Month: October 2023

An 18-year-old man with an extensive juvenile record worked with two teenagers to rob Chicago’s beloved tamale vendors at gunpoint, prosecutors say.

Chicago police are questioning a suspect after three police impersonators robbed and tried to kidnap a man in Bridgeport on Monday afternoon. Much of the assault was recorded on video shared with CWBChicago.

William Groves, the man Chicago police say shot 15 people at a Halloween party over the weekend was convicted of attempted murder in 2008 and acquitted of first-degree murder in 1997, according to Cook County court records.

A man allegedly found carrying $3.5 million worth of cocaine in his luggage at Chicago Midway International Airport was released to await trial by a judge, who told him to stay in Illinois and show up to court.

An 18-year-old man who was found fatally stabbed in a West Side alley may have been part of a robbery crew that crossed paths with the wrong victim, according to multiple Chicago law enforcement sources.

A Chicago man has been sentenced to 10 years for a pair of carjackings in West Town and Humboldt Park.