March 2021 - Page 3 of 8

Cops seek group that beat, robbed man at Belmont Red Line station

March 23, 2021 1:46 PM CWBChicago

Police said the group threw asphalt at the 40-year-old victim and displayed a weapon while demanding his property around 8:59 p.m.

Man charged with committing two Bucktown carjackings while on bail for gun case, police say

March 23, 2021 10:43 AM CWBChicago

The man is also facing charges for allegedly driving another vehicle that was hijacked in February.

16-year-old charged with armed carjacking in West Loop

March 23, 2021 10:01 AM CWBChicago

A 16-year-old girl is charged with carjacking a woman at gunpoint in the West Loop on Monday evening, police said.

Ethical concerns surround judges’ special access to COVID vaccine, jurist says

March 22, 2021 8:46 PM CWBChicago

A sitting Cook County judge says the Loretto Hospital vaccination scandal may raise ethical questions about some colleagues that need to be addressed.

Prosecutors: Cops find gun, cash, and nearly 2 pounds of cocaine in River North traffic stop

March 22, 2021 7:50 PM CWBChicago

A paroled cocaine dealer ran from a police traffic stop and holed up inside a luxury condo construction site in River North on Sunday afternoon, police said.

Man with 2 pending carjacking cases is charged with driving freshly-hijacked SUV. Price to go home? $200.

March 22, 2021 11:35 AM CWBChicago

An 18-year-old is accused of driving an Uber driver’s freshly-hijacked car last week while on juvenile probation for robbery and with two carjacking cases pending in juvenile court.

Attacker sexually assaults woman in Lakeview alley, police say

March 21, 2021 10:13 PM CWBChicago

A Lakeview woman was forced into an alley and sexually assaulted by a man who claimed he had a gun early Sunday, police said.

#11: Man who shot cop and passerby hoped to be killed by CPD, prosecutors say

March 21, 2021 7:42 PM CWBChicago

Tracey Thomas Jr is the eleventh person charged with killing or trying to kill someone in Chicago while on bail for another felony case.

Ding Dong: Burglars busted after stealing neighbor’s camera-equipped doorbell, prosecutors say

March 21, 2021 11:41 AM CWBChicago

Two Irving Park men burglarized their downstair neighbor’s apartment and stole his camera-equipped doorbell, prosecutors say.

Man fatally shot at West Town house party

March 21, 2021 9:43 AM CWBChicago

A 39-year-old man was fatally shot at a house party in West Town on Sunday morning.

Man charged with firing gun in Loop: “Every county he goes to…he catches a case,” judge says

March 20, 2021 6:48 PM CWBChicago

A man who allegedly fired a gun in the Loop early Friday has pending felony cases in two counties and is on probation in a third, prosecutors said. “Every county he goes to, it appears, he catches a case,” Judge John Lyke said during a bond court hearing for Antwon Jones on Saturday. Police who

Lakeview: Teens mug CTA passenger at Belmont station, police say

March 20, 2021 9:26 AM CWBChicago

A 40-year-old man was beaten and robbed at the Belmont CTA station in Lakeview on Friday evening.

Prosecutors: Man had gun at Uptown music video shoot

March 20, 2021 8:42 AM CWBChicago

An Uptown man faces felony gun charges after police responded to calls of people filming a video with a handgun on the street Thursday evening.

Month: March 2021