Month: May 2019

A Lakeview woman was robbed of her phone as she enjoyed some “me time” at Starbucks, 3045 North Greenview, on Thursday. The victim was seated at the coffee shop around 12:10 p.m. when a man grabbed her phone, then pulled the woman from her seat as they wrestled for control of the device. She told

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

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

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

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

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,

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

Titus Meadows (left) and Joshua Tucker | CPD Two men who were on parole for beating and robbing a man together near Wrigleyville in 2015 are heading back to prison for reuniting to rob another man together in Uptown. After being released from prison after each served half of their 54-month sentences for the Wrigleyville

The FBI is seeking this man in connection with a Loop bank robbery. | FBI The FBI has released images of a man wanted in connection with the robbery last Wednesday of the Chase Bank branch at 35 West Wacker Drive. Police said the robber entered the bank just after 5 p.m. and passed a