February 2022

Lakeview creeper gets 1-year sentence after victim’s acquaintance tracks him down through the state’s sex offender database

February 28, 2022 7:52 PM CWBChicago

A long-time felon has been sent back to prison for indecent exposure after an acquaintance of his latest victim trolled through Illinois’ sex offender registry to find the man who targeted her daughter.

Man who ditched a gun at the Grand Red Line platform last year gets 2-1/2 year prison term

February 28, 2022 7:21 PM CWBChicago

A convicted felon has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison for allegedly brandishing a gun during a fight on the Grand Red Line platform last June.

Video shows gunman ambushing 16-year-old outside Grand Red Line station

February 28, 2022 4:22 PM CWBChicago

Vadarrion Knight, the 16-year-old boy who was killed outside the Grand Red Line station early Monday, died in a targeted ambush that was captured on video.

Shots fired during a fight on Grand Red Line platform Monday morning

February 28, 2022 11:38 AM CWBChicago

Shots were fired during a fight on the Grand Red Line platform around 9 a.m. Monday morning, police said. No one was injured, but the incident unfolded just hours after a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed outside the same station’s entrance.

Rifle-wielding robber strikes for 2nd time in West Loop

February 28, 2022 8:25 AM CWBChicago

Police are investigating two recent robberies in the West Loop in which victims were confronted by a man who had a rifle.

Carjackers emerged from Menards shopping cart corral, report says; 3 in custody

February 28, 2022 7:37 AM CWBChicago

Three armed hijackers reportedly emerged from a shopping cart corral to carjack a woman on the Menards parking lot in Lincoln Park.

Boy, 16, shot and killed outside Grand Red Line station, police say

February 28, 2022 4:37 AM CWBChicago

A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed outside the Grand Red Line station in River North early Monday, according to Chicago police and witnesses. The assailant remains at large.

Judge gives $50,000 bail to man for spray painting The Bean — more than she gave to convicted felons accused of pointing guns at people

February 27, 2022 8:47 PM CWBChicago

An 18-year-old man charged with spray painting the Bean sculpture was held on $50,000 bail Sunday — higher than convicted felons who were accused of pointing guns at people.

Prosecutors say he burglarized 3 Uptown restaurants — one month after they dropped charges for burglarizing another restaurant

February 27, 2022 7:21 PM CWBChicago

Larry Banks allegedly burglarized 3 Uptown restaurants in February, a month after prosecutors dropped charges in another restaurant burglary.

‘K9 apprehension’ ends pursuit of man who was driving vehicle hijacked in Lakeview, authorities say

February 27, 2022 9:17 AM CWBChicago

State police dogs bit Jordan Henry several times when he ran from a car that was carjacked about an hour earlier in Lakeview, ISP said.

Package thieves blasted victim with bear spray: Chicago police report

December 7, 2023 8:18 AM

Two North Siders blasted a woman in the face with bear spray while stealing packages from her apartment building vestibule, according to a Chicago police report.

15-year-old stabbed a man on the Red Line, Chicago police say

December 7, 2023 7:30 AM

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with stabbing a man on a Red Line train in Lincoln Park last month, according to Chicago police.

Man killed near West Loop homeless camp, 2nd shooting at troubled intersection in a month

December 7, 2023 6:33 AM

A man was shot and killed in the West Loop overnight, just steps from a homeless camp that the local alderman has said is a catalyst for violent crime in the area. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has reportedly withheld assistance in cleaning up the area because the local alderman refused to link his votes on key legislation to the clean-up effort.