April 2023

South Shore carjacker may be just 10 years old, Chicago cops say in community alert

April 30, 2023 7:44 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are warning South Shore residents about two recent carjackings and a suspect, possibly just ten years old.

3 high school students robbed at gunpoint after leaving an event at Whitney Young High School

April 30, 2023 7:07 PM CWBChicago

Three Chicago high school students were robbed at gunpoint Saturday evening after leaving an event at Whitney Young Magnet School, according to a parent of one victim.

Two Chicago men head back to prison for burglarizing fitness center locker rooms. Again.

April 30, 2023 1:44 PM CWBChicago

Two Chicago men with long histories of burglarizing fitness center locker rooms are back in prison for doing it again.

Armed carjacking reported in West Loop overnight

April 30, 2023 12:16 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating an armed carjacking reported in the West Loop early Sunday

Police suggest installing ‘unbreakable shields’ after burglars target popular restaurants

April 30, 2023 7:06 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are recommending that business owners consider installing unbreakable shields to protect their windows after a series of burglaries in Noble Square, Humboldt Park, and Logan Square.

Arrested 76 times since 2014, man gets 5 years for trying to sexually assault a woman at Roosevelt CTA station

April 30, 2023 5:53 AM CWBChicago

A man who has been arrested in Chicago 76 times since 2014 received a five-year sentence for trying to sexually assault a disabled woman at the Roosevelt CTA station.

#6: Man killed 1, tried to kill another while on felony bail, prosecutors say

April 29, 2023 9:37 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors said on Saturday that a Chicago man fatally shot one victim and tried to kill another on March 4 while he was on bail for a pending felony aggravated battery case.

Man charged in Evanston beach shooting that left 1 dead, 2 injured

April 29, 2023 5:47 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors on Saturday charged a 20-year-old man in connection with a triple shooting that left an 18-year-old man dead and two boys injured at Clark Street Beach in Evanston earlier this month.

Homeless man stole CTA van so he could sleep in it, officials say

April 29, 2023 9:21 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man charged with stealing a CTA cargo van this week told police he took the vehicle so he would have a place to sleep, officials said Friday.

Man gets 7 years for shooting at car occupied by his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend and her 3-year-old

April 29, 2023 8:22 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man accused of opening fire on a car occupied by his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend and her 3-year-old girl in Uptown was sentenced to seven years this week, according to court records.

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.