January 2023 - Page 11 of 12

For 3 burglaries and setting a stolen car on fire in the Loop, man gets a 3-year sentence

January 4, 2023 8:43 AM CWBChicago

A man who was accused of setting a stolen SUV on fire outside the Chicago Theatre while on bail for another stolen motor vehicle case has reached a very nice plea deal with prosecutors.

Man charged with River North shooting that left one woman dead, another injured in April

January 4, 2023 7:49 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police have arrested a man in connection with a double shooting that left one woman dead and another seriously injured near Marina City last April.

Man ran from hijacked car, hid in a dumpster behind Chicago police dispatch headquarters, prosecutors say

January 3, 2023 7:40 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police allegedly found Thomas Battle hiding in a dumpster behind the building where Chicago’s emergency dispatchers work.

Video shows burglars raiding Mag Mile luxury boutique on Christmas morning

January 3, 2023 1:29 PM CWBChicago

Newly released surveillance video from Chicago police shows a three-man burglary team raiding a high-end Magnificent Mile boutique on Christmas morning.

Man burglarized CTA attendant booth 16 days after getting probation in a gun case, prosecutors say

January 3, 2023 8:18 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a man broke into a CTA train station customer service booth and stole the attendant’s purse and laptop while she was making rounds at the Argyle Red Line station.

In moments after 9-year-old was fatally shot, the gun and an adult left the house before cops arrived, Chicago police report says

January 3, 2023 7:03 AM CWBChicago

Several adults and children were in the house when Jarvis Watts was fatally shot on New Year’s Day. A Chicago police report says one of the adults was gone by the time they arrived and the gun was gone, too.

Mail theft is ‘the new hustle in urban America’ expert warns as another mail carrier is robbed in Logan Square

January 3, 2023 6:17 AM CWBChicago

The US Postal Service in Chicago is badly compromised, with the mail system’s master keys now widely held in the hands of criminal organizations, an investigative source says.

Man critically injured in fall while trying to climb down the exterior of a Near North Side apartment building, police say

January 2, 2023 10:42 PM CWBChicago

A man was critically injured Monday evening when he fell from the third floor of a Near North Side apartment complex, apparently while trying to scale down the building’s exterior, Chicago police said.

Man gets 18 years for shooting a Chicago cop and a passerby in 2021

January 2, 2023 8:47 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago man has been sentenced to 18 years for shooting a Chicago police officer and a passerby during a purported “suicide by cop” attempt in March 2021.

Gunmen fire more than 20 rounds at man on Mariano’s parking lot — and miss. Another man was killed in a similar attack at the same store last month.

January 2, 2023 4:46 AM CWBChicago

A man escaped injury after at least two gunmen opened fire on him as he left a Mariano’s in West Town on Sunday evening, the same grocery store where a man was shot to death two weeks ago.

Graffiti artist who killed another tagger in 2012 shot at a security guard after a traffic crash in South Loop, prosecutors say

January 2, 2023 4:16 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago graffiti artist convicted of killing another tagger in 2012 slammed his car into a semi-truck in the South Loop last week and then opened fire on a security guard who tried to assist him, prosecutors said.

Victim critical after men attacked him with board, mailbox, knife in Boystown

January 2, 2023 2:18 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating after a man was severely beaten by three men armed with various weapons in Boystown early Monday. The victim is in critical condition.

Chicago police shutter Wicker Park bar hours after a shooting left 3 injured nearby

January 1, 2023 2:36 PM CWBChicago

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown ordered DSTRKT Bar & Grill in Wicker Park to close until further notice on Saturday afternoon, hours after a nearby shooting left three men injured.

Month: January 2023