June 2020

Series of suspicious fires under investigation on North Side

June 3, 2020 9:07 AM CWBChicago

Police are investigating a string of suspicious fires that were found Monday and Tuesday evenings in Lakeview, North Center, and Roscoe Village.

No injuries reported in Lakeview shoot-out Monday night, police say

June 2, 2020 3:27 PM CWBChicago

After a group of men opened fire, the victims ran into a home and returned firing guns of their own on the 1400 block of West Irving in Lakeview, police said.

Videos show man rioting and carrying explosives in Chicago and Minneapolis, FBI says

June 2, 2020 10:05 AM CWBChicago

Facebook videos show Matthew Rupert handling homemade explosives and rioting in Chicago and Minneapolis, federal prosecutors say.

Logan Square shop owner confronts looters, fires gun, detains one, prosecutors say

June 1, 2020 7:09 PM CWBChicago

The owner, a concealed carry holder, fired shots when hammer-wielding looters confronted him in his store early Monday,

Cop injured when suspected looters strike him with U-Haul truck in River North

June 1, 2020 5:43 PM CWBChicago

A group of suspected looters is facing charges after cops saw them driving their distinctive U-Haul pickup truck in the 18th District police station parking lot two hours after it allegedly struck a cop and eluded a CPD pursuit.

Prison time for Uptown mallet attack

June 1, 2020 2:15 PM CWBChicago

Corey Douglas was facing attempted murder charges after he allegedly beat a man with a rubber mallet in Uptown last year.

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More images of looting and damage around Chicago

June 1, 2020 4:11 AM CWBChicago

Sunday brought more reports of looting throughout Chicago, including within the downtown zone that is closed off to people who don’t live or work essential jobs within its boundaries.

Man found fatally shot in Streeterville

June 1, 2020 2:50 AM CWBChicago

The man was found on the 200 block of East Huron with multiple gunshot wounds, police said.

Group mugs man in River North as Chicago police warn of similar attacks in the Loop

September 24, 2023 4:13 AM

A man was attacked and robbed by four men as he walked in River North early Saturday, Chicago police said.

CTA pickpocket gets probation, one of the lightest sentences he’s received since 1985

September 23, 2023 7:28 PM

A Chicago man with a decades-long criminal history who pleaded guilty Friday to pickpocketing three women on the CTA was sentenced to a year of probation, among the lightest sentences he’s received since the Reagan administration.

Venmo robbery: Man forced victim to surrender phone near Wrigley Field, transferred $3,000 to himself, prosecutors say

September 23, 2023 7:23 PM

Prosecutors have charged a Hazel Crest man with robbery for allegedly forcing a man to surrender his phone near Wrigley Field and then Venmoing himself money from the victim’s account.