Month: June 2018

The boy was shot at the bottom of the staircase at left in an area known for narcotics activity. | Google A 14-year-old boy is in good condition after being shot in the knee on Lower Wacker Drive in the Loop on Friday evening. No one is in custody, but police said the investigation is

The woman was reportedly shot on the ninth floor of this highrise in the 4900 block of North Sheridan. | Google A 43-year-old woman was shot in an Uptown apartment Thursday evening by a man that she knows, police said. The exact relationship between the two was not released. The woman called 911 shortly after

Marbley | Cook County Sheriff Khalil Marbley, a convicted felon who escaped from sheriff’s deputies by jumping from a balcony on June 12 is in custody again. He was arrested this week at the same location after he (surprise!) hopped off the balcony again. Sheriff’s officers were waiting for him this time. But there’s much more

(LAKEVIEW EAST) Cops captured a would-be burglar inside a home in the 500 block of West Hawthorne Place early Thursday. The family that lives in the residence is on vacation, according to a neighbor. Officers arrived at the home around 4:20 a.m. and found the prowler still inside. He had apparently entered through a rear

It’s been a little while since we’ve reported on Chicago gun offenders and the bail amounts that are being set by Cook County Judges. On the plus side, nearly all judges now require at least some cash deposit from accused gun offenders who want to get out of jail to await trial. On the downside,

Miguel Yanez was arrested at North Avenue Beach on Saturday evening, police said. | Wikicommons; CPD An Uptown man charged with stealing a bike at North Avenue Beach on Saturday—and then trying to sell it to passers-by—now has three theft cases pending against him, according to court records. Despite police noting in Saturday’s arrest report

Video grab shows the moment that a hammer appears during an argument at McDonald’s, 10 East Chicago, on Monday. Hannah Walker, wearing red at right, is charged with simple misdemeanor battery. | Provided Video of a disturbance inside a downtown McDonald’s shows the moments leading up to and following a woman’s alleged attack of a

Chicago police are trying to identify a man who pepper-sprayed and robbed an elderly woman in Uptown. The victim was exiting her car in the 4700 block of North Winthrop when the man seen here approached her around 3:30 p.m. on May 8th, police said. The man discharged pepper spray into her face, took her