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Month: June 2024

Citywide

Driver who plowed into crowd outside White Sox game gets 4½-year sentence

June 26, 2024 3:55 AM Tim Hecke
A man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for plowing his car into a group of people outside a White Sox game last June.

Citywide

Cop killing teen was supposed to be on home confinement for a gun case, prosecutors say

June 25, 2024 7:25 PM Tim Hecke
A 16-year-old boy was supposed to be on house arrest for a pending gun case when he helped murder retired Chicago Police Officer Larry Neuman last Thursday morning, prosecutors said.

West Town

Migrant carjacked by migrants outside migrant shelter: report

June 25, 2024 6:21 AM CWBChicago
A group of migrants attacked, robbed, and carjacked another migrant outside the city’s shelter at 1358 North Elston, across from the Salt Shed, on Monday evening.

Citywide

2 men planned revenge killing via text, talked about it on social media: prosecutors

June 25, 2024 6:08 AM Tim Hecke
Two Chicago men have been jailed to await trial on murder and conspiracy charges after prosecutors said they planned a revenge killing via text message and then talked about the murder on social media.

Rogers Park

Another man murdered near Howard CTA station, 2nd in 8 days

June 25, 2024 4:55 AM CWBChicago
A man was shot and killed near the Howard CTA station in Rogers Park this morning, the second person murdered there in eight days.

Uptown

North Side alderman wrongly claims her ward has ShotSpotter and says it doesn’t work

June 24, 2024 5:42 PM Tim Hecke
A North Side alderman whose ward does not host a single ShotSpotter device recently told a community meeting something different: that her ward does have ShotSpotter, and it recently failed to work.

Citywide

He carjacked a man 6 days after a judge took him off electronic monitoring in another carjacking case, officials say

June 24, 2024 4:30 PM Tim Hecke
Six days after a Cook County judge removed Isaiah Roach’s ankle monitor in a pending carjacking case, Roach carjacked another driver in DuPage County, officials said today.

Loop

3 robberies reported in 15 minutes from the Loop to West Loop

June 24, 2024 10:42 AM CWBChicago
Police are investigating three robberies that unfolded within about 15 minutes overnight, starting downtown and ending near the West Loop. It is unclear if the cases are related.

River North

Shots fired in River North overnight, police supervisor terminates pursuit of suspects

June 24, 2024 6:48 AM CWBChicago
Police briefly pursued a vehicle occupied by two gunmen after shots were fired in River North overnight. A CPD supervisor ordered officers to terminate efforts to stop the suspects’ vehicle.

Humboldt Park

12-year-old girl shot in Humboldt Park

June 24, 2024 6:00 AM CWBChicago
A 12-year-old girl was shot while riding in a car in Humboldt Park on Sunday night.

Citywide

Felony charge for driver who tossed Big Gulp on Kim Foxx during roadway dispute

June 23, 2024 7:00 PM Tim Hecke
Prosecutors have charged a suburban man with two felonies after he allegedly threw a Big Gulp on Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx during an argument near her Flossmoor home.

Citywide

Gunman killed Jai’Mani Rivera 2 weeks after cutting off ankle monitor: prosecutors

June 23, 2024 6:28 AM Tim Hecke
The 16-year-old boy accused of killing 7-year-old Jai’Mani Amir Rivera this week cut off the ankle monitor he was wearing for a pending felony case about two weeks before committing the murder, officials said Saturday.

Citywide

$85,000 in rewards offered after retired Chicago cop, the city’s longest-serving bomb squad tech, is murdered outside his home

June 22, 2024 2:36 PM Tim Hecke
Chicago police are asking for help identifying two men allegedly responsible for murdering a beloved retiree, the longest-serving member of the department’s bomb squad. Rewards are offered.

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Man gets 4 years for violent downtown robberies that left some victims unconscious

October 22, 2026 7:00 PM

Blue Line robber with warrants in 3 counties is caught after passengers complain he’s smoking crack on the CTA — while on electronic monitoring

October 22, 2026 8:40 AM

Woman pushed 73-year-old man from CTA bus in the Loop: prosecutors

October 22, 2026 7:45 AM

Man charged with attempted murder in Jefferson Park Blue Line shooting

October 22, 2026 4:33 AM

Venezuelan men get 6 years for robbing 3 women inside Buena Park apartment building

October 22, 2026 3:58 AM

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