Month: December 2023

A judge ordered Damarion Walker jailed after prosecutors accused him of firing a gun during a domestic altercation. Another judge let him out. Two days later, Chicago cops arrested him for allegedly possessing another gun.

Prosecutors have accused a downstate man of fatally shooting a pot dealer during a disagreement over the authenticity of a $100 bill in Chicago last year.

A man was shot and critically injured on the Near North Side on Monday morning, Chicago police said. The gunman remains at large.

A website built for an MBA class has been mistaken for a real business, leading to false allegations that the new chief of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office Conviction Review Unit has been operating a side business linking attorneys with prisoners who want to pursue wrongful conviction claims.

A man who’s on parole for robbing the Prada store on Oak Street may be heading back to prison soon after Chicago police arrested him for allegedly robbing a utility crew of a sewer camera.

Victor Barrera Silva has managed to get arrested three times since October 13, and he spunkily flipped off the Chicago police mugshot camera two of those times.

Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering a $15,000 reward for information that helps Chicago police solve the murder of Salvador Herrera.