April 2025 - Page 11 of 11

Missing 5-year-old may have been abducted by father, Chicago police say (UPDATE: She’s safe!)

April 3, 2025 6:24 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are asking for help as they try to locate a 5-year-old girl who may have been abducted by her father on Wednesday.

California man stole woman’s phone as they waited for a flight at Midway Airport, officials say

April 2, 2025 7:54 PM CWBChicago

A California man faces felony charges for allegedly stealing a woman’s phone as they prepared to board a flight at Midway International Airport.

City’s own surveillance footage proves cops arrested the wrong guys after Uptown mugging, attorneys say

April 2, 2025 2:06 PM Tim Hecke

Two Uptown men are getting a fresh start after their attorneys, using the city’s own video footage, proved they were not responsible for robbing a man in Uptown last summer.

16-time convicted felon gets 3 years for burglarizing restaurant (while on parole for burglarizing restaurants)

April 2, 2025 1:29 PM Tim Hecke

A 16-time convicted felon who received a two-year sentence for burglarizing three Uptown restaurants in 2022 has been sentenced to three more years in prison for—you guessed it—burglarizing an Uptown restaurant while on parole in 2023.

Police license plate recordings are not unconstitutional searches, federal judge finds

April 2, 2025 10:16 AM Tim Hecke

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by two Cook County residents who claimed that a network of license plate readers operated by the state amounts to the unlawful search of motorists.

Shooting victim refused to cooperate with police, but detectives tracked down the 16-year-old gunman anyway. Charges filed.

April 1, 2025 7:24 PM Tim Hecke

A 19-year-old man who nearly died after being shot inside a West Side convenience store has not been cooperating with Chicago police detectives. But that didn’t stop the investigators from figuring out who shot him, and it didn’t stop prosecutors from filing charges, either.

12 years for trying to carjack a man across the street from a Chicago police station

April 1, 2025 6:36 PM Tim Hecke

Deangelo Coleman has been featured in his share of CWBChicago stories. A phone snatching in 2016. Attacking and robbing a Lakeview woman in 2021. Trying to carjack a driver in Wrigleyville last April.

Woman grabbed, robbed while walking home in Albany Park

April 1, 2025 2:22 PM CWBChicago

An assailant grabbed a woman from behind and robbed her near her home in Albany Park early Tuesday. It happened around 3:50 a.m. in the 3800 block of West Leland.

New law would ban fines, criminal penalties for homeless people occupying public land

April 1, 2025 2:03 PM Tim Hecke

A growing group of Illinois legislators is sponsoring legislation that would prohibit local governments from enforcing fines or criminal penalties when “people experiencing unsheltered homelessness” occupy or engage in “life-sustaining activities” on public property.

4 women, 3 men attacked and robbed Red Line passenger, police say

April 1, 2025 11:35 AM CWBChicago

Police are looking for seven people, including four women, who are responsible for attacking and robbing a Red Line passenger.

Man accused of cheating casinos out of $219,000 gets probation

April 1, 2025 7:38 AM Tim Hecke

A California man accused of cheating Chicago-area casinos out of $219,000 has cut a deal with prosecutors. Jianchu Liu, 48, who faced a felony count of cheating at a gambling game, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of misdemeanor theft on Friday.

Month: April 2025

Missing 5-year-old may have been abducted by father, Chicago police say (UPDATE: She’s safe!)

California man stole woman’s phone as they waited for a flight at Midway Airport, officials say

City’s own surveillance footage proves cops arrested the wrong guys after Uptown mugging, attorneys say

16-time convicted felon gets 3 years for burglarizing restaurant (while on parole for burglarizing restaurants)

Police license plate recordings are not unconstitutional searches, federal judge finds

Shooting victim refused to cooperate with police, but detectives tracked down the 16-year-old gunman anyway. Charges filed.

12 years for trying to carjack a man across the street from a Chicago police station

Woman grabbed, robbed while walking home in Albany Park

New law would ban fines, criminal penalties for homeless people occupying public land

4 women, 3 men attacked and robbed Red Line passenger, police say

Man accused of cheating casinos out of $219,000 gets probation

2 critically injured shooting victims wait 8 minutes for someone to call 911 on a block once covered by ShotSpotter

65 years for beating man to death with a board — and then robbing the fallen victim

Jury hits Lincoln Towing with $2.85 million verdict, including record punitive damages

CPD commander says cop ‘tripped and ran into’ his squad car during foot pursuit

GM to pay $220 million over allegations it spied on drivers, sold data to insurers