Month: October 2018

Alexis Stubbs | Facebook An Uptown man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for beating and stabbing his girlfriend’s 12-year-old daughter to death with a hammer and a knife in June 2017. John Singleton, 32, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to one count of murder for brutally killing Alexis Stubbs during a domestic argument

Approximate location of Tuesday evening’s carjacking. A 23-year-old man was carjacked by two offenders Tuesday evening in the Wrigleyville neighborhood, police said. The victim had just entered his parked car in the 3800 block of North Kenmore around 7:55 p.m. and he was trying to close the door when two men approached him. Police said

The branch courthouse at Belmont and Western will close early next year. | Google The Cook County courthouse at Belmont and Western will likely close in January, according to budget testimony this week by Chief Cook County Circuit Judge Timothy C. Evans. Misdemeanor cases and felony preliminary hearings that would ordinarily be heard at the

The alleged victim refused to pursue charges against Terry Ivory (l) and Michael Lee (r) | File; CPD New details have emerged regarding a reported robbery aboard the Red Line last week in which the victim eventually stopped cooperating with police, forcing prosecutors to end their pursuit of felony charges. Around 2:50 a.m. on Wednesday,

Three juveniles, one only 14-years-old, have been charged with robbing a woman in Lincoln Park early Friday morning. Police said a 26-year-old woman was walking in the 1700 block of North Halsted around 2:30 a.m. when three teenage boys approached her on foot. The woman was pushed and robbed of her phone and wallet by

A man reported that he was shot in the foot near Theater On The Lake early Sunday. | Google Police are investigating after a 22-year-old man reported being shot near the lakefront in Lincoln Park on Sunday. Meanwhile, a motorist told police that his car was fired upon by someone in another vehicle as they

A 21-year-old man is undergoing surgery after being shot in the Loop on Saturday afternoon. No one is in custody. Witnesses reported hearing eight to ten shots fired in the 100 block of South Wabash around 1:45 p.m. The victim was found with a gunshot wound to his upper left arm outside of a nearby

The alley is seen to the right. | Google A 21-year-old man was shot in an alley behind a popular River North nightlife district Saturday morning, police said. Two people have been detained for questioning. Several police officers in the area of State and Hubbard called out “shots fired” at 4:39 a.m. as the victim,

The gunfire reportedly began as the victim entered South Lake Shore Drive at Roosevelt. | Google A gunman in a minivan unleashed a hail of bullets on another vehicle as they traveled on Lake Shore Drive outside of Soldier Field overnight. No one was injured, but police found shell casings spread over a half-mile stretch