Month: September 2018

Video grab of the attack (left) and Nolan John (inset). | Provided; CPD Four months after a 15-year-old boy was severely beaten by a mob at the Lane Tech High School carnival, charges have been filed in the case. On the evening of May 26th, a police officer reported seeing a group of 40 people

Surveillance images of the suspect from The Alley, 3221 North Clark. | The Alley The burglar who’s suspected of breaking into at least three Boystown-area businesses last month is still on the loose and doing his thing, according to a new community alert from Chicago police. Despite being captured on surveillance video August 16th as

Deonta Moore | CPD Charges have been filed in the Saturday evening stabbing of a man on an Uptown sidewalk. Deonta Moore, 30, is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Bail was set at $30,000. Shortly before 5 p.m. on September 22nd, Moore stabbed a 43-year-old man during an altercation in the 1000

Detectives are investigating the Monday evening robbery of a woman in southeast Lakeview. It is the second mugging reported in the same general area since Thursday. Police said that a 28-year-old woman was walking westbound around 8:50 p.m. yesterday when a man emerged from a nearby car in the 400 block of West Oakdale. The

Flier boys—the seemingly endless parade of men who solicit for “charitable” donations while handing out fliers on city streets—are once again the focus of a community alert from Chicago police. Area Central detectives have issued a series of warnings to inform the public that flier boys are very often members of theft and robbery teams

Jodeci Sherels | CPD A Jackson, Mich., man is accused of robbing two people and stealing property from two others in the River North area last Thursday and Friday, police said. Jodeci Sherels, 26, was arrested on the first block of West Tooker Place, a small street near Washington Square Park on Friday evening. He

The crash scene was captured in this image by Renee Prisble on Twitter and Instagram A 17-year-old driver crashed into an Old Town liquor store after his car was struck by gunfire near the Division Street bar strip early Sunday, police said. The teen was traveling westbound on Division near Dearborn with a 17-year-old male passenger around 2:05

1040 West Wilson | Google A 43-year-old man suffered multiple stab wounds during an argument on an Uptown street Saturday afternoon. Charges are pending against one offender. A second suspect remains at large. The victim was arguing with two men around 4:50 p.m. when one of the offenders began stabbing him in the chest, stomach,

Cook County continues to be the land of second chances. Not to mention third chances, fourth chances, and even fifteenth chances. The state’s automatic 50% sentencing reduction for good behavior, a lack of punishment for violating terms of release, and the county court’s year-old “affordable bail” program do little to dissuade repeat offenders. Take a