April 2024 - Page 2 of 11

Shot fired, 2 robbed within minutes in the West Loop

April 28, 2024 7:07 AM CWBChicago

Armed robbers fired at least one shot as they committed a pair of holdups in the West Loop overnight. The incidents, which took place in an area often bustling with weekend clubgoers, did not result in any reported injuries.

Man shot, killed outside Walgreens in Logan Square

April 28, 2024 6:23 AM CWBChicago

A man is in critical condition after being shot in a Walgreens parking lot in Logan Square overnight.

At least 4 robbed during Saturday morning holdup spree in Albany Park, Hermosa

April 27, 2024 8:27 PM CWBChicago

Armed men went on a quick robbery spree Saturday morning, concentrating their efforts in the Albany Park neighborhood. The crew is suspected of committing at least four robberies, starting around 5:45 a.m.

$100,000 in rewards offered as cops try to locate suspect in the murder of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca

April 27, 2024 6:30 PM Tim Hecke

Rewards totaling $100,000 are now being offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of Xavier L. Tate Jr., the Aurora man that Chicago police say murdered off-duty CPD Officer Luis Huesca last Sunday.

Group plans Mexican Independence Day festival in Grant Park

April 27, 2024 7:31 AM CWBChicago

There’s a new plan for Mexican Independence Day, which has drawn huge car caravans to the Loop that block the streets and fill the air with horns and music as people party all night.

Mag Mile robbery crew stole money from victims’ banking apps, prosecutors say

April 27, 2024 6:52 AM CWBChicago

Robbery charges have been filed against a Chicago man who allegedly worked with accomplices to rob victims on the Magnificent Mile.

He sexually attacked 2 women in Lakeview less than 2 months after getting out of prison for sexual attacks on woman, teen: prosecutors

April 26, 2024 10:17 PM CWBChicago

CHICAGO — A man paroled last month for sex-related crimes against a woman and a teenager is now accused of sexually attacking two more women in Lakeview on Monday evening. As infuriating as those developments are, there is also this: Jeremy Mack has been accused multiple times of trying to abduct or restrain women and

Warrant signed in murder of Chicago police officer

April 26, 2024 8:22 PM Tim Hecke

A Cook County judge today signed an arrest warrant for a man in connection with the murder last weekend of off-duty Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca.

3 get federal prison for robbing UPS truck, carjacking victims in Chicago and suburbs

April 26, 2024 7:20 PM CWBChicago

Three men have been sentenced to federal prison for carrying out a string of robberies and carjackings in Chicago and the suburbs during a two-day spree in August 2020.

Recognize him? Cops say he pulled a woman into a West Loop alley, intending to commit a sex crime

April 26, 2024 8:55 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police say this man pulled a woman into a West Loop alley, apparently intending to commit a sex crime.

Chicago man participated in $210,000 Louis Vuitton raid while on parole for $46,000 Prada raid: prosecutors

April 26, 2024 8:32 AM Tim Hecke

A man charged this week with participating in a $210,000 shoplifting mob raid on a Louis Vuitton store in River North is on parole for carrying out a similar $46,000 raid at the nearby Prada store.

Man charged with burglarizing 5 residential buildings in Lakeview, Lincoln Park

April 26, 2024 6:56 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a Lakeview man with burglarizing five North Side residential buildings since February. All of the break-ins were caught on video, according to Chicago police.

45 months for man who set CTA van on fire in the Loop during 2020 riots

April 25, 2024 6:37 PM CWBChicago

Nearly four years after he helped set a CTA work van on fire in the Loop during the George Floyd riots, Darion Lindsey pleaded guilty to federal charges on Thursday.

Month: April 2024