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Month: February 2023

Citywide

Man charged with Ford City Mall shooting has a history of gun arrests — and a history of being let off lightly

February 5, 2023 3:23 PM CWBChicago
After receiving a series of breaks in felony gun cases, Giovanni Rodriguez is now charged with shooting a man on the Ford City Mall parking lot, according to Chicago police.

Albany Park

Armed carjackings reported in North Center, Albany Park on Saturday

February 5, 2023 10:56 AM CWBChicago
A woman was carjacked of her Maserati in North Center on Saturday night, Chicago police said, almost exactly 24 hours after another woman was carjacked just across the river in Albany Park.

Avondale

Man gets 10 years for hijacking Chicago couple during a test drive

February 4, 2023 11:13 PM CWBChicago
A Cook County judge has sentenced a man to 10 years for carjacking an Chicago couple who offered their vehicle for sale on Facebook Marketplace last year.

West Loop

Carjacking charges filed against man who hid inside police dispatch center dumpster with a gun

February 4, 2023 11:01 PM CWBChicago
The man charged last month with running from a freshly-hijacked SUV and then hiding inside a dumpster behind the Chicago police dispatch center is now accused of carjacking two vehicles since December, including the SUV that he allegedly ran away from moments before being arrested.

Loop

Chicago man who offered to sell stolen car and dog back to owner for $350 gets 3-year sentence

February 4, 2023 9:54 PM CWBChicago
An eight-time felon who allegedly offered to sell a Chicago woman’s stolen car back to her — along with her pet Shih Tzu that was inside the vehicle — for $350 has been sentenced to prison.

Loop

Robber is mugging women inside Loop parking garages, Chicago police say

February 4, 2023 9:44 PM CWBChicago
Chicago police are warning about a man who is robbing women inside Loop parking garages.

Humboldt Park

There have been 5 armed robberies since Christmas on this Chicago street corner, most recently on Saturday

February 4, 2023 7:21 PM CWBChicago
group of armed robbers targeted three victims in 90 minutes Saturday morning during a crime spree that stretched from the Lower West Side to Humboldt Park, according to Chicago police reports.

Rogers Park

Man robbed Rogers Park convenience store 3 times, prosecutors say

February 4, 2023 4:15 AM CWBChicago
A Rogers Park man who robbed a local convenience store three times since late November was identified after Chicago police used surveillance footage to track him from the store to his apartment building after two of the hold-ups, prosecutors said this week.

Bucktown

‘Suspicious person’ call leads to burglary arrest in Bucktown, prosecutors say

February 4, 2023 3:48 AM CWBChicago
A 911 call about suspicious people carrying packages in Bucktown helped Chicago police bring charges in three recent burglary cases around the area, prosecutors said. But the accused man’s bigger problem may be his failure to register as a sex offender.

CTA

Twice imprisoned for attacking people on CTA platforms, he did it again last month: prosecutors

February 3, 2023 8:05 PM CWBChicago
Prosecutors say a man who has been sent to prison twice for attacking people on CTA train platforms attacked a 64-year-old woman on a platform in downtown Chicago last month.

Loop

Second man charged with murdering restaurant manager during a robbery in the Loop

February 3, 2023 4:09 PM CWBChicago
Prosecutors on Friday charged a second man with murdering a restaurant manager in downtown Chicago as the victim returned home from work in September.

Citywide

Chicago man allegedly took a stolen gun to meet with his parole officer, then convinced a judge to reduce his bail by yelling at him

February 3, 2023 3:07 PM CWBChicago
A Chicago man who allegedly carried a gun to meet with his parole officer convinced a Cook County judge to lower his bail amount by yelling at him.

River North

9 years for driver who killed physician while fleeing Chicago police traffic stop in River North

February 3, 2023 2:06 PM CWBChicago
Nearly six years after he fled from Chicago police in River North and crashed into a taxi, killing a Wisconsin doctor, Ammar Hussain has been sentenced to prison.

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