April 2023

85-year-old woman carjacked at gunpoint on Northwest Side

April 29, 2023 6:54 AM CWBChicago

An 85-year-old woman was carjacked at gunpoint Friday morning on the Northwest Side, Chicago police said.

Convicted rapist gets 45 years for stabbing woman during Wicker Park home invasion

April 28, 2023 8:06 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago man who was sentenced to 30 years for sexually assaulting a woman in 1998 is going back to prison for allegedly stabbing a Wicker Park woman in an eerily similar crime.

Did a Chicago man really destroy a Popeye’s over a pay dispute? We decided to find out. (video)

April 28, 2023 1:00 PM CWBChicago

Did a disgruntled employee really destroy a Chicago Popeye’s chicken restaurant in a pay dispute as seen in a viral video? We decided to find out.

#59: Father killed Uber driver who failed to drop daughters off at intended destination, prosecutors say

April 28, 2023 7:24 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors on Thursday charged a Chicago man with killing an Uber driver who failed to drop his daughters off at their desired location last summer.

Man sexually abused woman on Red Line platform, returned to the scene as cops talked to victim: prosecutors

April 28, 2023 6:14 AM CWBChicago

A South Shore man is charged with sexually abusing a woman as she waited for a Red Line train in the Loop, Chicago police said.

Man stabbed 71-year-old homeless man during robbery attempt at Jefferson Park CTA station: prosecutors

April 27, 2023 7:19 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a man with stabbing a 71-year-old homeless man during a robbery attempt at the Jefferson Park CTA station.

Man charged with 2020 looting after DNA tests link him to blood at the scene

April 27, 2023 6:43 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago man was charged Thursday with looting a currency exchange during civil unrest nearly three years ago after DNA tests linked him to a bloody t-shirt found at the crime scene.

1 dead, 1 injured in South Loop shooting

April 27, 2023 5:52 PM CWBChicago

Two 18-year-old men were shot, one fatally, as they sat in a car in the South Loop on Thursday afternoon.

Chicago man who won $4 million wrongful prosecution lawsuit is charged with having a gun in his car

April 27, 2023 11:06 AM CWBChicago

A man who won a $4 million lawsuit against the city and Chicago police officers who allegedly framed him in a 2009 murder case is facing felony charges after cops said they found a ghost gun in his car during a traffic stop.

Man gets 3 years for Lakeview carjacking attempt — and 7 years for hitting correctional workers while he was in jail

April 27, 2023 9:59 AM CWBChicago

A man who tried to carjack a driver in Lakeview has been sentenced to three years, but he will serve more than twice as much time for battering correctional workers while awaiting trial in the Cook County jail.

CTA pickpocket gets probation, one of the lightest sentences he’s received since 1985

September 23, 2023 7:28 PM

A Chicago man with a decades-long criminal history who pleaded guilty Friday to pickpocketing three women on the CTA was sentenced to a year of probation, among the lightest sentences he’s received since the Reagan administration.

Venmo robbery: Man forced victim to surrender phone near Wrigley Field, transferred $3,000 to himself, prosecutors say

September 23, 2023 7:23 PM

Prosecutors have charged a Hazel Crest man with robbery for allegedly forcing a man to surrender his phone near Wrigley Field and then Venmoing himself money from the victim’s account.

‘That’s him!’ — Armed robber confronts victim a second time to get more stuff, gets busted when cops arrive

September 23, 2023 10:55 AM

A Chicago man robbed a victim at gunpoint, then circled back and tried to rob him again, only to be caught when the cops arrived, according to a CPD arrest report.