Month: December 2023

A Calumet City man has been detained to await trial after prosecutors accused him of killing a woman in a DUI collision while he was awaiting trial in an earlier DUI case.

A Chicago man is charged with robbing and carjacking two people about five weeks after a judge released him from custody on the fourth day of Illinois’ new “cashless bail” system.

A 16-year-old Chicago boy driving a stolen Kia shot and killed two people last week while he was awaiting trial for another stolen motor vehicle case, prosecutors say.

A “Kia Boy” who crashed a stolen car while fleeing police at 80 mph, then ran from the scene as two of his passengers remained in the wreckage with broken bones, has been handed a three-year sentence.

A 5-year-old boy who was found unresponsive at the city’s largest migrant shelter on Sunday afternoon has died. Now, Chicago police are conducting a death investigation.

Chicago police say a veteran scam artist robbed two women at gunpoint of cash and a luxury watch while he was on bail for allegedly defrauding victims by posting as a representative of a charity aligned with Chance the Rapper.