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Charges filed after victim gets shot while disarming robber during online sale meetup

August 2, 2025 5:14 AM CWBChicago

A 20-year-old man is facing felony charges after police say he shot a 19-year-old during a social media marketplace robbery Thursday night in Roseland.

Armed man in disguise dumped Molotov cocktail into NW Side school dumpster: prosecutors

August 1, 2025 6:34 PM Tim Hecke

A 61-year-old man has been detained after police and prosecutors say he wore a disguise, brought a gun onto school grounds, and tossed a Molotov cocktail into a dumpster outside Horizon Science Academy. The CPD Bomb Squad responded and found two additional guns in his car.

CPS teacher traded child porn on Telegram: feds

August 1, 2025 12:48 PM Tim Hecke

A CPS teacher was arrested on federal charges of distributing child pornography after FBI agents tracked his Telegram account. Prosecutors say he shared 13 explicit videos and faces 5–20 years in prison.

11 year federal sentence for man who terrorized cabbies and rideshare drivers in a 4-day robbery spree

August 1, 2025 10:27 AM Tim Hecke

A Chicago man who robbed two taxi drivers and an Uber driver at gunpoint during a 4-day spree has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison. Prosecutors say Anthony Reed threatened to kill his victims and pistol-whipped one cabbie before fleeing with their cash and belongings.

FBI: Prison drug-smuggling probe leads to raid on Calumet City home

August 1, 2025 9:54 AM Tim Hecke

Federal officials say a Calumet City man mailed drug-soaked paper and synthetic drugs to prisons in Illinois and beyond. A raid on Denis Joiner’s home turned up a suspected drug lab, fake IDs, and shipping materials. Prosecutors say his case reflects a growing jail contraband crisis.

Victims found bleeding in streets of 2 former ShotSpotter areas as witnesses stay silent

August 1, 2025 9:01 AM Tim Hecke

A man and a 19-year-old woman were shot on back-to-back nights in two Chicago neighborhoods where the city’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection network once operated—but in both cases, nobody called 911 to report the gunfire.

Victim shot while disarming robber during social media marketplace meetup; suspect detained

August 1, 2025 7:36 AM CWBChicago

A robbery victim was shot while disarming a man who allegedly tried to rob him during a social media marketplace meetup in Roseland on Thursday night, according to a preliminary Chicago police report.

Month: August 2025

Charges filed after victim gets shot while disarming robber during online sale meetup

Armed man in disguise dumped Molotov cocktail into NW Side school dumpster: prosecutors

CPS teacher traded child porn on Telegram: feds

11 year federal sentence for man who terrorized cabbies and rideshare drivers in a 4-day robbery spree

FBI: Prison drug-smuggling probe leads to raid on Calumet City home

Victims found bleeding in streets of 2 former ShotSpotter areas as witnesses stay silent

Victim shot while disarming robber during social media marketplace meetup; suspect detained

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