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Month: November 2022

Humboldt Park

Prosecutors drop charges against one man, proceed against another in fatal shooting of 7-year-old Akeem Briscoe

November 24, 2022 2:43 PM CWBChicago
Hours after Chicago police announced murder charges against two men for the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old boy in Humboldt Park, prosecutors dropped the case against one of the men during a bail hearing on Thanksgiving afternoon.

Citywide

Caretaker on electronic monitoring for shooting and gun cases sexually assaulted a woman with developmental disabilities: prosecutors

November 24, 2022 6:34 AM CWBChicago
Prosecutors say a woman with the cognitive abilities of a 6-year-old was sexually assaulted by a residential care facility worker who was on electronic monitoring for allegedly possessing a firearm while he was on bail for shooting a man in 2020.

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South Loop

Driver was going 75 mph when he slammed into car fleeing CPD traffic stop, killing 1, injuring 6: officials

November 23, 2022 4:15 PM Tim Hecke
A Chicago man was driving left of the center line at about 75 mph when he collided with another car on Michigan Avenue, killing the other driver and injuring six people, including himself, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Citywide

Nearly $1 million in drugs found inside freezer of man on electronic monitoring for drug, gun charges, officials say

November 23, 2022 9:13 AM CWBChicago
Cook County sheriff’s office investigators found nearly $1 million worth of narcotics, over $11,000 cash, and a gun in the home of a Chicago man who was on electronic monitoring for a pending narcotics and firearms case, officials said. He is also on probation for manufacture-delivery of cocaine.

South Loop

Charges filed in South Loop crash that killed 1, injured 6, Chicago police say

November 23, 2022 7:26 AM CWBChicago
A Chicago man has been charged with reckless homicide for allegedly killing another driver while speeding through the South Loop on Sunday evening.

Rogers Park

Man who allegedly shot Rogers Park teen gets 15 years for gun charges (but prosecutors drop attempted murder)

November 22, 2022 11:59 PM CWBChicago
Trevious Hill has been sentenced to 15 years on gun charges after prosecutors said he shot a 17-year-old boy in Rogers Park.

Citywide

Chicago man robbed undercover federal agent during gun sale sting, prosecutors say

November 22, 2022 11:11 PM CWBChicago
Federal prosecutors say a Chicago man robbed an undercover ATF agent during what was supposed to be an illegal gun sale in a Bronzeville grocery store parking lot last week.

Humboldt Park

2 adults and teenager in custody for fatal shooting of 7-year-old in Humboldt Park: Chicago police

November 22, 2022 7:15 PM CWBChicago
A 16-year-old boy and two adults are in custody for the slaying of 7-year-old Akeem Briscoe, who was killed by a bullet intended for someone else as he washed his hands inside his family’s Humboldt Park home last month.

West Loop

Greyhound bus killer apprehended in Alabama, Chicago police say

November 22, 2022 6:40 PM CWBChicago
FBI agents in Alabama have arrested a man that Chicago police believe shot and killed a Greyhound bus employee outside the company’s West Loop terminal in October.

River North

Man crashed stolen Land Rover into River North Walgreens “multiple times,” officials say

November 22, 2022 2:04 PM CWBChicago
Prosecutors say a Chicago man drove a stolen Land Rover into a River North Walgreens on Monday afternoon. The 2019 Land Rover Discovery was reported stolen from O’Hare International Airport earlier in the day.

Citywide

Chicago man shot a security guard just months after serving only 4½ years of a 12-year carjacking sentence, prosecutors say

November 22, 2022 12:22 PM CWBChicago
Salvador Reitinger received a 12-year sentence for his second carjacking, but got out of prison in July after serving less than 5 years. Now, Chicago police say, he shot and tried to kill a security guard.

West Loop

15-time convicted burglar is charged with burglarizing West Loop businesses (again)

November 22, 2022 7:43 AM CWBChicago
A 15-time convicted burglar is accused of burglarizing four businesses in the Chicago West Loop and West Town since September.

Humboldt Park

Armed robberies reported in Wicker Park, Humboldt Park, Logan Square

November 21, 2022 7:37 PM CWBChicago
Chicago police are investigating two armed robberies that occurred Monday morning in Wicker Park and Humboldt Park. Another robbery was reported in Logan Square on Sunday afternoon.

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