May 2023

Men flew into Midway with 44 pounds of fentanyl in their luggage, prosecutors say — enough to kill every Chicagoan 3½ times

May 3, 2023 10:13 PM CWBChicago

A federal law enforcement task force arrested two Michigan men at Midway Airport on Tuesday after they were allegedly caught carrying 44 pounds of fentanyl in their checked baggage.

Chicago police look for man who stabbed, robbed victim aboard an Orange Line train overnight

May 3, 2023 3:56 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police have released surveillance images of the man who stabbed and robbed a passenger on an Orange Line train Wednesday morning.

Rogers Park man killed his girlfriend, possibly in a dispute over $80: prosecutors

May 3, 2023 3:32 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago man beat his girlfriend to death inside his Rogers Park apartment on Monday, possibly because she used $80 of his money to buy unprescribed Xanax pills, prosecutors said

Cleaning crew finds cache of guns, ammo, and drugs in vacant Ravenswood apartment

May 3, 2023 1:21 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police seized a cache of guns, ammunition, cash, and drugs after a work crew found the items in a vacated Ravenswood apartment.

Former high-ranking cop to become interim superintendent next month (but he doesn’t want the job permanently)

May 3, 2023 10:36 AM CWBChicago

Fred Waller, the Chicago Police Department’s former chief of patrol, will take over as interim superintendent of police on May 15, the same day Brandon Johnson will be sworn in as mayor.

125 day sentence for man who punched, threw dog in Lincoln Park

May 3, 2023 9:40 AM CWBChicago

The man caught on video as he punched and tossed a dog in Lincoln Park last autumn has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor cruelty to animals.

Rogers Park man charged with murder of woman found dead Monday

May 3, 2023 7:53 AM CWBChicago

A man is charged with first-degree murder after a woman was found fatally beaten inside a Rogers Park apartment on Monday evening, Chicago police said

Bank robber sprays irritant on North Side, 1 taken to hospital

May 3, 2023 7:16 AM CWBChicago

One person was taken to the hospital after a bank robber sprayed a chemical irritant inside a Chase Bank on Chicago’s North Side yesterday morning.

16-time convicted felon burglarized 3 businesses while on parole: prosecutors

May 3, 2023 6:47 AM CWBChicago

A 16-time convicted felon is now accused of burglarizing three businesses in Logan Square and Bucktown while on parole.

Man tried lure girls into an SUV in Rogers Park, Chicago police warn

May 2, 2023 8:07 PM CWBChicago

Police are warning about a man who tried to lure two girls into an SUV in Rogers Park on Monday morning.

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.