June 2024 - CWB Chicago

Asked for Foxx ‘Big Gulp’ documents, Flossmoor PD drags its feet (illegally)

June 30, 2024 7:56 PM Tim Hecke

The city of Flossmoor appears to be circling the wagons to keep the public from seeing records related to the alleged battery of one of their town’s most famous residents, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.

At least 20 cars stolen while parked in the Loop this month, CPD says

June 30, 2024 6:44 PM CWBChicago

Thieves have stolen at least 20 vehicles parked on the south end of the Loop this month, Chicago police said in a community alert on Sunday.

Cops need to identify man who robbed woman on Blue Line

June 30, 2024 6:17 PM CWBChicago

Police are trying to identify a man who robbed a woman while riding the Blue Line near Chicago Avenue on Saturday morning.

Man fired shot while trying to hijack a disabled car on Chicago expressway: prosecutors

June 30, 2024 2:52 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a man with firing a gun as he tried to hijack a disabled car on a Chicago expressway this week.

Lincoln Park home invasion, knife attack was completely random, officials say; charges filed

June 30, 2024 7:15 AM CWBChicago

A Lincoln Park man continues to recover from multiple stab wounds he suffered when a home invader entered his house at random and attacked him as he slept on Friday.

Dozens of shots fired during rolling shootout in Albany Park; bystander injured

June 30, 2024 6:43 AM CWBChicago

Gunmen in two cars sprayed dozens of shots at each other as they zoomed down an Albany Park street overnight, police said, leaving a 19-year-old bystander injured.

Woman stabbed, teen shot at 31st Street Beach barely a week after local alderman called for security crackdown

June 30, 2024 6:34 AM CWBChicago

A 17-year-old girl was shot after she stabbed a 26-year-old woman at 31st Street Beach late Saturday night, officials said. It’s the latest in a string of shootings at the beach.

2 migrants face felony gun charges, 1 claims he found the weapon on a beach

June 29, 2024 8:59 PM CWBChicago

Two Venezuelan migrants are facing felony gun charges after they were arrested in separate incidents this month.

Second teen charged with murdering retired Chicago police bomb squad member

June 29, 2024 7:34 PM Tim Hecke

The second teenager accused of murdering retired Chicago Police Officer Larry Neuman was detained by a judge today.

‘Give me your money or I’ll kill you’: Man charged with committing 2 robberies in 10 minutes

June 29, 2024 8:46 AM CWBChicago

“Give me your money or I’ll kill you!” That’s what 27-year-old Joseph Wilson told a woman after walking up behind her in the 1900 block of West 38th Street around 1:15 p.m. on April 25, officials said this week.

16-year-old stabbed, robbed another teen in the Loop, police say

June 29, 2024 8:15 AM CWBChicago

A 16-year-old boy was part of a group that attacked, stabbed, and robbed a 15-year-old in the middle of the Loop last month, Chicago police said today.

Shots fired during altercation between driver, Critical Mass bicycle caravan in Uptown

June 29, 2024 7:15 AM Tim Hecke

Shots were fired as participants in the monthly Critical Mass bike ride clashed with a motorist in Uptown on Friday evening. It is the second month in a row that physical altercations have erupted between drivers and Critical Mass riders.

Chicago man robbed two victims, one 18, the other 81, in under an hour, officials say

June 28, 2024 6:54 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a Chicago man with committing two armed robberies in about an hour, allegedly targeting an 81-year-old man in one case and an 18-year-old student in the other.

Month: June 2024