August 2025 - Page 9 of 13

Prosecutors: Convicted burglar returns to old tactics in West Town spree, caught with gun and heroin

August 12, 2025 5:57 PM Tim Hecke

A man with a history of smashing his way into Chicago homes is back in custody after prosecutors linked him to a West Town burglary spree, and police allegedly caught him riding a stolen scooter with a loaded gun and heroin in his bag.

CPS dean gets 22 years for repeatedly sexually assaulting student

August 12, 2025 3:55 PM Tim Hecke

The former dean of a Chicago Public Schools high school will be spending years in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting a student between 2013 and 2015.

Teen killed in South Side attack, friend played dead and helped ID shooter

August 12, 2025 2:01 PM Tim Hecke

A 17-year-old Chicago boy is accused of executing a man and shooting a 15-year-old boy in the face, but prosecutors say the younger victim survived by playing dead, then helped police track down the killer. And officials say it all started with a dispute over two firearms.west lawn

Caught on camera: Catalytic converter crew strikes security firm’s van on West Side

August 12, 2025 11:25 AM Tim Hecke

A West Side business owner is urging vigilance after thieves stole a catalytic converter from his company’s work truck in a brazen pre-dawn theft caught on multiple security cameras Friday morning.

$10K reward offered in mass shooting left 22-year-old dead at street party

August 12, 2025 10:50 AM CWBChicago

Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 cash reward for information that leads to the indictment or arrest of anyone responsible for Sunday’s mass shooting that left one woman dead and five others injured during a large street party in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.

Video shows robbers on bikes attacking two men in Boystown

August 11, 2025 7:47 PM CWBChicago

Surveillance video captured a violent Boystown street robbery early Sunday, showing two men on bicycles fail to snatch one victim’s phone before chasing down and robbing a scooter rider who stopped nearby.

Prison time for men who body-slammed North Side robbery victim

August 11, 2025 4:59 PM CWBChicago

Two Chicago men who prosecutors say slammed a 58-year-old man to the ground during a New Year’s Day robbery and then tried to escape on the CTA Brown Line have now been sentenced to prison.

ATM smash-and-grab crew linked to 18 overnight burglaries since June

August 11, 2025 12:40 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are warning business owners about a burglary crew believed to be behind at least 18 smash-and-grab thefts targeting ATMs in neighborhoods across the city since early June. The latest bulletin is in addition to a similar warning involving just two burglaries that CPD released last week.

Chicago records 23 shooting victims on Sunday, 2nd-highest this year

August 11, 2025 12:08 PM CWBChicago

Statistics show that Sunday, August 10, was the second-most violent day of 2025 so far, with 23 people shot, just one fewer than the 24 shooting victims recorded on July 2, 2025.

One year after having life sentence reduced to 20 years, murderer is accused of shooting guard during an armed robbery

August 10, 2025 7:21 PM Tim Hecke

Less than a year after walking free from a life sentence for a 2003 double murder — a release that came after a scandal-plagued prosecutor championed his resentencing — Dante Brown is back in jail, accused of shooting a security guard in the neck last weekend during a Near West Side.

SUV driver ran red light, killed 22-year-old man in Gage Park crosswalk

August 10, 2025 5:37 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are searching for the driver of an SUV that struck and killed a 22-year-old man in Gage Park early Saturday morning before fleeing the scene.

Concealed carry holder shot during early-morning shootout in South Loop

August 9, 2025 10:13 AM CWBChicago

A 35-year-old man with a concealed carry license was shot in the shoulder early Saturday after two masked gunmen ambushed him outside his vehicle in the South Loop. Police say he returned fire before the attackers fled. He was hospitalized in fair condition, and no arrests have been made.

Dunkin’ robber had pictures of his CPD wanted poster on his phone: prosecutors

August 9, 2025 9:45 AM Tim Hecke

A 19-year-old man charged with two armed robberies at a Dunkin’ store was caught after police allegedly found a copy of his own “wanted person” bulletin on his phone. Reushawn Pittman faces multiple felony charges following his alleged involvement in the robberies that took place in May.

Month: August 2025