Month: January 2023

Chicago police say a man who was on electronic monitoring for allegedly carjacking a woman in the parking lot of the Lincoln Park Menard’s store had a loaded handgun next to him while he was on “essential movement.”

Two men were ordered held without bail on Thursday after prosecutors said they hid firearms, including one equipped to generate automatic gunfire, in the snack chip aisle of a convenience store when they saw Chicago police coming their way.

A 17-year-old accused of shooting a man to death during a carjacking attempt at a Chicago gas station this week has been charged with two gun crimes and a stolen motor vehicle case in juvenile court since 2021.

A group of car thieves shot a man who confronted them as they broke into a car in Uptown on Wednesday evening, Chicago police said

A 17-year-old boy is charged with murdering a man during a carjacking attempt at an Englewood gas station on Tuesday evening, Chicago police said.

A veteran Chicago scam artist name-dropped Chance the Rapper to defraud victims of more than $70,000 in a charity bill-payment ruse, prosecutors say.