December 2022 - Page 4 of 11

Fake ‘city inspector’ is scamming business owners, Chicago police say

December 23, 2022 12:30 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are warning about a scam artist who poses as a city worker to bilk North Side businesses out of cash.

Men wearing ski masks dropped off a dead gunshot victim at downtown hospital, police say

December 23, 2022 11:13 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating after two men wearing ski masks dropped off a gunshot victim at Northwestern Memorial Hospital early Friday. The injured man, 31, died.

Driver carjacked in Century Mall parking garage, police say

December 23, 2022 7:00 AM CWBChicago

Four carjackers took a man’s SUV in a parking garage in Lakeview on Thursday evening, Chicago police said.

13 people robbed in overnight spree on Chicago’s Near West Side, police say

December 23, 2022 5:43 AM CWBChicago

For the second night in a row, armed robbers swept through Chicago’s Near West Side neighborhoods overnight, leaving at least 11 victims in the wake of their one-hour crime wave.

Man threw dog to its death from Paulina Brown Line platform, police say

December 22, 2022 5:08 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago man is facing felony animal cruelty charges for allegedly throwing his dog to its death from the Paulina Brown Line station in Lakeview on Thursday morning.

Despite several arrests, armed robbery crews have returned to Chicago’s hard-hit Near West Side

December 22, 2022 3:36 PM CWBChicago

Two men salting a West Town sidewalk and an 80-year-old man are among at least nine people who were robbed at gunpoint during two holdup sprees Wednesday night and Thursday morning, mainly in West Town, Bucktown, and Logan Square, according to Chicago police. There were seven robberies reported in the same areas on Sunday morning.

Amazon driver shot a man who confronted him about just sitting around in his delivery van, prosecutors say

December 22, 2022 11:22 AM CWBChicago

An Amazon delivery driver shot a man who questioned why the driver was sitting in a van near his home on the Far South Side of Chicago, officials said. The accused courier posted a $3,000 bail deposit to get out of jail.

52 minutes after his landlord demanded rent payment, Lakeview man robbed a North Side bank, FBI says

December 22, 2022 7:45 AM CWBChicago

A 19-year-old Chicago man robbed a Boystown bank on Monday afternoon, less than an hour after his landlord threatened to begin eviction proceedings if he didn’t pay past-due rent, federal officials said in court documents.

9-time convicted burglar broke into a Rogers Park home while on bail for breaking into a Bucktown home, prosecutors say

December 22, 2022 6:31 AM CWBChicago

A nine-time convicted felon burglarized a Rogers Park home while he was on bail for burglarizing a home in Bucktown, prosecutors in Chicago said.

After kicking woman onto Red Line tracks, attacker told passersby she jumped in a suicide attempt: prosecutors

December 21, 2022 7:04 PM CWBChicago

After kicking a woman onto the Red Line tracks as an El train pulled into the Chicago-State station on Tuesday, Donald Jackson called the woman a “b*tch” and told bystanders that she threw herself on the tracks in a suicide attempt, prosecutors alleged Wednesday.

Month: December 2022

Fake ‘city inspector’ is scamming business owners, Chicago police say

Men wearing ski masks dropped off a dead gunshot victim at downtown hospital, police say

Driver carjacked in Century Mall parking garage, police say

13 people robbed in overnight spree on Chicago’s Near West Side, police say

Man threw dog to its death from Paulina Brown Line platform, police say

Despite several arrests, armed robbery crews have returned to Chicago’s hard-hit Near West Side

Amazon driver shot a man who confronted him about just sitting around in his delivery van, prosecutors say

52 minutes after his landlord demanded rent payment, Lakeview man robbed a North Side bank, FBI says

9-time convicted burglar broke into a Rogers Park home while on bail for breaking into a Bucktown home, prosecutors say

After kicking woman onto Red Line tracks, attacker told passersby she jumped in a suicide attempt: prosecutors

Identity theft charge filed against man who allegedly crawled on movie theater floor, went through purses

Crypto trader had 16 pounds of pot-infused gummies in his car during traffic stop, prosecutors say

46 years for man who shot Magnificent Mile restaurant manager, tied up employees during robbery

Man murdered girlfriend hours after she filed domestic battery report with police, prosecutors say

Woman left drugs near toddler who died of overdose in East Garfield Park, prosecutors say

Police warn of 19 auto thefts across Fulton Market, West Town

Suburban lab executive faked 380,000 COVID tests in $66 million fraud, feds say

He pleaded guilty to an attempted murder he didn’t commit. But an Illinois court refuses to give him a certificate of innocence