December 2021 - Page 2 of 11

Man is charged with trying to rob woman near Boystown grocery store

December 28, 2021 7:18 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors charged a North Side man with trying to rob a woman in the heart of Boystown on Monday evening, less than a month after he was accused of battering a nearby synagogue’s security director with a banana peel.

2-time felon tried to flush a gun down his cell toilet at CPD station, prosecutors say

December 28, 2021 6:34 PM CWBChicago

A convicted felon charged last month with illegally possessing a handgun is now facing even more serious charges because he tried to flush a second handgun that cops didn’t know about down a police station toilet, according to prosecutors.

CTA signs promise “fullest” prosecution of crimes against passengers and employees. Don’t bet on it.

December 28, 2021 6:27 AM CWBChicago

The law says battering a transit passenger or employee is a felony. So why are so many alleged attackers only charged with misdemeanors?

Tricky burglars are targeting senior citizens on North Side, detectives say

December 28, 2021 5:46 AM CWBChicago

Police are warning North Siders about the return of so-called “ruse burglars” who distract senior citizens while accomplices steal valuables from the victims’ homes.

Following a Christmas lull, carjackings are reported in Lakeview and West Town

December 28, 2021 5:18 AM CWBChicago

Hijackings were reported in Lakeview early Tuesday and in West Town on Monday evening. In both cases, the victims were targeted as they entered their Jeeps.

On ritzy Oak Street, a suspicious car leads cops to a 4-time convicted gun felon — and 2 more guns, prosecutors say

December 27, 2021 8:23 PM CWBChicago

Four-time convicted gun felon Austin Collins was allegedly caught with two guns after police spotted a suspicious car on Oak Street.

Kim Foxx’s office is bragging about an 86% felony approval rate — but they don’t talk about the percentage of cases they drop

December 27, 2021 2:28 PM CWBChicago

Giovanni Rodriguez has been charged with illegally carrying guns in Little Village three times since last June. But prosecutors dropped the first two cases.

#62: Convicted felon, on bail for gun case, tried to kill 2 Chicago cops on Christmas Eve, prosecutors say

December 26, 2021 7:53 PM CWBChicago

Nokomis Jefferson was on bond for being a felon in possession of a firearm when he allegedly shot at and tried to kill two Chicago police officers on Christmas Eve.

Man fumbled gun at Christmas party, shooting two partiers, including an 11-year-old, prosecutors say

December 26, 2021 3:19 PM CWBChicago

An Avondale man allegedly carried a firearm to a family Christmas party and wound up shooting two attendees, including an 11-year-old, when he fumbled the gun and it discharged — twice.

Robber attacks man inside Loop hotel on Christmas Day, steals his car: report

December 26, 2021 6:21 AM CWBChicago

Police are investigating after a man was followed into a Loop hotel on Christmas Day by an offender who attacked him then stole his car, which was parked nearby.

He allegedly set his half-brother’s car on fire (with his dead half-brother in the trunk). But he’s not charged with murder.

December 25, 2021 10:32 PM CWBChicago

Darius Dawson set his half-brother’s car on fire in this overgrown area along the Bishop Ford Freeway — with the step-brother’s body in the trunk, prosecutors say.

Trio robbed Loop convenience store — then one returned to blast the clerk with pepper spray, prosecutors say

December 25, 2021 8:22 PM CWBChicago

A woman and two men are charged with a convenience store robbery in the Loop this week that left the shop’s employee reeling from the effects of pepper spray.

CPD dispatcher fumes over lack of police resources: ‘CPD is short manpower and you are being lied to by the mayor’

December 25, 2021 2:27 PM CWBChicago

In a Facebook video posted Thursday night, Chicago police dispatcher Keith Thornton express frustration with understaffed police districts that leave people waiting “hours and hours and hours” for help.

Month: December 2021