May 2021 - CWB Chicago

CPD ends anti-looting deployment that pulled cops from districts for a year; 12-hour workday order cut short, too

May 31, 2021 8:39 PM CWBChicago

CPD will no longer pull cops from the city’s police districts to sit on downtown streets and it is also ending a 12-hour workday order for cops early.

A bullet-riddled car, a chase, and a bullet in his butt for 8 days? Detectives investigate bizarre case in Loop.

May 31, 2021 7:51 AM CWBChicago

Police are investigating a strange incident in the Loop on Sunday evening that involved a bullet-riddled car, a brief chase, a car crash, and a driver who claims he was shot in the butt over a week earlier.

Another shooting in Rogers Park on Sunday evening — sixth shooting victim of the month

May 31, 2021 7:10 AM CWBChicago

Police are investigating Rogers Park’s sixth shooting of the month after a 27-year-old man was shot near Pottawatomie Park on Sunday evening.

Driver who killed pedestrian in Loop was speeding the wrong way in a parking lane, prosecutors say

May 30, 2021 3:07 PM CWBChicago

A suburban man with an expired license was driving the wrong way in a parking lane at a speed too fast for rainy conditions when he struck and killed a pedestrian in the Loop on Friday evening, prosecutors said.

Driver carjacked in Wicker Park early Sunday, police say

May 30, 2021 1:41 PM CWBChicago

Two men carjacked a driver in the heart of Wicker Park early Sunday, police said. No one was injured and no arrests have been made.

Man shot while driving on LSD near Field Museum, police say

May 30, 2021 9:16 AM CWBChicago

A 20-year-old Maywood man was shot in the face as he drove on Lake Shore Drive near the Field Museum early Sunday, police said.

Group of teens beat, robbed woman in Uptown, police say

May 30, 2021 8:42 AM CWBChicago

A group of juveniles attacked and robbed a 54-year-old woman as she walked in Uptown on Saturday evening, police said. Three teens were arrested and charged — two 15-year-olds and a 14-year-old.

Prosecutors charge another man with mail theft — 3rd case this week

May 30, 2021 7:36 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a man with theft and possession of burglary tools after he was allegedly found carrying other people’s mail and a copy of a postal service master key

Large groups of teens are robbing people in Millennium and Grant Parks, police say

May 29, 2021 6:23 PM CWBChicago

Large groups of teenagers have surrounded and robbed victims in Grant and Millennium Parks twice since May 21, police said in a community alert Saturday.

Woman gets probation for DUI crash that left bicyclist severely injured in River North

May 29, 2021 2:42 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to crashing her car into a bicyclist while driving under the influence in River North in exchange for a sentence of probation and community service.

Streeterville man found dead in apartment with chemicals and lab equipment died from lidocaine poisoning, medical examiner says

May 29, 2021 12:40 PM CWBChicago

A man who was found dead in a Streeterville apartment along with potentially explosive materials, lab equipment, and chemicals died from accidental lidocaine poisoning, according to the Cook County medical examiner.

Lawmen lasso “Census Cowboy” after he shuts down Dan Ryan again

May 28, 2021 6:14 PM CWBChicago

Adam Hollingsworth, also known as the Dreadhead Cowboy and the Census Cowboy, was arrested again Thursday evening after he helped block traffic on the Dan Ryan Expressway

Top officials promised not to publicly criticize each other as they emptied jail, reformed bail practices, top mayoral aide said

May 27, 2021 4:48 PM CWBChicago

A group of high-level officials from the state, Cook County, and city all agreed to never speak negatively about each other as they worked to reduce the county’s jail population, according to a 2019 email.

Month: May 2021