May 2025 - CWB Chicago

DUI driver gets 18 years for 107 mph crash that killed 2, injured 5 on Dan Ryan Expressway

May 31, 2025 6:12 PM CWBChicago

A man who killed two women and injured five others while allegedly driving 107 mph on the Dan Ryan Expressway with a gun on his lap was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Friday.

Couple charged in violent hijacking of construction worker sold his stolen phone at Walmart, prosecutors say

May 31, 2025 5:42 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a man and a woman with violently attacking and robbing a 50-year-old man during a vehicular hijacking, after surveillance video allegedly captured them selling the victim’s stolen cellphone for cash at a Walmart.

Man sexually assaulted woman at gunpoint aboard Blue Line train: CPD report

May 31, 2025 10:08 AM Tim Hecke

A man is in custody after sexually assaulting a 57-year-old woman at gunpoint aboard a Blue Line train on Chicago’s Near West Side, according to a Chicago Police Department report reviewed by CWBChicago.

Drive-by gunman injures 7 near St. Sabina; 50+ rounds fired at crowd ignoring dispersal orders

May 31, 2025 6:41 AM Tim Hecke

A drive-by gunman opened fire on a crowd, injuring seven people and leaving at least 50 shell casings in the street near St. Sabina Church early Saturday. Chicago police tried for more than an hour to get the crowd to break up before the shooting occurred.

Woman sentenced to 6 years for DUI crash that killed bicyclist in Lincoln Square

May 30, 2025 6:58 PM CWBChicago

A North Center woman was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to striking and killing a bicyclist while driving drunk in Lincoln Square.

Parolee punched priest during carjacking attempt outside Holy Name Cathedral: prosecutors

May 30, 2025 10:19 AM Tim Hecke

A man has been charged with punching a Catholic priest during an attempted carjacking outside Holy Name Cathedral, just two days after being released on parole for an armed robbery conviction.

Cop shot, suspect killed during investigatory stop on West Side: CPD

May 30, 2025 5:23 AM Tim Hecke

A Chicago police officer was shot and a suspect was killed during a physical struggle following an investigatory stop on the city’s West Side last night, authorities reported.

CPS teacher sought sex with 13-year-old student in graphic online chats, prosecutors allege

May 29, 2025 7:58 PM Tim Hecke

A teacher at Adlai Stevenson Elementary has been jailed after prosecutors said he engaged in explicit sexual conversations online with a 13-year-old female student from the school.

19-time convicted felon gets 12 years for murdering man aboard CTA train in the Loop

May 29, 2025 6:36 PM Tim Hecke

A 19-time convicted felon was sentenced on Thursday to 12 years in prison for stabbing an acquaintance to death aboard a Blue Line train in the Loop. Travis Cook, 56, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder with provocation in exchange for the sentence from Judge James Novy.

Month: May 2025

DUI driver gets 18 years for 107 mph crash that killed 2, injured 5 on Dan Ryan Expressway

Couple charged in violent hijacking of construction worker sold his stolen phone at Walmart, prosecutors say

Man sexually assaulted woman at gunpoint aboard Blue Line train: CPD report

Drive-by gunman injures 7 near St. Sabina; 50+ rounds fired at crowd ignoring dispersal orders

Woman sentenced to 6 years for DUI crash that killed bicyclist in Lincoln Square

Parolee punched priest during carjacking attempt outside Holy Name Cathedral: prosecutors

Cop shot, suspect killed during investigatory stop on West Side: CPD

CPS teacher sought sex with 13-year-old student in graphic online chats, prosecutors allege

19-time convicted felon gets 12 years for murdering man aboard CTA train in the Loop

5-time felon jailed after cops allegedly see guns, duffel filled with drugs in his parked car

Man charged with hate crime for rant, attack at suburban 7-Eleven

10 years for fentanyl pill-making operation, driving car toward federal agents

Arsonist gets 5 years for setting fires inside downtown Chicago Target store, suburban hotel

Police warn of 19 auto thefts across Fulton Market, West Town

Suburban lab executive faked 380,000 COVID tests in $66 million fraud, feds say

He pleaded guilty to an attempted murder he didn’t commit. But an Illinois court refuses to give him a certificate of innocence

Felon on ankle monitor gets 10 years for attacking, robbing pregnant CTA passenger in the Loop

Man gets 6 years for attacks on women on consecutive days