June 2023

2 men arrested, 200+ catalytic converters seized on Chicago’s West Side

June 30, 2023 9:11 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police arrested two men and recovered more than 200 catalytic converters from a building on the city’s West Side on Friday.

Businessman convicted of selling N-95 masks for $19.95 each during COVID outbreak: ‘I did $1 million in the last couple weeks’

June 30, 2023 2:14 PM CWBChicago

A suburban Chicago businessman faces up to a year in federal prison for selling N-95 masks for up to $19.95 each during the early days of the COVID pandemic.

Former Chicago Bulls star Ben Gordon pleads guilty to battering McDonald’s security guards

June 30, 2023 10:54 AM CWBChicago

Former Chicago Bulls star Ben Gordon has pleaded guilty to battering two security guards at the former Rock ‘n’ Roll McDonalds last year.

3 more robbed in Lincoln Park overnight as crime pattern keeps growing

June 30, 2023 7:24 AM CWBChicago

Hours after Chicago police issued a fresh community alert about a growing number of robberies in Lincoln Park, three more people were robbed in the neighborhood overnight.

2 charged after feds seize fentanyl, cocaine worth $1.56 million on North Side

June 29, 2023 1:53 PM CWBChicago

Two Chicago men are accused of possessing narcotics worth a combined $1.56 million.

DePaul student among 4 victims in overnight robbery, carjacking spree

June 29, 2023 11:08 AM CWBChicago

Another wave of robberies and carjackings rolled through Lincoln Park overnight, repeating a pattern that first emerged several weeks ago in the Chicago neighborhood.

Mom, activist claim prosecutors made false allegations to support now-dropped murder charge

June 29, 2023 10:01 AM CWBChicago

Carlishia Hood appeared on Facebook Live with Chicago community activist Jedidah Brown on Wednesday evening, revealing new details about what happeend.

2 men kidnapped woman from North Side bar, raped and robbed her: prosecutors

June 29, 2023 5:51 AM CWBChicago

Two men kidnapped a woman from a Chicago bar and then raped and robbed her inside a North Side apartment, prosecutors said.

Five months after moving to Chicago, he’s charged with 4 armed robberies and a carjacking

June 28, 2023 8:07 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say Jorge Gonzales, who has only lived in Chicago for five months, participated in four armed robberies and a carjacking Monday morning.

After CTA-fueled crowd descends on Lakeview, some see a failure of top-down command, CTA sees a ‘close working relationship’

June 28, 2023 6:56 AM CWBChicago

City officials circled the wagons Tuesday after hundreds of people descended on Lakeview the night before, closing Belmont Avenue for hours after the CTA rejected Chicago police requests to have trains bypass the nearby L station until the situation was under control.