January 2025 - Page 11 of 12

Woman charged with murdering man, sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl

January 5, 2025 7:52 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors this week charged a Chicago woman with murdering a man last summer and, in an unrelated case, sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in 2023.

Probation for man who allegedly hijacked banking apps on the Magnificent Mile

January 4, 2025 4:54 PM CWBChicago

A man accused of stealing cash by posing as a charity solicitor and hijacking the Zelle accounts of people who agreed to donate has been sentenced to two years of “second chance probation.”

Armed robber gets shot, arrested while running from crime scene

January 4, 2025 4:04 PM CWBChicago

An armed robber is hospitalized in police custody after he got shot while trying to escape with two accomplices in Chatham on Saturday morning. The other two men remain on the loose.

Man murdered his long-time girlfriend in Chicago’s first homicide of 2025, prosecutors say

January 4, 2025 1:47 PM Tim Hecke

A Lawndale man is charged with killing his long-time girlfriend as they celebrated the new year with the woman’s 18-year-old daughter early on January 1. The murder of 43-year-old Martina Mosby was Chicago’s first homicide of 2025.

Food truck workers among 6 robbed during Friday morning crime spree

January 4, 2025 8:42 AM CWBChicago

At least six people, including food truck workers and their customer, were robbed at gunpoint during a holdup spree that stretched from River West to East Garfield Park on Friday morning. The crimes are the latest in a series of similar robbery sprees that have hit the area since November 22.

Mother charged with murder of 1-year-old daughter in Humboldt Park

January 4, 2025 6:29 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a woman with killing her one-year-old daughter in their Humboldt Park home on December 20.

Cops launch probe after suburban man claims Trump Tower will be attacked

January 4, 2025 5:42 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police increased their presence at the Trump International Hotel and Tower in River North after a suburban police department received a threat against the building on Friday evening.

Prosecutors slap man with 8 felony shoplifting charges even though none of the thefts exceed the state’s felony threshold. Here’s why.

January 3, 2025 11:26 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors this week charged a Chicago man with eight felony counts of retail theft, saying he repeatedly shoplifted from the same Lakeview store during August and September. But none of the alleged thefts involved merchandise worth more than $300, the legal threshold for felony charges in Illinois.

Off-duty cop carjacked at gunpoint in Bucktown

January 3, 2025 7:23 AM CWBChicago

An off-duty police officer was carjacked at gunpoint in Bucktown on Thursday evening.

Cops shoot, kill armed man while responding to domestic incident, CPD says

January 3, 2025 6:24 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police officers shot and killed a man who advanced toward them while armed with a knife early Friday, according to a statement issued by the police department.

Citing recent terror attacks, alderman demands better protection from vehicular attacks at neighborhood festivals

January 2, 2025 7:03 PM Tim Hecke

In the wake of Wednesday’s terrorist attack on Bourbon Street that killed 15 people in New Orleans, a Chicago alderman wants many of the security measures seen at recent Pride Parades to become standard procedure at street festivals across the city.

Chicago has ‘work to do’ despite lower violent crime numbers in 2024

January 2, 2025 4:48 PM The Center Square

Superintendent Larry Snelling announced the city’s reduced violent crime numbers for 2024 this week. Police reported an 8% reduction in homicides, a 7% reduction in shootings, and a 4% reduction in shooting victims compared with 2023. But he says there’s a lot of work to do.

2 charged after cops recover 4 firearms, including a rifle and a machine gun, on the Magnificent Mile

January 2, 2025 7:19 AM Tim Hecke

Chicago cops investigating a wanted vehicle on the Magnificent Mile arrested two men and recovered four loaded firearms, including a machine gun and a rifle, according to CPD reports.

Month: January 2025