Month: April 2024

A nine-time convicted felon is accused of violently robbing two women at gunpoint while on pretrial release for a felony drug charge.

A relative of Xavier Tate, Jr., the man authorities say killed Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca is facing felony gun charges after he allegedly tossed a gun over a backyard fence as cops investigating Huesca’s murder began to walk through his home.

Regular CWBChicago readers will soon see four new names mentioned frequently in our reports. That’s because half of the judges who currently handle pretrial hearings, known as “bond court” during the cash bail era, are rotating to new assignments. And four judges will be replacing them.

As a nationwide search for the man accused of murdering Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca continues, his family is asking Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker to stay away from his funeral today, according to three reports.

The armed security guard at a West Side Chicago liquor store “has been contributing to society through drug sales and guns for decades,” prosecutors said in a court filing.