May 2025 - Page 9 of 12

Hit-and-run driver was going 83 mph with alcohol level nearly 3x the legal limit: prosecutors

May 8, 2025 9:09 AM CWBChicago

A hit-and-run driver with a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit was going 83 mph on Division Street moments before he slammed into another car, causing severe injuries to its driver, prosecutors say.

5 ‘illegal migrant’ juveniles arrested at Oakbrook Center on felony charges

May 8, 2025 6:50 AM CWBChicago

Five illegal migrants, all juveniles, face a mix of burglary and robbery charges for two incidents at the Oakbrook Center shopping mall on Monday, officials said. Judge Chantelle Porter ordered three of them detained.

16 years for murdering man during River North road roage altercation

May 8, 2025 5:45 AM CWBChicago

A judge on Wednesday sentenced a man to 16 years for fatally stabbing another driver during a road rage altercation in River North two summers ago. Alan Saenz Perez, 28, cut a deal with prosecutors in which he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder.

Man who fatally shot another man in self-defense gets sent to prison for illegally possessing the gun he used

May 7, 2025 11:38 AM CWBChicago

A man who freely admitted that he shot and killed another man in Rogers Park has been sentenced to four years in prison for illegally possessing the firearm he used in the shooting.

Man charged at cop while swinging a knife before officers shot him dead, oversight agency says

May 7, 2025 11:10 AM CWBChicago

Police body camera footage shows that a man disregarded the officers’ orders and charged toward them while swinging a knife before the cops shot and killed him on Monday, officials said.

Enraged by inability to perform with prostitute, man beat acquaintance with a dumbbell, prosecutors claim

May 7, 2025 7:55 AM Tim Hecke

Prosecutors say a drug dealer beat one of his customers to death with a dumbbell during a rage fueled by his inability to perform after hiring a prostitute. Chicago police detectives used facial recognition technology to identify 34-year-old Carlos Esquivel Aguilar as the suspect.

Another shooting victim found lying alone on the West Side in an area that used to be served by ShotSpotter

May 7, 2025 6:00 AM Tim Hecke

A homeless man who unintentionally shot himself waited about 15 minutes for help to arrive because nobody called 911 to report the gunshot that injured him on Tuesday morning. He is the second gunshot victim this week who could have received a more timely emergency response had Mayor Brandon Johnson. Both of those shootings occurred in the 28th Ward, represented by Ald. Jason Ervin, who supported Johnson’s decision.

Carjacker busted by federal chopper crew and 2 AirTags gets 15 year prison sentence

May 6, 2025 7:17 PM CWBChicago

A man has been slapped with a 15-year prison sentence for carjacking a Lincoln Park resident in October 2023. Noah Sidney picked a bad time to hijack the man because a high-tech federal helicopter was working an anti-carjacking mission above Chicago that night.

Man gets 15 years for robbing 4 Subway sandwich shops in downtown Chicago, suburbs

May 6, 2025 6:45 PM CWBChicago

A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbing a string of Subway sandwich shops in downtown Chicago and in Melrose Park.

AWOL gun offender sought after woman’s shot in Rogers Park

May 6, 2025 3:40 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are looking for a man who’s AWOL from a felony gun case after a woman was shot in Rogers Park on Monday night.

It’s prison time for man who robbed a bank 3 days after being acquitted of bank robbery

May 5, 2025 5:05 PM Tim Hecke

Three days after a federal jury found Mohamed Worku not guilty of robbing a Little Village bank, he got arrested for robbing another bank. Once again, he took the case to a jury trial. But he lost this time.

Feds unveil $1,000 payout for migrants who deport themselves with an app; Chicago resident is the first taker

May 5, 2025 4:55 PM The Center Square

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on Monday another incentive for self-deportation: a $1,000 stipend and the first payout went to a man who shipped himself from Chicago back to Honduras.

2 men, juvenile charged with robbing Red Line passenger of electric scooter in Uptown

May 5, 2025 2:09 PM CWBChicago

Two men and a teenage boy face robbery charges after they allegedly attacked a CTA passenger and took his electric scooter in Uptown. Officials said one of the accused men had just started probation for possessing a machine gun two weeks before the robbery occurred.

Month: May 2025