Near South Side
Protected: Members Only: Near South Side (including South Loop) annual crime statistics 2019 – 2024
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Month: February 2025
River North
Loop
Holy Toledo! Migrant shoplifter with two active arrest warrants in Chicagoland is heading to prison… in Ohio
A Venezuelan migrant with two outstanding arrest warrants for failing to appear in court for two pending felony cases in the Chicago area has surfaced in Ohio. And by “surfaced,” we mean he’s been sent to prison in Ohio for shoplifting merchandise worth more than $10,000 from a Kohl’s in suburban Toledo.
CTA
Citywide
He kidnapped a man and held him for ransom. And then he cut off his ankle monitor and disappeared.
CHICAGO — The sheriff’s office says a man placed on electronic monitoring while awaiting trial for armed robbery and kidnapping charges has cut off his ankle bracelet and disappeared. Dongliang Wang, 31, failed to appear for court on June 13, 2022, and hasn’t been seen since. Officials said he simply walked out of his house
Back of the Yards
Edgewater
Citywide
Boystown
Citywide
2 charged with ripping off people who showed up to complete Facebook Marketplace transactions
It’s been happening for years, but, despite repeated warnings from Chicago police, it keeps happening. We’re talking about robberies that take place when innocent-minded victims show up to buy something they saw online. They think they’re getting a good deal but wind up losing cash and merchandise, sometimes at gunpoint.
Uptown
Uptown murder suspect is on the loose and Chicago cops need help tracking them down
Chicago police have released video clips of the person they believe is responsible for murdering a man in an Uptown alley last autumn. Now, they’re hoping someone will recognize the killer. Around 7:37 p.m. on October 1, police responded to a call about an injured man on the ground and found the 57-year-old victim in
Citywide
Citywide
Chicago cop claims Arizona police wrongfully arrested him during trumped-up traffic stop
As police oversight officials in Chicago are working to determine if changes should be made to CPD’s traffic stop policies and practices, one of our city’s cops says he was the target of an unlawful traffic stop in Arizona last summer. Many of the complaints CPD Officer Jalen Woods aired during interviews with a Phoenix TV reporter echo concerns people have raised about police practices here in Chicago.