March 2023

Armed men rob 3 convenience stores in 30 minutes

March 27, 2023 11:02 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating three armed robberies of 7-Eleven stores in under 30 minutes that occurred early Monday.

Serial burglar busted because he didn’t cover up his heart-shaped face tattoo: prosecutors

March 26, 2023 11:34 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say Chicago police were able to identify the burglar who stole safes and cash from restaurants and other businesses because he didn’t cover up the heart tattoo on his face.

Driver gets probation for dragging Chicago cop ‘several city blocks’ with her car

March 26, 2023 8:11 PM CWBChicago

A woman who allegedly dragged a Chicago police officer for several blocks through River North while trying to evade a traffic stop has been sentenced to probation.

12-time felons should only be at ‘work, church, and the grocery store’ Chicago judge tells man accused of trying to steal an ATM

March 26, 2023 3:22 PM CWBChicago

After prosecutors charged a 12-time convicted felon Bernardino Garcia with trying to steal an ATM from a Chicago apartment building on Saturday, Cook County Judge Maryam Ahmad offered some guidance from the bench.

Cold-blooded, random murder of Chicago woman is solved with video, ShotSpotter, and electronic monitoring data, prosecutors say

March 26, 2023 12:14 PM CWBChicago

Baseer Muhammad shot and killed Tracey Showers in front of her daughter in a random slaying February 28, prosecutors said in Chicago.

Chicago high school teacher, former legislature candidate, charged with sexually abusing student

March 26, 2023 8:16 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago charter school teacher and recent candidate for the state legislature is charged with sexually abusing a student in his classroom and sending the girl lewd photographs and video.

Officials ID West Loop hit-and-run victim, release photo of offender’s car

March 26, 2023 7:31 AM CWBChicago

There are new developments in the hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian dead in the West Loop on Saturday morning. Chicago police have released a picture of the car involved, and officials have publicly identified the victim.

Another man is shot in Rogers Park, the third shooting victim there since Tuesday

March 26, 2023 7:11 AM CWBChicago

Another man was shot in Rogers Park on Sunday morning. He’s the second person shot in the neighborhood this week and the third since Tuesday, according to Chicago police.

28 years for man who raped, brutally beat a woman he followed from Chicago Blue Line station

March 25, 2023 8:30 PM CWBChicago

Nearly five years after an 18-year-old woman was brutally beaten and raped after leaving the Chicago Blue Line station, her attacker is going to prison.

Man shot while sitting in car in Rogers Park

March 25, 2023 8:29 AM CWBChicago

A man was shot while sitting in a car in Rogers Park on Saturday morning, Chicago police said.

Man robbed Loop hotel one day after they fired him: prosecutors say

June 8, 2023 4:38 AM

Prosecutors say a Chicago man robbed the JW Marriott Hotel one day after the company fired him.

#12: Man shot at, tried to kill Chicago cops while on parole and felony bail, prosecutors say

June 8, 2023 4:02 AM

On parole for two felony gun cases, on bond for allegedly possessing a stolen motor vehicle, and with a fresh gunshot wound in one arm, Earnest Lockett opened fire on a marked Chicago police squad car this week, prosecutors said.

6 weeks after hit-and-run driver killed a construction worker on Lake Shore Drive, friends are raising money, cops investigating

June 7, 2023 6:26 PM

Friends are trying to raise money for Kenny Hernandez, the road construction worker who was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Lake Shore Drive in April.