May 2023

Man passed fake $100s marked ‘copy’ at Logan Square supermarket, prosecutors say

May 29, 2023 10:14 AM CWBChicago

Forgery charges have been filed against a Chicago man who allegedly passed fake $100 bills at a Logan Square grocery store, including one with the word “COPY” printed on it.

Loop bank robbers convicted after ditching DNA-laden cap at Christkindlmarket

May 29, 2023 7:38 AM CWBChicago

A twice-convicted bank robber and a female accomplice have been convicted of robbing another bank in downtown Chicago, largely because they ditched a winter cap in a trash can at the annual Christkindlmarket while fleeing the scene.

Girl, 2, accidentally shot herself in Rogers Park, police say

May 28, 2023 8:39 PM CWBChicago

A 2-year-old girl shot herself in the hand after finding a firearm inside a Rogers Park apartment on Sunday afternoon, according to initial information from Chicago police.

No bail for Chicago ‘peacekeeper’ charged with beating, robbing man in Little Village

May 28, 2023 12:07 PM Tim Hecke

A Chicago man who wore a neon yellow “peacekeepers” vest helped a group of people beat and rob a motorist in Little Village on Friday night, according to a Chicago Police Department report.

Chicago man tried to sexually assault woman on Blue Line, touched second woman: prosecutors

May 28, 2023 6:32 AM CWBChicago

CHICAGO — Prosecutors have charged a Chicago man with repeatedly punching a woman during an attempted sexual assault aboard a Blue Line train and inappropriately touching another woman on the train line the next night.

Triple shooting overnight is Lakeview’s 3rd shooting since Thursday

May 28, 2023 5:22 AM CWBChicago

Three men were shot near the corner of Broadway and Barry in Lakeview early Sunday, Chicago police said. It’s the third shooting in the immediate area since Thursday.

At least 9 robbed in an hour Saturday morning in Humboldt Park, Near West Side

May 27, 2023 8:10 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating another robbery spree on the Near West Side after at least eight people were robbed at gunpoint in about an hour Saturday morning.

2 injured when out-of-town cop’s gun fires inside River North hotel room

May 27, 2023 5:37 PM CWBChicago

An off-duty Michigan police officer shot himself in the hand and injured another person while handling his firearm in a downtown Chicago hotel room on Saturday afternoon.

Robbers force victims to Venmo them money in Wrigleyville, North Center

May 27, 2023 9:45 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating two recent robberies on the North Side where offenders Venmoed themselves money from the victims’ phones.

Man shot, critically wounded in West Loop

May 27, 2023 7:28 AM CWBChicago

A man is in critical condition after being shot while standing on a West Loop street corner overnight, Chicago police said.

Man spent 20 hours in jail after alderman signed a criminal complaint without reading it (body cam video)

December 7, 2023 2:21 PM

Newly-acquired Chicago police body camera video shows an Albany Park man being arrested for battering a Chicago alderman at a River North bar, even though the alderman says that’s not what happened.

Following overnight murder, West Loop alderman puts mayor’s office on blast: ’eminently foreseeable that someone was going to get killed’

December 7, 2023 12:22 PM

Ald. Bill Conway put Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office on blast Thursday, hours after a man was murdered steps from a homeless camp the alderman has been trying to get Johnson’s office to address.

Package thieves blasted victim with bear spray: Chicago police report

December 7, 2023 8:18 AM

Two North Siders blasted a woman in the face with bear spray while stealing packages from her apartment building vestibule, according to a Chicago police report.