Month: October 2018

Monday’s victim was sitting in his car near Hutchinson and Hazel around 3 p.m., police said. | Google An Uptown man was carjacked Monday afternoon as he sat in his vehicle near his home in the 4200 block of North Hazel around 3 p.m., police said. No one is in custody. The victim was in

Charges were dropped against Hannah Walker (inset) after the victim failed to appear in court. | CPD; Provided Charges have been dropped against a woman who was accused of hitting a 16-year-old girl in the head with a hammer during a melee inside a River North McDonald’s on June 25th. The girl and her parent

Eric Henning | CPD A Maccormac College student is charged with robbing a food delivery driver at knifepoint in River North. The 38-year-old driver was making a delivery in the 700 block of North Hudson around 9 p.m. on September 16th when a man armed with a blue-handled kitchen knife approached him, according to police.

Philip Kordowski is convicted of burglarizing Venicci Pizza. A 52-year-old career burglar has been handed another 14-year sentence for a restaurant burglary in the Boystown neighborhood during the winter of 2017. Philip Kordowski pleaded guilty to burglarizing the now-shuttered Venicci Pizza at 3343 North Halsted on March 4, 2017. Judge Stanley Sacks ordered him to

A 28-year-old woman who was found dead near the Montrose dog beach last Sunday morning died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to newly-released information from the Cook County Medical Examiner. The woman was a resident of Michigan. Police launched a death investigation after the woman was found among lakefront rocks in

Chicago police are warning North Side residents about a robbery crew that has robbed or carjacked at least four people since October 1st. CWBChicago was first to report about the pattern on Thursday morning. Detectives typically issue community alerts if they believe a series of crimes have been committed by the same person or group

Isidor Ratner UPDATE 1:13PM OCT. 7TH — Chicago Police have announced that Mr. Ratner is now located and safe. ——- An 83-year-old North Side man who has Alzheimer’s Disease has gone missing from his home near Halsted and Diversey, police said in a “high risk missing person” bulletin. Isidor Ratner was last seen near the

Moshe Nudelman | Cook County Sheriff A second person has been charged in connection with the armed robbery of a man near Boystown on Monday. Police arrested a 17-year-old juvenile male at the Wilson Red Line station at 1 a.m., shortly after the 29-year-old victim told them that an offender in a ski mask displayed

Chicago police fired on a stolen Jeep after its driver rammed the officers’ car in the Albany Park neighborhood on Thursday afternoon, according to police records and sources. The stolen vehicle had been taken about 10 minutes earlier when its owner left the car running in the North Center neighborhood while she conducted business at

Approximate locations of the three incidents. An armed robbery crew pulled off one hold-up and two carjackings in about two hours Wednesday night in Lakeview and North Center, police said. No one is in custody. Police said a 50-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk in the 2900 block of North Paulina around 9:50 p.m.

As the trial of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke for killing Laquan McDonald reaches closing arguments, the police department is adjusting and extending officers’ work hours to have more manpower on duty to handle any protests or unrest. CPD brass are insisting that they are ready for whatever happens—if anything. Downtown, the department’s Crime