Month: April 2018

Inset: Calderon (top) and Patterson UPDATE MAY 2: In court papers, prosecutors specifically charge the men with stealing an estimated $11,000 on April 15, 2018.  The stolen money included $350 in “marked” or “recorded” bills. prosecutors said. ———————– Two guards who worked for a politically-connected security company have been charged with stealing up to $100,000

Cornelius Williams (inset) was charged with carrying a handgun near this Uptown McDonald’s, police said. Cops working a “post-shooting mission” after two people were shot in Uptown on April 12 arrested an Arizona truck driver who was allegedly walking down the street with a handgun in a carrying case. But prosecutors refused to charge the

Robbery reports remain at five-year highs throughout Chicago’s downtown area and Lincoln Park, according to new city data. The Loop recorded 113 robberies through April 21, a 40% increase over the same time period last year. Compared to 2013, robbery cases are up 197% in the Loop. The Near North neighborhood, which includes Streeterville, the

Cops on the South Side recovered a vehicle that was taken in a carjacking along the Lakeview-Lincoln Park border early last Sunday. The man who was driving the car when cops found it has been charged. Around 1:20 a.m. on April 22, two women had just stepped out of a 2011 Ford Focus in the

Madison Reed (inset) is charged with forcing a woman into prostitution at a Streeterville hotel. | CPD; Google A West Side man is charged with beating and forcing a Cincinnati woman to work as a prostitute at a Streeterville hotel last weekend. Madison Reed, 32, was on parole after serving half of a 3-year sentence

Two businesses near Wrigleyville and Boystown have been targeted by burglars who emptied the establishments’ ATMs, according to a new police alert. CWBChicago told you about the first incident which was reported at Kanela Breakfast Club, 3231 North Clark, on April 13. The second case was reported at 3352 North Sheffield on April 16. That

Police are seeking this man in connection with Friday evening’s stabbing in the Loop. | Chicago Police Dept A 34-year-old man was stabbed after he refused to give a cigarette to a stranger in the Loop on Friday evening, police said. The victim was walking in the 100 block of West Van Buren when a

CPD Deputy Chief Kevin Ryan promises that downtown carjackers will be caught. | NBC Chicago Screengrab Around 7:20 on Thursday evening, Chicago Police Deputy Chief Kevin Ryan stood at the scene of a shooting and attempted carjacking in the 1400 block of North Inner Lake Shore Drive. He spoke to gathered TV reporters: “I’ve been