A woman and a man face felony charges, and two other men face misdemeanor charges in connection with a fight between fans of opposing soccer teams in the Gold Coast on Saturday that injured two Chicago police officers.
A US Postal Service mail carrier was robbed at gunpoint in the West Loop on Saturday morning, according to a Chicago police report. It’s the latest in a growing pattern of similar holdups in which armed offenders force postal workers to surrender the mail system’s master keys.
Prosecutors have charged a Chicago man with beating a complete stranger with a metal baton during a Thanksgiving night home invasion on the North Side.
A fight between fans of opposing soccer teams at a Gold Coast bar spilled into Division Street, resulting in five arrests and two Chicago police officers being injured, according to CPD and witnesses.
Things were going pretty well for Shawn Dodd one year ago. He had been charged with Class X armed robbery and other felonies for allegedly robbing two stores in downtown Chicago during the summer.
Chicago police are looking for the man who stole a Salvation Army bellringer’s donation bucket in the Loop on Friday afternoon. It’s not the first time the charity’s holiday donation drives have been targeted by criminals.
A man was shot inside a Loop hotel room overnight, bringing the total number of people shot in the downtown Chicago neighborhood this year to 35. That is far more shooting victims than in any year since at least 2001.
A group of armed men committed at least nine armed robberies and carjackings on the city’s north and near west sides in just over an hour on Friday morning, according to Chicago police reports.
A reputed Latin King gang member has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for firing shots at Chicago police officers in West Rogers Park two years ago.
Prosecutors say a Chicago man who was on bail for selling nearly $3,500 worth of cocaine to an undercover cop shot a motorist who was driving to work near his home on November 3.