Three men shot a 72-year-old man during a robbery attempt in Englewood overnight, police said, but the victim waited a long time to get help because nobody called 911 to report the shooting and, unfortunately, the mayor disconnected the neighborhood’s ShotSpotters last year.
A man on pretrial release for two felony cases, including one in which he’s accused of being a felon in possession of a machine gun, was one of the gunmen who opened fire on a group of people in a West Side alley, injuring two victims, earlier this month, prosecutors say.
A woman and a man awaiting trial in connection with the murder of a Lyft driver are facing felony charges for allegedly trying to bribe a correctional officer to sneak illegal drugs into the Cook County Jail.
Prosecutors accusing a man of being part of a prolific ATM theft crew say he and his teammates actively stole cash machines even after Chicago cops investigating the crimes found him carrying heavy chains in his SUV that they suspected were used to yank ATMs from their foundations.
A 16-year-old boy has become the second person charged in connection with the violent robbery of a CTA passenger earlier this year, Chicago police said Thursday.
A man on pretrial release for a felony gun charge shot a teenager during a robbery attempt on the Blue Line, prosecutors say. Malik Washington, 23, was recently identified through DNA testing of a glove police recovered during the investigation.
A woman jailed by a judge after she failed to appear in court at least five times for a stolen motor vehicle case is asking the Illinois Supreme Court to set her free.
A suspected mail thief who unwisely jumped from a third-floor apartment window to escape from Chicago cops last February received a two-year probation sentence on Wednesday.
Federal officials say they have arrested two Venezuelan migrants in connection with the December 2 mass shooting that left three dead and five injured at a house party in Chicago.
Smash-and-grab burglars raided a South Loop jewelry store on Tuesday afternoon, demolishing the display cases and getting away with, as one officer put it, “a lot” of jewelry.
A community safety liaison was beaten and robbed by a group of people as he patrolled Gompers Park on the Northwest Side, prosecutors said as they filed charges against a man accused of participating in the beating.