November 2022

News coverage helped cops identify Fullerton Red Line robber, prosecutors say

November 30, 2022 5:12 PM CWBChicago

A tipster who saw news coverage about a violent robbery at the Fullerton Red Line station last month led Chicago police to arrest one of two offenders, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Cook County probably can’t help troubled woman accused of stealing $155,000 from Brink’s truck, judge says

November 30, 2022 4:04 PM CWBChicago

The 60-year-old woman who allegedly stole a bag containing $155,000 from a Brink’s truck in Chicago has no criminal background, is recently widowed, and is experiencing homelessness, officials said during a bail hearing Wednesday.

Amazon driver carjacked, two women robbed in about 10 minutes on the North Side

November 30, 2022 7:46 AM CWBChicago

An Amazon courier was carjacked and two other people were robbed at gunpoint in about 10 minutes Wednesday afternoon in the West Ridge neighborhood, according to Chicago police reports.

Man shot while driving in Wicker Park, police say

November 30, 2022 7:09 AM CWBChicago

A man was shot while driving his car in Wicker Park on Tuesday evening, according to Chicago police.

Downtown police commander claims crime is down 44%. It’s up 30%.

November 29, 2022 10:28 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago police commander claimed on WLS-AM that crime has dropped 44% under his leadership. It’s actually up 30%.

Man dropped a loaded gun in an Uber, then ditched another gun in a taxi as cops moved in, prosecutors say

November 29, 2022 1:50 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a man dropped a loaded firearm inside an Uber in Boystown and then ditched a second gun in the back of a taxi when police approached him moments later on Halsted Street.

Gun charge filed after man allegedly drops a pistol inside Boystown bar — THREE times

November 29, 2022 5:53 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man on bail for a felony gun case brought a firearm into a Boystown bar over the weekend and got caught because witnesses saw him drop the gun on the floor over and over again, prosecutors said.

Videos show flame-throwing, donut-spinning, rock-throwing car sideshows that ended with 3 facing felony charges in Chicago on Thanksgiving weekend

November 29, 2022 5:09 AM CWBChicago

Three men face felony charges after a series of stunt driving, donut-spinning, car “sideshows” left several Chicago police squad cars damaged and a CPD sergeant injured over Thanksgiving weekend.

Chicago cop arrested for evading police during off-duty chase; same cop went viral in bodycam video of another off-duty incident last year

November 28, 2022 3:49 PM CWBChicago

An off-duty Chicago police officer is charged with misdemeanors after allegedly running red lights and then arguing with on-duty cops who pulled him over. The same officer’s off-duty antics went viral last year when CPD bodycam footage leaked, showing him losing his cool with on-duty cops during another traffic stop.

Woman arrested after $tealing armored car cash bag outside Edgewater bank, Chicago police say

November 28, 2022 3:02 PM CWBChicago

A woman is in custody after she allegedly stole a bag of money from an armored car courier outside a Chicago bank on Monday afternoon.

Man spent 20 hours in jail after alderman signed a criminal complaint without reading it (body cam video)

December 7, 2023 2:21 PM

Newly-acquired Chicago police body camera video shows an Albany Park man being arrested for battering a Chicago alderman at a River North bar, even though the alderman says that’s not what happened.

Following overnight murder, West Loop alderman puts mayor’s office on blast: ’eminently foreseeable that someone was going to get killed’

December 7, 2023 12:22 PM

Ald. Bill Conway put Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office on blast Thursday, hours after a man was murdered steps from a homeless camp the alderman has been trying to get Johnson’s office to address.

Package thieves blasted victim with bear spray: Chicago police report

December 7, 2023 8:18 AM

Two North Siders blasted a woman in the face with bear spray while stealing packages from her apartment building vestibule, according to a Chicago police report.