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Month: April 2023

Loop

The city that works? Migrant families have lived in a downtown Chicago police station lobby for ‘days and even weeks’

April 3, 2023 8:50 PM CWBChicago
Migrant families have been living in a downtown Chicago police station for “days and even weeks,” according to a CPD officer. City officials say they’re working on it.

Citywide

Chicago narcs launch investigation after man gives undercover cop a free sample from ‘the competition’: prosecutors

April 3, 2023 3:12 AM CWBChicago
Chicago police launched a narcotics investigation after a man allegedly walked up to an undercover surveillance officer and gave him a free heroin sample from “the competition from around the corner.”

Citywide

Chicago man suspected, but never charged in 2020 murder killed two people in February, officials say

April 2, 2023 7:01 PM CWBChicago
Illinois State Police investigators say a 22-year-old Chicago man shot and killed a driver on the Stevenson Expressway in mid-February, about ten days before he allegedly killed another man in Chicago.

Lakeview

Chicago man gets 2 years for ‘flash mob’ raids of Ulta Beauty stores

April 2, 2023 6:58 PM CWBChicago
A Chicago man has been sentenced to two years for participating in a series of shoplifting raids at Ulta Beauty stores that cost the popular cosmetics store more than $11,000 in lost merchandise.

Albany Park

3 detained, stolen BMW recovered after shooting in Albany Park

April 2, 2023 10:55 AM CWBChicago
Chicago — Three people are in custody after a man was shot in Albany Park on Sunday morning. The injured man is one of those being detained by Chicago police.

Loop

Uber driver carjacked at gunpoint in the Loop; same crew robbed 11 people Saturday.

April 2, 2023 10:32 AM CWBChicago
An Uber driver was carjacked at gunpoint on Wacker Drive in the Loop overnight, and it may be linked to group that carried out eleven robberies on Saturday.

North Center

Gunmen shoot at off-duty cop in North Center, violent armed robbery reported nearby

April 2, 2023 9:53 AM CWBChicago
Two gunmen opened fire on an off-duty Chicago police officer in North Center on Sunday morning, according to a CPD source. The officer was not injured, and he did not fire back.

West Ridge

Man carjacked North Side driver while on electronic monitoring and juvenile parole: prosecutors

April 2, 2023 7:19 AM CWBChicago
Prosecutors say a Chicago man who was on bond for allegedly possessing a stolen motor vehicle and on juvenile parole for armed robbery carjacked a driver on the North Side this week.

Logan Square

Lori Lightfoot’s security team arrests man who kept showing up at her house to complain about her security team: prosecutors

April 1, 2023 7:50 PM CWBChicago
A man reportedly on leave from his job as a Chicago Public Schools teacher is charged with stalking for allegedly showing up at Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s home repeatedly to complain that police were still protecting her house after she lost the election.

Citywide

Armed robbery crew struck 10 times in about an hour this morning

April 1, 2023 10:50 AM CWBChicago
Yet another wave of armed robberies rolled across Chicago on Saturday morning. It started in the Loop around 5:45 a.m. and ended just over an hour later in Lincoln Park.

Citywide

#57: Chicago man is charged with committing attempted murder while on bond for a gun case

April 1, 2023 8:31 AM CWBChicago
Khalid Mahadi, accused of shooting a man while on bail for a pending gun case, is the 57th person accused of shooting, killing, or trying to shoot or kill someone in Chicago last year while on felony bail.

Lincoln Park

No bail for ‘very distinct-looking individual’ accused of Lincoln Park carjacking

April 1, 2023 5:13 AM CWBChicago
A suburban Chicago man who allegedly carjacked an international student in Lincoln Park was held without bail Friday afternoon by a Cook County Judge who concluded that he is “just a very distinct looking individual.”

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