September 2023

No bail for man accused of carjacking BMW with woman, 9-month-old inside

September 10, 2023 3:38 PM CWBChicago

A Cook County judge has held a Chicago man without bail after prosecutors accused him of carjacking a BMW in West Town while a woman and her 9-month-old son were inside the vehicle.

Vandals smash windows, tag, smoke bomb North Side Chase Bank, AT&T facility

September 10, 2023 9:21 AM CWBChicago

Witnesses said more than a dozen people smashed windows and painted graffiti at a Chase bank and a block-long AT&T facility near the Uptown-Andersonville border on Saturday night.

Third man charged with Chicago Prada store robbery, a crime two men have already gone to prison for

September 10, 2023 7:19 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors this week charged a man with participating in the January 2022 robbery of the Prada store in downtown Chicago.

After students are robbed in weekend crime spree, DePaul acknowledges ‘sad reality’ of Chicago crime

September 10, 2023 6:44 AM CWBChicago

After several DePaul University students were targeted in a robbery spree across the school’s Lincoln Park campus, university officials issued a statement on Saturday acknowledging the “sad reality” of criminal activity in Chicago.

3 tourists attacked, robbed in downtown robberies wait hours for Chicago police to respond

September 9, 2023 7:24 PM CWBChicago

Three tourists were beaten and robbed in a pair of attacks in downtown Chicago early Saturday, two in the Loop and the other in River North. It’s not clear if the robberies are related.

Man gets 7 years for carjacking committed while on electronic monitoring robbery

September 9, 2023 5:01 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago man has been sentenced to seven years for carjacking a woman while he was supposed to be on house arrest for pending gun and armed robbery charges.

Chicago man shot woman on expressway just days after buying a gun and ammo, Illinois State Police say

September 9, 2023 11:10 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man shot a woman five times on a South Side Expressway less than three weeks after he bought a handgun and ammunition matching the kind found at the shooting scene, the Illinois State Police allege in court documents.

Chicago man charged with battering, robbing 12-year-old boy

September 9, 2023 8:17 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a 6’2″-tall Chicago man with battering and robbing a 12-year-old boy on the South Side this week.

Women attacked, robbed in a series of robberies near DePaul University campus overnight

September 9, 2023 7:22 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating four robberies reported in under 30 minutes in Lincoln Park on Saturday morning, with most of the crimes occurring near the DePaul University campus.

Man critically wounded in Fulton Market District shooting, Chicago police say

September 9, 2023 6:02 AM CWBChicago

A man was shot in the Fulton River District overnight, just moments after security from a nearby nightclub called Chicago police to report a man with a gun on the street.

Group mugs man in River North as Chicago police warn of similar attacks in the Loop

September 24, 2023 4:13 AM

A man was attacked and robbed by four men as he walked in River North early Saturday, Chicago police said.

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.