February 2023 - Page 4 of 11

What is a Police District Council? And who are those people trying to be elected to one?

February 21, 2023 10:43 AM CWBChicago

While coverage of mayoral candidates dominates media coverage of the current election cycle, another elected position has rather quietly found its way onto Chicago ballots: police district council.

16-time convicted felon apologized for scaring woman while burglarizing her Edgewater apartment Saturday, prosecutors say

February 21, 2023 9:56 AM CWBChicago

A 16-time convicted felon says he’s sorry that he scared a Chicago woman while burglarizing her Edgewater apartment over the weekend.

Lyft driver killed, passenger wounded in Little Italy drive-by, Chicago police say

February 20, 2023 11:06 PM CWBChicago

A Lyft driver was shot and killed in Little Italy on Monday evening by a carload of drive-by gunmen who were likely targeting his passenger, according to a Chicago police source.

Armed robbers followed man as he walked home from Wrigleyville bar, prosecutors say

February 20, 2023 10:08 PM CWBChicago

A group of armed men followed a Lakeview man as he walked home from a Wrigleyville bar in January, then attacked and robbed him of his cash and phone, prosecutors said as they announced charges against one man on Monday.

Police advise ‘situational awareness’ as anti-Semitic ‘day of hate’ nears

February 20, 2023 8:39 PM CWBChicago

Police on Chicago’s North Side are advising residents to be “situationally aware” as an extremist group’s anti-Semitic “day of hate” approaches.

Indiana man took a gun into the Chicago Auto Show, then dropped it on the floor, prosecutors say

February 20, 2023 8:08 PM CWBChicago

An Indiana man faces felony charges after he allegedly brought a loaded handgun into the Chicago Auto Show and dropped it while exploring the Ford Motor Company exhibit, prosecutors said.

Chicago burglars busted because suburban cops secretly placed a GPS tracker on their getaway car: prosecutors

February 20, 2023 12:12 PM CWBChicago

Three men charged with burglarizing a Chicago home on Friday were caught because a suburban major case squad had secretly hidden a GPS tracker on their car as part of another investigation, prosecutors say.

15-time convicted shoplifter stole pile of diapers from River North CVS, prosecutors say

February 20, 2023 9:54 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man who has been convicted of shoplifting fifteen times is now charged with shoplifting diapers in River North.

Man escaped from Chicago police station after being arrested for gun possession, prosecutors say

February 20, 2023 1:41 AM CWBChicago

Felony charges have been filed against a man who allegedly escaped from a Chicago police station after being arrested for having a gun at a laundromat.

Charges filed in January armed robbery of Lakeview man

February 19, 2023 8:15 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police have arrested a man in connection with the armed robbery of another man in Lakeview on January 21.

Driver, 18, in custody after 3 passengers are killed in fiery crash following Chicago car ‘sideshow’

February 19, 2023 7:24 PM CWBChicago

An 18-year-old man is in custody after a car he was allegedly driving slammed into a pole and burst into flames, killing three of his passengers, according to a Chicago Police Department source.

Man who attacked 3 people downtown was on bail for similar incident, prosecutors say

February 19, 2023 2:15 PM CWBChicago

The man who allegedly attacked three people at random on the Near North Side was on bail for allegedly punching and kicking two Chicago cops who intervened in another random attack last month.

Man robbed 6 people during a series of Facebook Marketplace meet-ups, prosecutors say

February 18, 2023 11:48 AM CWBChicago

A Dixmoor man is charged with robbing six people that he allegedly met in Chicago after arranging a series of phone sales through Facebook Marketplace at Christmastime.

Month: February 2023