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Month: January 2023

Lakeview

2 in custody after carjacking woman inside Lakeview parking garage

January 31, 2023 10:47 PM CWBChicago

Two suspects are in custody after a woman was thrown to the ground, kicked, and carjacked inside a Lakeview parking garage on Tuesday evening, according to a Chicago police report.

Citywide

Fleeing carjacker tosses cops to the pavement in daring getaway on Chicago’s South Side and it’s all on video

January 31, 2023 10:24 PM CWBChicago

Shocking dashcam video shows Illinois State Police troopers being flung to the pavement as they tried to arrest an SUV full of suspected carjackers in Chicago on Tuesday evening.

Magnificent Mile

Worried about potential looting, jittery Chicago police leaders order district cops to the Mag Mile again

January 31, 2023 2:22 PM CWBChicago

Jittery Chicago police leaders, worried about the potential for another round of organized looting in downtown Chicago, reassigned tactical units from several local districts to sit on the Magnificent Mile and Oak Street shopping districts overnight.

Citywide

Chicago cop falsely reported his car stolen 44 times to beat traffic tickets, prosecutors say

January 31, 2023 12:51 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago police officer falsely reported that his personal car had been stolen 44 times since 2009 in order to avoid paying parking and automated traffic tickets, officials said Tuesday.

Citywide

Chicago man who claimed armed robbery video showed someone else wearing his clothes gets 6-year sentence

January 31, 2023 10:22 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man who claimed that surveillance video showed a different man wearing his clothing to rob a woman has, well, finally admitted that it was him.

Citywide

Chicago man crashed into a bus, threatened the driver with a gun, did donuts in a park, then tossed a gun into a lake, prosecutors say. It was a busy Sunday morning.

January 31, 2023 8:37 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a Chicago man crashed into a CTA bus, threatened the bus driver with a gun, fled from police, spun donuts in a city park, then tossed a gun into the park’s lake as Chicago police closed in on him Sunday morning.

Citywide

Chicago woman randomly stabbed 4 people while on bail for randomly stabbing a woman in Bucktown, prosecutors say

January 30, 2023 7:38 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago woman on bail for allegedly stabbing a stranger at random in Bucktown last year is now accused of stabbing four more people at random this month on the Northwest Side.

Citywide

Busted by Facebook group, Chicago man gets 10 years for carjacking victim during a test drive

January 30, 2023 4:04 PM CWBChicago

A 22-year-old Chicago man has pleaded guilty to carjacking a victim while test-driving their vehicle in Uptown two years ago.

Humboldt Park

Armed robbery crew struck 5 times in 2 hours Sunday afternoon, Chicago police say

January 30, 2023 3:15 PM CWBChicago

A group of masked men pulled off five armed robberies in under two hours on Sunday in Humboldt Park and West Town, Chicago police said. No arrests have been made.

Roscoe Village

Woman attacked and robbed driver near Area Three police headquarters, prosecutors say

January 30, 2023 2:40 PM CWBChicago

A suburban woman is facing robbery charges after allegedly attacking a man and taking his phone as he parked his car in Roscoe Village, about a half-block from a major Chicago Police Department facility.

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