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Month: September 2022

CTA

13-time felon pickpocketed CTA passengers while on bail for pickpocketing CTA passengers and robbery: prosecutors

September 28, 2022 CWBChicago

A 13-time convicted felon on bail for robbery and pickpocketing charges is now accused of pickpocketing more CTA passengers in the Loop.

Citywide

Teen attacked, robbed firefighter who refused to cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet, Chicago police say

September 27, 2022 CWBChicago

A 17-year-old boy attacked, robbed, and threatened to shoot a Chicago firefighter at a South Side firehouse because the fireman refused to cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet, according to Chicago police and a source.

Loop

Convicted sex offender being questioned in West Loop kidnapping attempt was released on a felony recognizance bond less than 24 hours earlier

September 27, 2022 CWBChicago

Suspect being questioned in West Loop kidnapping attempt is a convicted sex offender who was released on a recognizance bond less than 24 hours before the attack, Chicago law enforcement sources say.

Loop

West Loop kidnapping suspect may have tried to abduct another woman downtown minutes later: source

September 27, 2022 CWBChicago

The man who attempted to kidnap a woman in the West Loop on Sunday morning may have tried to abduct another woman downtown just minutes later, according to a source. But Chicago police have not revealed the information publicly.

Citywide

Newly-hired Chicago cop, shot while driving last week, is no longer employed by CPD, the department says

September 27, 2022 CWBChicago

The probationary Chicago police officer who was shot while driving on the North Side last week, just days after being suspended for a positive drug test, is no longer a member of the city’s police force, according to CPD.

Uptown

Man shot near Uptown alderman’s office on Monday evening

September 27, 2022 CWBChicago

A man was shot Monday evening just a couple of doors away from Uptown Ald. James Cappleman’s ward office, according to Chicago police. The victim, 25, did not cooperate with police.

West Loop

CPD identifies suspect in West Loop kidnapping attempt

September 26, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police on Monday night released CTA surveillance images of the man that investigators believe tried to kidnap a woman in the West Loop on Sunday morning.

Citywide

Chicago man arrested for the 14th time this year after “miniature crime spree” in Lakeview

September 26, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police arrested Cary Mamola last week for, as a Cook County judge put it, a “miniature crime spree across [the] 3200 North Broadway area.” It was the 14th time CPD has arrested Mamola this year and the 40th time he’s been arrested since August 2014, according to police department records.

Uptown

FBI looks for Uptown bank robber

September 26, 2022 CWBChicago

The FBI is looking for the man who robbed an Uptown bank branch on Thursday afternoon.

Rogers Park

Murder suspect, arrested for Rogers Park armed robbery, briefly escaped from cops in Uptown: prosecutors

September 26, 2022 CWBChicago

A man being sought for a downstate murder briefly escaped from Chicago police by bolting out of an Uptown hospital where they took him for treatment after he was arrested in connection with an armed robbery on Thursday, prosecutors said.

Streeterville

3-year-old who was thrown off of Navy Pier has died, records show

September 25, 2022 CWBChicago

The 3-year-old boy who spent nearly 30 minutes at the bottom of Lake Michigan after his aunt allegedly tossed him off of Navy Pier and watched him drown has died, according to records from the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

West Loop

Update: CPD releases community alert with new details of West Loop kidnapping attempt

September 25, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police have released new information about another kidnapping attempt that unfolded in the West Loop on Sunday morning. The apparent abduction attempt is the second to be reported on the same block in the past month.

West Loop

Police investigate another possible kidnapping attempt in West Loop

September 25, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating a possible attempt to kidnap a woman on the same West Loop block where a similar incident was reported last month.

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