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Month: August 2022

Citywide

Basketball coach accused of forging documents for people on electronic monitoring gets fired

August 24, 2022 5:06 PM CWBChicago
The former City Colleges of Chicago basketball coach who allegedly forged employment verification records so people on electronic monitoring (EM) could move around Chicago for “jobs” they didn’t really have has been fired from a coaching job he landed last month.

Rogers Park

Rogers Park murder was a robbery among ‘friends’ that ‘went sideways,’ prosecutors say

August 24, 2022 2:40 PM CWBChicago
A man who was murdered in Rogers Park this spring was targeted by three of his own friends, including one who was accidentally hit by bullets intended for him, prosecutors said Wednesday.

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Boystown

Man gets 6 years for kidnapping transgender woman in Boystown; prosecutors drop more serious charges

August 24, 2022 10:41 AM CWBChicago
A man who allegedly held a transgender woman against her will and sexually assaulted her in a Boystown gangway has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge.

Loop

Crew carjacks man in Loop parking garage overnight; hijackings up 6% this year

August 24, 2022 9:30 AM CWBChicago
Hijackers took a man’s car at gunpoint in a Loop parking garage overnight, according to Chicago police. Carjacking reports are now 6% above last year’s record pace citywide.

Citywide

#29: Three-time felon shot robbery victim while on bail for felony gun case, prosecutors say

August 23, 2022 11:00 PM CWBChicago
Prosecutors say a three-time convicted felon robbed and shot a man while on bail for a pending Class X armed habitual criminal case in Chicago.

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River North

Man stabbed to death in the middle of busy River North intersection, police say

August 23, 2022 9:07 PM CWBChicago
A man was stabbed to death Tuesday evening during an altercation in the middle of a bustling River North intersection, according to Chicago police and witnesses.

CTA

Man who allegedly pushed victim off CTA platform was arrested later that day by Chicago cops — TWICE

August 23, 2022 8:17 PM CWBChicago
Prosecutors say James Stamps pushed a man off a Blue Line platform on August 5 — a day on which he was arrested by Chicago police twice.

Citywide

Google restores Cook County court feeds to YouTube; ‘Sometimes we make mistakes’

August 23, 2022 7:13 PM CWBChicago
After suddenly pulling the plug on dozens of Cook County courtroom feeds on YouTube last week, the tech giant reversed course on Tuesday, saying, “sometimes we make mistakes.”

River North

Security guard interrupted sexual abuse of boy inside Rock ‘n’ Roll McDonald’s restroom, prosecutors say

August 23, 2022 2:45 PM CWBChicago
Prosecutors released new information on Tuesday about the alleged sexual abuse of a 6-year-old boy in a restroom at the Rock ‘n’ Roll McDonald’s, 600 North Clark.

Citywide

Man charged with intentionally killing 3, injuring 1 outside Jeffery Pub: ‘I got something for you, you motherf*ckers’

August 23, 2022 1:49 PM CWBChicago
Tavis Dunbar is charged with killing three men and injuring a fourth by intentionally striking them with a car outside Jeffery Pub.

Citywide

Armed robbers struck 3 times in Lakeview and North Center last night; similar hold-ups have been reported recently in Wicker Park, Edgewater

August 23, 2022 11:00 AM CWBChicago
Police are investigating three armed robberies that occurred in less than 45 minutes last night in Lakeview and North Center.

Citywide

Using forged work records, man traveled around Chicago while on electronic monitoring for heroin distribution: prosecutors

August 23, 2022 7:07 AM CWBChicago
Prosecutors have charged a five-time felon with using forged employment records to secure permission to move around Chicago while he was on electronic monitoring for a manufacture-delivery of heroin case in 2019.

Lakeview

Uber driver raped passenger he picked up from Lakeview bar, then apologized for showing his ‘bad side,’ prosecutors say

August 22, 2022 8:37 PM CWBChicago
An Uber driver who raped a female passenger that he picked up from a Lakeview bar in June apologized after the assault, claiming that she had experienced his “bad side,” prosecutors said.

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