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Month: August 2022

Citywide

Carjacking team accidentally left one gunman behind as cops moved in, prosecutors say

August 31, 2022 8:07 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say an armed carjacking team sped away as Chicago cops moved in, but they left Jashaun Wallace behind.

Citywide

CPD deputy chief: Cops are “lucky” department hasn’t canceled everyone’s Labor Day holiday

August 31, 2022 6:12 PM CWBChicago

The deputy chief in charge of Area One this week told leaders under his command that cops are “lucky” that the Chicago Police Department did not cancel everyone’s days off for Labor Day weekend.

Citywide

Teen committed 9 armed carjackings in 7 hours, Chicago police say

August 31, 2022 5:19 PM CWBChicago

A 17-year-old boy is charged with committing 11 armed carjackings in August, including nine in seven hours on August 20, according to Chicago police. A 16-year-old boy is charged with participating in some of them, too.

Citywide

Medical examiner probes of UIC students who went missing are largely inconclusive

August 31, 2022 1:37 PM CWBChicago

Officials said the results of their examinations into the deaths of Daniel Sotelo and his girlfriend, Natally Brookson, were largely inconclusive.

Citywide

Former CPS dean sexually assaulted female student, arranged for abortions: prosecutors

August 31, 2022 11:59 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors said Wednesday that the former dean of a Chicago public high school had a sexual relationship with one of his students for years and that he posed as her stepfather twice to sign consent forms so she could get an abortion.

Citywide

Downstate murder suspects may be in Chicago, authorities say; ‘We’re getting more help than we normally do’

August 31, 2022 8:29 AM CWBChicago

Police in downstate Decatur believe that two men wanted for a murder in their town may be in Chicago.

Citywide

16 months after having murder sentence commuted, Chicago man is caught driving a stolen van, prosecutors say

August 30, 2022 9:02 PM CWBChicago

Gerald Reed, whose life sentence for two Chicago murders was commuted by Gov. JB Pritzker last year, is facing new felony charges after Chicago police allegedly caught him in possession of a stolen van that belongs to the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin.

CTA

Police say man sexually abused woman near Fullerton CTA station in Lincoln Park

August 30, 2022 1:47 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are warning about a man who sexually abused a woman near the Fullerton CTA station in Lincoln Park.

Citywide

Oops! One day after top cop promised CPD won’t cancel days off for Labor Day, the department says it will

August 30, 2022 1:20 PM CWBChicago

Just one day after Chicago Police Supt. David Brown publicly stated that the department would not cancel officers’ days off for Labor Day, the department announced that it may, in fact, cancel BOTH days off for officers that week.

Streeterville

Hero or zero? Woman stole parking enforcement agent’s bike, ditched his ticket-writing machine, prosecutors say

August 30, 2022 12:04 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a woman stole a city of Chicago parking enforcement officer’s bike and ditched his ticket-writing machine near the Magnificent Mile.

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  • 9 people robbed, 2 people arrested, 3 stolen cars recovered after overnight robbery spree that started in River North
  • Bank robber who exchanged shots with security guard in the Loop claims to have been ‘a $ugar_Daddy 💋 since 2005’
  • Facts first: Rogers Park alderman circulates false claims about CWB reporting, refuses to set the record straight
  • 15-year-old ‘Kia Boy’ is charged with carjacking a woman in the Loop
  • ‘Anti-fascist’ protester damaged purses worth $16,000 at Mag Mile Gucci store, officials say
  • Armed men robbed at least 5 convenience stores overnight, carjacked a customer in the West Loop
  • Woman shot in Rogers Park overnight is 5th person shot in the neighborhood this month
  • Fatal expressway shooting began as a street fight in River North, prosecutors say
  • CTA customer service agent beat a man for an hour at LaSalle Blue Line, prosecutors say. The victim died.

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