February 2022 - Page 7 of 9

Teen charged with carjacking a woman and her 2-year-old with a baseball bat in Wicker Park

February 9, 2022 9:01 AM CWBChicago

A 17-year-old boy is being charged with threatening a woman and her 2-year-old daughter with a baseball bat during a carjacking in Wicker Park last April, police said.

2 armed robberies reported in Bucktown overnight

February 9, 2022 8:42 AM CWBChicago

Police are investigating two armed robberies that unfolded in about 20 minutes overnight in Bucktown. A convenience store in nearby Logan Square was also robbed around the same time.

Concealed carry holder shoots man who is armed with a knife in Rogers Park, police say

February 9, 2022 4:33 AM CWBChicago

A concealed carry holder who was investigating a domestic disturbance at his neighbor’s home shot a 19-year-old man who was armed with a knife on Tuesday evening, police said.

CPD shutters Wicker Park bar where two shootings have unfolded since October

February 8, 2022 6:44 PM CWBChicago

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown ordered the immediate, temporary closure on Tuesday of a Wicker Park bar where a man was shot over the weekend.

Burberry burglar busted! Prosecutors say he was part of a crew that took over $150,000 from the Mag Mile store as well as liquor stores across the city

February 8, 2022 2:58 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago man led a group of late-night thieves that broke into Burberry’s flagship store on the Mag Mile twice in a week last month.

Federal charges filed against man who allegedly spit in an agent’s face outside FBI building — then bragged there’d be no video to prove it. (He appears to be mistaken.)

February 8, 2022 7:20 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man is facing federal charges after he allegedly spit in the face of an FBI agent who was waiting in line to enter the agency’s parking lot on the Near West Side.

Dozens were arrested during the riots, protests, and looting of 2020. Here’s what happened in court.

February 8, 2022 5:59 AM CWBChicago

We tracked dozens of 2020 criminal cases from the May/June riots and looting to the Columbus Statue clash. Here’s what happened after the headlines faded.

Driver gets 9 years for killing UIC doctoral student — while on parole for fleeing and eluding

February 8, 2022 3:16 AM CWBChicago

A man has pleaded guilty to striking and killing a UIC student who was walking to class in November 2020 while allegedly driving at twice the speed limit — and while on parole for aggravated fleeing and eluding.

Racking the slide of a stolen gun during a fight on a CTA platform? $700 to go home, judge says.

February 8, 2022 2:47 AM CWBChicago

A convicted felon who allegedly pulled out a gun and racked its slide during a fight on the Grand Red Line station platform last week will need to post a deposit of just $700 to go home on electronic monitoring.

Avondale man gets 10 years for shooting robbery victim while on bond for gun case

February 7, 2022 10:44 AM CWBChicago

An Avondale man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting a man while he was on affordable bail for a pending felony gun case in February 2020.

Judge gives man 2-year sentence for pepper-spraying CTA bus driver(s)

February 7, 2022 10:16 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man who was accused of pepper-spraying three CTA bus drivers during six months in 2020 has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Woman was shot in River North early Sunday, police say

February 7, 2022 5:43 AM CWBChicago

A 22-year-old woman walked into Mount Sinai Hospital yesterday evening with a gunshot wound to her leg that she said she suffered in River North.

A series of random urine-throwing attacks ends with felony charges against an Andersonville man

February 6, 2022 8:50 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a North Side man is responsible for a series of random attacks in which women were doused with urine while walking in Andersonville and Lincoln Square.

Month: February 2022