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Month: January 2023

Uptown

Man shot outside Uptown gas station

January 19, 2023 2:00 PM CWBChicago
Chicago police are investigating after a man was shot near an Uptown bus stop on Thursday afternoon.

Citywide

Chicago man pleads guilty to 10 looting and burglary charges from August 2020, get 4 years

January 19, 2023 12:42 PM CWBChicago
A Chicago man has received an effective sentence of four years after pleading guilty to five burglaries and five lootings during August 2020.

Rogers Park

After another fatal shooting, North Side alderman asks residents for videos “expressing our communal outrage”

January 19, 2023 8:30 AM CWBChicago
A Chicago alderman is asking residents to send in videos and other messages “expressing our communal outrage” about violence in her North Side ward that she can share with Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Citywide

Man sleeping with a gun in his waistband shot himself and a 3-year-old, then lied about what happened, Chicago police say

January 18, 2023 10:04 PM CWBChicago
A Chicago man on probation for a felony gun case shot himself and his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son when a gun discharged in his waistband while they all slept in the same bed and then lied to Chicago police about what happened.

Avondale

3 men tried to rob a woman on the Blue Line, then tried to rob a man who intervened: prosecutors

January 18, 2023 11:14 AM CWBChicago
Three Chicago men face felony charges after they allegedly tried to rob a woman on the Blue Line and then battered and tried to rob another passenger who intervened.

Citywide

Chicago homeowner held burglar at swordpoint until cops arrived: prosecutors

January 18, 2023 8:36 AM CWBChicago
A burglar received a surprise when a Chicago homeowner caught him in the act and then held him at sword-point until police arrived. 

Citywide

Chicago man charged with stealing ATM during 2020 looting spree, thanks to his bright red tracksuit

January 17, 2023 6:33 PM CWBChicago
Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Chicago man with stealing an entire ATM as a group of looters raided a South Side cellular store during widespread civil unrest in May 2020.

Loop

Video shows man being kicked, beaten, slammed into metal beam in downtown Chicago

January 17, 2023 1:33 PM CWBChicago
A viral video shows a man being beaten, kicked, and slammed head-first into a CTA track pillar in downtown Chicago.

Lincoln Square

Career burglar gets 10 years for North Side package thefts

January 17, 2023 12:57 PM CWBChicago
John Cline, an eight-time convicted burglar, is now a 12-time convicted burglar after he pleaded guilty to committing a string of apartment building break-ins on Chicago’s North Side.

Citywide

Carjackings reported in Lakeview and Rogers Park as Chicago sees hijackings surge in the new year

January 17, 2023 9:57 AM CWBChicago
At least three more armed hijackings have been reported since Monday night, including one in Lakeview and another in Rogers Park, according to Chicago police.

Old Town

Chicago Uber driver gets probation for sexually abusing female passenger in 2019

January 15, 2023 11:52 PM CWBChicago
A Chicago man who prosecutors said had a history of being sexually inappropriate with women he picked up while working as an Uber driver has been sentenced to probation for one such incident that resulted in criminal charges.

Citywide

Chicago man charged with crashing hijacked car during police chase

January 15, 2023 11:18 PM CWBChicago
Darvell McClellan is facing a host of felony charges after he allegedly sped away from Chicago police and Illinois State Police troopers while driving a hijacked Lexus last week.

Citywide

50 Chicago cops are being sent back to the streets, memo from high-ranking cop says

January 15, 2023 10:35 PM CWBChicago
Top brass in the Chicago Police Department have ordered 50 cops to start reporting to work in local police districts instead of specialized units where they had been assigned, sometimes for years.

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