March 2023

15-year-old shot in Edgewater this morning, police say

March 7, 2023 8:47 AM CWBChicago

A 15-year-old boy was in Edgewater on Tuesday morning, Chicago police said. No suspects are in custody, but police have located the gunman’s car.

Woman charged with robbery after victim tracks his phone and finds her standing inside a Chicago police station

March 7, 2023 12:24 AM CWBChicago

A traffic accident in River North took an ugly turn Sunday morning when the occupants of one car beat up and robbed the other driver. And the story got even stranger when the victim tracked his stolen phone and allegedly discovered the other driver standing inside a Chicago police station, filing an accident report.

Man charged with stealing cargo truck from Polar Plunge insists he was just taking it to buy cigarettes

March 6, 2023 11:29 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago man is charged with stealing a cargo truck from the Polar Plunge at North Avenue Beach on Sunday. But he insists he was merely going to out to buy cigarettes.

Charges filed against man who was shot while burglarizing a Northwest Side home

March 6, 2023 6:45 PM CWBChicago

A Georgia man who was shot over the weekend after allegedly breaking into a home on Chicago’s Northwest Side is now charged with residential burglary.

Federal authorities charge 2 with armed robberies of Chicago convenience stores

March 6, 2023 5:01 PM CWBChicago

A federal grand jury in Chicago has returned criminal charges against a man and woman who allegedly robbed five convenience stores last year, officials said Monday.

Executive who used HIV-AIDS charity’s money to pay for divorce attorney, go on ‘lavish’ shopping sprees, gets prison time

March 6, 2023 12:24 PM CWBChicago

The former chief financial officer of Chicago House, a charity that provides housing and other support to persons living with HIV and AIDS, has been sentenced to prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the organization, allegedly to pay for her divorce, buy an Audi, and go shopping at high-end retailers.

Man tried to lure two girls in Rogers Park, police warn

March 6, 2023 9:16 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are looking for a man who tried to lure two teenage girls in Rogers Park last week.

Fourth man charged in big Near North Side gun case. Officials say he was on electronic monitoring for a machine gun case at the time and ran away to Texas.

March 6, 2023 8:33 AM CWBChicago

Authorities have now charged a fourth Chicago man with bailing out of a stolen car with a cache of firearms on the Near North Side in January. At the time of the incident, he was on electronic monitoring for allegedly possessing firearms during a remarkably similar incident last year.

Month: March 2023