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Month: May 2019
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CPD file: Prosecutor predicted Smollett case resolution weeks before it happened in an “emergency” court session; More…
A CPD detective report says Smollett’s prosecutor predicted the case outcome weeks before it happened. | CPD The Chicago Police Department on Thursday released the “electronic record” of its investigation into actor Jussie Smollett’s hate crime allegation that determined the TV star faked a late January attack by racist, homophobic, Donald Trump-supporting men with the
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DSW flash mobs: Accused have collected 14 shoplifting arrests in 10 months; Two on court supervision
L to R: Dean; Hall; Holloworth; Johnson; and Young | CPD; Provided Five adults who are charged in connection with two mob shoplifting incidents at a Lakeview shoe store collected 14 separate retail theft charges over the past 10 months, according to court records. And, records show two of the accused are on court supervision
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Complete Jussie Smollett “electronic file” released by Chicago police
Jussie Smollett | Instagram Chicago police on Thursday released its complete “electronic file” of Jussie Smollett hate crime investigation file after a Cook County judge ordered the records unsealed last week. Another 300 pages of additional material will be released in about a week, the department said. The police department on March 27 release a
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Lakeview: Woman hides under covers as burglar crawls into home; Also — Video rolls as trio burglarizes second home
Video grabs of three suspects wanted for burglary near Kenmore and Grace on Tuesday afternoon. | Provided A Lakeview woman hid under her blankets as a burglar broke into her home Wednesday afternoon. Meanwhile, another Lakeview resident’s surveillance cameras captured images of a three-man burglary team that targeted his home Tuesday afternoon near Kenmore and
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Prosecutors: Two charged with robbing Avondale florist; Victim shot one offender 4 times
Victor Santiago (inset) is charged with robbery. No mugshot of Quinones was available. | CPD Two men beat and robbed an Avondale florist when they accompanied a former employee of the victim to collect her final paycheck, prosecutors said. The victim, 67, managed to shoot one of the offenders four times. Prosecutors said Daniel Quinones,
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Breaking: Another woman sexually attacked in Lincoln Park; Third incident since Friday
Approximate locations of sexual attacks on Friday (1); Saturday (2) and Wednesday (3). Another woman reported being sexually attacked in the Lincoln Park neighborhood late Wednesday night, according to Chicago police. It is the third incident in the area since Friday, but police have yet to make a public connection between the attacks. The most
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Repeat offenders sought in Loop, Edgewater bank robberies
This man is wanted for three bank robberies in the Loop and South Loop. | FBI Police and federal investigators are looking for two bank robbers who separately struck branches in the Loop and Edgewater on Tuesday afternoon. Loop robbery The FBI said the man seen above entered Lakeside Bank, 55 West Wacker, around 4:55
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North Side high school spending $22,500 to remove “OK” signs from yearbook
Walter Payton College Prep in River North is spending nearly $22,500 to have its 2018-2019 yearbook reprinted because six photographs in the original edition showed students using the “OK” sign, Principal Tim Devine said in a 1,042-word email to the high school’s students, parents, and faculty today. Calling his facility an “under-resourced school in an