Month: February 2023

Prosecutors say a Chicago man entered his neighbor’s apartment without permission, then threatened to beat up cops who responded to the burglary call — while he was on electronic monitoring for a pending home invasion case.

A four-time felon was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison last week for illegally possessing a handgun in Chicago just six months after promising a different federal judge that he would “break the cycle” of crime that he found himself in.

Video shows a catalytic converter crew hard at work and brandishing a firearm in the pouring rain yesterday morning in Chicago.

Prosecutors say a Chicago man burglarized a work crew’s van while wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet for two pending burglary cases. And, incredibly, the arrest occurred about two hours after he left the police station on a recognizance bond after a concealed carry holder held him at gunpoint for allegedly breaking into yet another car.

A 12-time convicted felon has been sentenced to six years in prison for trying to carjack a 71-year-old woman on Chicago’s Northwest Side last spring.

Prosecutors say a Chicago man robbed at least eight people during Facebook Marketplace meet-ups while he was already on probation for another robbery.