a Boystown bank on Friday evening. Valencia | Cook County Sheriff Geovany Valencia, 25, walked into Fifth Third Bank at 3601 North Broadway around 5:30 p.m. and told a teller, “I want all