March 2023

Burglary crew stole $18,700 worth of booze from Binny’s in Lincoln Park, part of a citywide crime wave, officials say

March 17, 2023 7:32 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a man with burglarizing Binny’s Beverage Depot in Lincoln Park twice last month, crimes that Chicago police linked to dozens of similar break-ins at liquor stores and other businesses across the North Side.

Man sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl on the Blue Line, prosecutors say

March 16, 2023 7:08 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors charged a Chicago man on Thursday with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl aboard a Blue Line train on the Northwest Side last summer.

FBI releases new details about Lincoln Park bank burglary

March 16, 2023 4:07 PM CWBChicago

The FBI in Chicago has released new details about the “hole in the wall” burglary of a Lincoln Park bank over the weekend, including surveillance images of one of the offenders.

FBI looking for man who robbed two banks in Logan Square

March 16, 2023 12:46 AM CWBChicago

The FBI in Chicago is looking for the man who has robbed two banks in Logan Square since late February.

Man gets 16 years for carjacking woman, escaping electronic monitoring to Nebraska

March 15, 2023 11:00 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago man has been sentenced to 16 years for carjacking a woman at gunpoint in Old Town nearly four years ago, then running away to Nebraska about a month after being released on electronic monitoring.

Man charged with groping woman on the Magnificent Mile

March 15, 2023 7:48 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have filed felony charges against a Chicago man who allegedly sexually abused a woman as she walked on the Magnificent Mile.

17-year-old charged with carjacking man in Lakeview, robbing and kidnapping others

March 15, 2023 11:40 AM CWBChicago

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with carjacking, robbery, kidnapping, and crashing into a Chicago police vehicle after cops allegedly caught him driving a BMW that was hijacked at a Lakeview gas station on Tuesday.

Driver carjacked after minor traffic crash near Wrigley Field

March 15, 2023 10:45 AM CWBChicago

For the second day in a row, Chicago police are investigating an armed carjacking in the Lakeview neighborhood.

Cops ask for help finding CTA headphone thief

March 15, 2023 10:22 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are working to identify the man who stole a woman’s high-end headphones at the Division Blue Line station.

Man robbed Lakeview smoke shop, then robbed it again minutes later, prosecutors say

March 15, 2023 9:24 AM CWBChicago

Nearly two years after he allegedly robbed a Lakeview smoke shop, then went back and robbed it again minutes later, a Chicago man has been charged with the crime.

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.