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Month: November 2018

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Exclusive Update: Serial sex offender, home invader is missing after leaving court during jury deliberations

November 30, 2018 1:28 AM CWBChicago

Joseph Kopacz disappeared as a jury began deliberations in his home invasion and criminal sexual abuse case at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Nov. 8th. | CPD A repeatedly-convicted sex offender and burglar is on the loose after he fled from the Leighton Criminal Courthouse this month while a jury prepared to convict him of

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Boystown man attacked and robbed while taking out trash

November 29, 2018 12:22 PM CWBChicago

The victim was robbed in a driveway in the 700 block of West Buckingham, police said. | Google A Boystown man is in fair condition after he was beaten and robbed while taking out the trash on Wednesday evening, police said. No one is in custody. The 34-year-old victim told police that he stepped outside

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Andersonville

Gunman has robbed 3 businesses in Andersonville, Edgewater since Sunday

November 28, 2018 2:38 AM CWBChicago

This Andersonville Walgreens is among the businesses that have been targeted, police said. | Google An armed robber has held up three businesses in Andersonville and Edgewater since Sunday morning, police said in a community alert today. CWBChicago has learned additional details about the robberies. Police said in the alert that a bald white man

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Lincoln Park: Beloved cupcake store falls victim to burglars

November 28, 2018 1:32 AM CWBChicago

Molly’s Cupcakes, the beloved bakery at 2536 North Clark, became the latest North Side business to fall victim to burglars early Tuesday, police said. Cops responded to the recently-expanded store around 3:30 a.m. to discover “glass everywhere, the register open, and the office ransacked,” an officer said. The store’s safe was targeted. Investigators said the

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Staying after class: Five charged with trying to steal booze inventory from “Detention”

November 27, 2018 8:11 PM CWBChicago

From top: Collins, Flowers, Gantt, Spivery, and Thurman. | CPD; Yelp Five adults are charged with trying to steal the liquor inventory from Detention, a now-shuttered nightclub on the Division Street bar strip, over the weekend. Patrol officers who are assigned to the bustling nightlife district saw the burglary unfolding around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday,

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Court report: North Side serial burglars go back to prison

November 26, 2018 1:49 AM CWBChicago

Sentences have been handed down in a few burglary and package theft cases that we told you about on CWBChicago. Here’s the latest: Mark Walker (center) and surveillance images of the Lakeview burglar. | CPD; Provided Mark Walker, who was charged with fourteen counts of burglary in Lakeview and then escaped from electronic monitoring to

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Allegations of home invasion, sexual abuse, twists, turns, and…finally…a verdict: Guilty!

November 25, 2018 9:27 PM CWBChicago

Joseph Kopacz has been found guilty of home invasion and aggravated criminal sexual abuse in connection with an incident in the 3800 block of North Kenmore. | CPD; Google UPDATE Nov 29, 2019: The story has become even weirder. Officials confirmed today that Kopacz has gone on the run, slipping away from the courthouse while

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“Mob Mile” strikes again: Swarm of teens beat, rob soldier near Michigan Avenue

November 25, 2018 1:23 AM CWBChicago

Jimmy Williams (L) and Vernon Reeves are charged with robbing a solider at the State-Chicago Red Line station. | CPD; Wikicommons The Magnificent Mile’s infamous teen mobs were out in force on Black Friday and police say one man who fell victim to the hordes is a U.S. Army soldier. A large group of teenagers that

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Lincoln Park: Cops warn of home burglaries as witnesses provide possible descriptions

November 24, 2018 9:19 PM CWBChicago

Locations of Friday’s burglary (red) and break-ins listed in a recent CPD community alert (blue). Just hours after North Side detectives issued a community alert about a series of home burglaries in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, alert witnesses may have seen the criminals in action. Just before 1 p.m. on Friday, officers responded to a

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UPDATE: Charges filed in bogus carjacking story, auto crash

November 24, 2018 5:42 PM CWBChicago

Angel Ramos (left) and Alvin Vazques-Cruz; the intersection of Chicago Ave and Lake Shore Drive | CPD; Google UPDATE 11:45 AM: Angel Ramos, 20, is charged with felony disorderly conduct — false report; misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident; misdemeanor driving on a suspended license; and a traffic violation. Alvin Vazquez-Cruz, 24, is charged

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West Town

Medical examiner releases cause of death for Noah Enos, man who disappeared after attending concert at the Salt Shed

October 2, 2023 12:30 PM

The Cook County medical examiner’s office has concluded its investigation of the death of Noah Enos, the 26-year-old man found dead in the Chicago River after attending a concert at the Salt Shed in June.

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Cook County judge with ‘no writing’ rule orders CWB staffer to stop taking notes in court, running afoul of chief judge’s order, federal opinion

October 2, 2023 1:15 AM

When Judge Maryam Ahmad ordered our managing partner to stop taking notes in her courtroom, she violated a written order from Cook County’s chief judge and ran afoul of a federal court opinion.

Lincoln Park

Chicago cops hit the streets, spreading the word about robberies on the DePaul campus

October 1, 2023 10:44 PM

Chicago cops are hitting the streets with some old-fashioned legwork to help spread the word about recent robberies on the DePaul University campus in Lincoln Park.

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