September 2022

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

September 26, 2022 10:45 AM 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.

FBI looks for Uptown bank robber

September 26, 2022 7:08 AM CWBChicago

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

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

September 26, 2022 6:46 AM 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.

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

September 25, 2022 6:57 PM 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.

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

September 25, 2022 6:38 PM 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.

Police investigate another possible kidnapping attempt in West Loop

September 25, 2022 1:30 PM 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.

Man is caught driving a stolen car while on bail for a gun case, a robbery case, and another stolen auto case, prosecutors say

September 25, 2022 7:25 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a man who is on bail for robbery, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possessing a stolen motor vehicle was caught driving another stolen car this week in Chicago.

Red Line passenger robbed, hit with wine bottle

September 25, 2022 6:23 AM CWBChicago

Facebook video shows a man being robbed and hit in the head with a wine bottle while riding the Red Line on Saturday morning. It’s the latest embarrassment for Chicago’s problem-plagued transit system.

‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!’ 4-time felon, on parole for carjacking, committed another carjacking in Uptown this week, prosecutors say

September 24, 2022 9:38 PM CWBChicago

A four-time convicted felon on parole for carjacking is accused of carjacking a driver outside a Chicago fast food restaurant on Thursday morning.

#42: Man nearly killed beloved chef during a violent carjacking and robbery in Chinatown—while on felony bail, prosecutors say

September 24, 2022 9:06 PM CWBChicago

The man who brutally beat and carjacked beloved chef Jin Lew in Chinatown this spring, leaving the 61-year-old with injuries so severe that he will need 24-hour care for the rest of his life, was on bail for a pending stolen motor vehicle case at the time of the attack, prosecutors said Saturday.