May 2024 - CWB Chicago

‘Someone in Chicago needs to step up’ management says after Lakeview bike shop gets burglarized again

May 31, 2024 9:06 AM CWBChicago

Burglars have targeted Heritage Bikes & Coffee on Lincoln Avenue before. You may remember our stories. This morning, the Lakeview shop got burglarized again.

Man killed by CPD while stabbing a victim in front of officers had been ordered to drop his knife, CPD, COPA say. His family disagrees.

May 31, 2024 7:40 AM CWBChicago

The office responsible for investigating shootings by Chicago police officers confirmed on Thursday that the man shot and killed by police this week ignored their commands to drop a knife and was in the process of stabbing a victim repeatedly when the officers opened fire.

Man shot at off-duty deputy’s car while on felony pretrial release, prosecutors say

May 31, 2024 6:40 AM Tim Hecke

A Chicago man has been detained as a public safety risk after prosecutors accused him of shooting toward an off-duty Cook County sheriff’s deputy while on felony pretrial release.

20 years for man who killed 1, injured 2 in downtown Chicago subway shooting

May 31, 2024 5:51 AM Tim Hecke

The man accused of an “execution-style” shooting inside a downtown Chicago subway tunnel that left one dead and two others was handed a 20-year sentence on Thursday.

16-year-old robber accidentally shot his accomplice while mugging CTA passenger: police

May 30, 2024 6:49 PM CWBChicago

A 16-year-old boy unintentionally shot his 17-year-old accomplice as they robbed a man aboard a Green Line train, Chicago police said.

Serial thief who poses as an Uber driver gets prison time. Again.

May 30, 2024 5:51 PM CWBChicago

A man who has been convicted time and time again of stealing people’s credit cards while posing as an Uber driver in Chicago’s nightlife districts is back in prison for a while.

Roscoe Village robbery spree is linked to violent crew that has robbed dozens and shot a bystander, police say

May 30, 2024 1:38 PM CWBChicago

A robbery spree in Roscoe Village on Sunday morning is part of a crime pattern involving armed men who’ve committed at least 15 robberies in the past two weeks, according to Chicago police

Not guilty! Woman who stole squad car and backed over a Chicago cop was insane, judge rules

May 30, 2024 5:49 AM CWBChicago

The woman who ran over a Chicago police officer with his own squad car after he stopped to help her on the West Side was found not guilty by a Cook County judge yesterday.

Not smiling any more: Tipster helps cops identify at least one CTA robbery suspect featured in community alert

May 30, 2024 3:35 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are crediting an observant community member for helping them bring charges against a 15-year-old boy who robbed a woman at the Grand Red Line station last week.

With shootings, robberies, and sex attacks way up, Chicago alderman says she will no longer share crime alerts because they create a bad ‘perception’

May 29, 2024 9:11 PM Tim Hecke

In a North Side ward where four people have been shot in the past week, and robberies and sex crimes are at their highest level in over a decade, the local alderman announced on Wednesday that she would no longer post crime alerts on social media or send crime alerts to her constituent email list.

Month: May 2024

‘Someone in Chicago needs to step up’ management says after Lakeview bike shop gets burglarized again

Man killed by CPD while stabbing a victim in front of officers had been ordered to drop his knife, CPD, COPA say. His family disagrees.

Man shot at off-duty deputy’s car while on felony pretrial release, prosecutors say

20 years for man who killed 1, injured 2 in downtown Chicago subway shooting

16-year-old robber accidentally shot his accomplice while mugging CTA passenger: police

Serial thief who poses as an Uber driver gets prison time. Again.

Roscoe Village robbery spree is linked to violent crew that has robbed dozens and shot a bystander, police say

Not guilty! Woman who stole squad car and backed over a Chicago cop was insane, judge rules

Not smiling any more: Tipster helps cops identify at least one CTA robbery suspect featured in community alert

With shootings, robberies, and sex attacks way up, Chicago alderman says she will no longer share crime alerts because they create a bad ‘perception’

Man gets 7 years for robbing CTA passengers on Blue, Green Line

Bucktown homeowners caught burglar red-handed, Chicago police report says

Man gets 6 years for sexually assaulting girl he dragged into lakefront bird sanctuary

Man murdered girlfriend hours after she filed domestic battery report with police, prosecutors say

Woman left drugs near toddler who died of overdose in East Garfield Park, prosecutors say

Police warn of 19 auto thefts across Fulton Market, West Town

Suburban lab executive faked 380,000 COVID tests in $66 million fraud, feds say

He pleaded guilty to an attempted murder he didn’t commit. But an Illinois court refuses to give him a certificate of innocence