A Chicago man passed three counterfeit $100 bills at a West Loop restaurant on Friday night and had five more fake Benjamins in his wallet when police arrested him a short time later, officials say.
Prosecutors say a man was caught driving a stolen scooter during a “large group” incident in the Loop on Saturday evening — about an hour after Chicago cops warned about a scooter theft crime pattern.
A nurse from the north suburbs has pleaded guilty to federal charges for siphoning off portions of hospice patients’ morphine doses for her personal use, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Chicago announced.
Two Chicago women who received ordinance violations after a robbery attempt at the Roosevelt Red Line station last month are back in custody, accused of beating and robbing a 16-year-old girl on the train line last week.
Two teenagers were shot Saturday night as hundreds of people descended on the Loop, jumping on vehicles, getting into fights, and overwhelming Chicago police resources for the third consecutive night.
A woman was carjacked while driving to work in Rogers Park on Friday morning. The hijacking comes as Chicago police report a significant drop in carjacking cases this year.
The FBI has filed charges against a man suspected of robbing four Chicago banks since late February after his romantic partner identified him from surveillance images, according to federal court filings.
Chicago officials once again struggled to control a large group of young people who gathered Friday evening at 31st Street Beach, a popular spot for social media-driven gatherings during warm weather.
Prosecutors say an 87-year-old Chicago man was robbed of $600 that he borrowed to take a bus to Florida for his grandson’s funeral. On Friday, they charged a 23-year-old with participating in the crime.
A Wisconsin man who was convicted of sexual assault in 2016 attacked two women on the DePaul University campus in Chicago’s LIncoln Park neighborhood, prosecutors said.