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Month: May 2022

Albany Park

Say cheese! Man fired shots at a Chicago police surveillance camera, prosecutors say. The camera worked.

May 31, 2022 8:47 PM CWBChicago
Prosecutors says Isaac Mendez is the man who opened fire on a Chicago Police Department surveillance camera in Albany Park in March.

Uptown

A beachgoer was stabbed and robbed as he walked home from Montrose Beach, prosecutors say

May 31, 2022 8:13 PM CWBChicago
Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a woman with robbing a beachgoer as he walked home from Montrose Beach over the holiday weekend. But her boyfriend, who allegedly stabbed the victim during the robbery, remains on the loose.

Loop

7-time felon attacked Loop hotel worker with a knife for no apparent reason, prosecutors say

May 31, 2022 6:54 PM CWBChicago
A longtime Loop hotel employee was critically injured when a man viciously attacked him with a kitchen knife while he worked over the weekend at Hotel Allegro, 171 West Randolph, prosecutors said.

Citywide

After unimpressive Memorial Day performance, CPD brass cancels more days off for city cops

May 31, 2022 12:05 PM CWBChicago
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown sent emails to cops Monday night that canceled their weekends for one week in June and warned them that their days off will also be canceled for another week starting June 28.

Citywide

Cops are questioning 2 men in connection with weekend robbery sprees on North Side; links to Dakotah Early hold-up crew eyed

May 31, 2022 11:11 AM CWBChicago
Chicago police are questioning two men in connection with a series of armed robberies that unfolded over the weekend on the North Side, according to a source.

Loop

Woman shot while riding bike on lakefront, police say

May 31, 2022 4:40 AM CWBChicago
A 19-year-old woman was shot while riding her bike near the lake downtown on Monday evening, police said. She is the 13th person shot in the Loop community area during the month of May.

River North

‘A special kind of evil’: No bail for man who allegedly set ‘Walking Man’ on fire

May 30, 2022 3:13 PM CWBChicago
The suburban man who poured gasoline on the head of Joseph “Walking Man” Kromelis and set it afire near a Trump Tower loading dock told police he did it because he is an “angry person,” prosecutors said Monday.

River North

#22: Man accused of setting ‘Walking Man’ on fire has been AWOL from 2 felony cases for 15 months, court records show

May 30, 2022 10:44 AM CWBChicago
Joseph Guardia, the man that police say set a well-known homeless man on fire in River North last week, has been wanted by authorities since February 2021 when he stopped showing up in court for two felony burglary cases in the suburbs, court records show.

Lakeview

At least 6 people robbed on North Side, mostly in Wrigleyville and Lakeview; crimes linked to similar wave in Rogers Park

May 30, 2022 9:42 AM CWBChicago
Armed robbers held up at least six people on the North Side late Sunday night and early today, police said. Most of the crimes appear to be linked to a similar wave that swept across Rogers Park on Sunday morning.

River North

River North shootings leave 2 women, 1 man injured

May 30, 2022 6:22 AM CWBChicago
Two shootings in River North on Sunday night and early Monday left two women and one man injured, according to Chicago police. CPD has announced no arrests.

Citywide

#72: Man shot his long-time friend during a card game dispute while on bail for a felony, prosecutors say

May 29, 2022 8:53 PM CWBChicago
Dion Jones allegedly shot a friend during a card game dispute while on bail for a felony case in September 2021.

Loop

Man is charged with setting Chicago’s beloved “Walking Man” on fire

May 29, 2022 4:03 PM CWBChicago
Joseph Guardia allegedly set Joseph “Walking Man” Kromelis on fire as the beloved homeless man slept in River North on Wednesday.

Citywide

#21: Five months after escaping from electronic monitoring, he helped shoot up a carload of people, injuring 2, prosecutors say

May 29, 2022 3:31 PM CWBChicago
Luis Molina allegedly escaped from electronic monitoring while awaiting trial for his third gun case and shot up a car on the Lower West Side. Two people were shot.

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