Month: July 2019

Justin Tackett (inset) was arrested in the Navy Pier parking garage, police said. | CPD; Wikipedia A Kankakee man was found carrying a handgun in a Navy Pier parking garage as emergency workers tried to quell a series of incidents following the Fourth of July fireworks presentation, according to Chicago police. Justin Tackett, 28, is

A 32-year-old woman fought off a sexual assault by a man she met overnight in a Lakeview bar, police said. The offender remains at large. Police said the victim was in a bar in the 600 block of West Diversey when the man—who claimed to be homeless—told her that he wanted to show her where

At least eighteen people were injured in a series of events following the Fourth of July fireworks show at Navy Pier last night, police said. First video I’ve seen of people running to get out of Navy Pier as “chaos” erupted following tonight’s #FourthofJuly  fireworks. Initial, fluid reports: 3 or 4 stabbed; one shot; 12+

Duron Pauls was arrested after a brief foot chase in the 200 block of West Chicago, police said. | CPD; Google A convicted bank robber and armed felon who is on state parole was wearing body armor and had a gun in his waistband when he ran from police who were called to an Airbnb

Patrick Tullis hanged himself while in custody at the Cook County Jail. | CPD; Google UPDATE 12:05PM — The Cook County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed Tullis’ death. We have updated our original report with some new details from a sheriff’s office spokesperson. —————— Patrick Tullis, who was on parole for killing two gay men in

Dujuan Oliver | CPD A man who posted an “affordable bail” bond of $3,000 to go free after he was charged with robbing three women in under 30 minutes on a Sunday morning last September is now charged with aggravated battery for allegedly grabbing a Lakeview woman on the street late last Thursday. Edgewater resident

Two women were robbed at gunpoint as they walked in the Lakeview neighborhood early Tuesday, police said. No one is in custody. The victims, both 22, were in the 3300 block of North Clifton when the gunman approached them, displayed a pistol, and demanded their property around 12:50 a.m. Both women handed over their purses

A selection of being offered for sale by a street vendor near Pride Fest. | File At least 35 people lost phones and other valuables to pickpockets during Pride Fest weekend in Boystown on June 22nd and 23rd, according to Chicago police and information on the city’s data portal. Records show that twenty-seven of the