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Month: February 2025
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Chicago cops looking for 3 suspects who violently attacked and robbed a Red Line passenger
Three robbers, all believed to be between 15 and 20 years old, violently attacked and robbed a passenger on the Red Line last week, Chicago police said in a press release issued Monday evening. Detectives included CTA surveillance images of the three suspects in the media release and asked for help identifying them.
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New York man mailed thousands of packages of counterfeit drugs to people across America, including federal agents in Chicago: complaint
Federal agents say a Buffalo, NY, man mailed thousands of counterfeit prescription pills to people across the United States, including an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Chicago. Some of the pills contained the extremely deadly chemical fentanyl, while others contained ketamine, and still others contained no controlled substances at all, according to a federal complaint.
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Citywide
7+ years printing $100 bills at home, recruiting runaway girl to help spend it
A Chicago man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for manufacturing counterfeit $100 bills and then recruiting girls, sometimes runaways, to pass the fake money so he could profit from his efforts. This is the “fifth time in just over eight years” that Marquise Shores, 28, has been sentenced for counterfeiting currency and checks since 2016, federal prosecutors said in a court filing.
West Garfield Park
Man nearly beat stranger to death with chunk of concrete after being arrested twice in 3 days: prosecutors
A multi-convicted felon had quite a week in early November: charged with a felony on November 2, released by a judge on November 3, arrested for trespassing on November 4, released by another judge on November 5, and, on November 6, prosecutors say, he nearly beat a man to death with a chunk of concrete.