September 2025 - Page 6 of 12

Corvette driver staged ‘reverse pursuit’ of CPD squad car, lost control and crushed bystander’s leg: prosecutors

September 17, 2025 12:22 PM CWBChicago

A 20-year-old South Holland man is accused of staging a bizarre “reverse pursuit,” chasing a marked Chicago police car near the UIC campus before losing control while spinning a donut and crushing a bystander’s leg.

Woman received package from Mexico containing pounds of meth and pot, prosecutors allege

September 17, 2025 10:58 AM CWBChicago

A 40-year-old woman is facing serious drug trafficking charges for allegedly receiving a package from Mexico that was packed with pounds of methamphetamine and cannabis.

SW Side man tried to leap over bench, threatened to kill city judge: prosecutors

September 16, 2025 12:28 PM CWBChicago

A 30-year-old man from the Southwest Side is accused of taking courtroom drama to a whole new level by trying to leap over a judge’s bench during an administrative hearing, storming out, and then calling 911 multiple times to say he was going to kill the judge.

Uptown teen killed Sunday night was also shot nearby in 2023

September 16, 2025 7:52 AM Tim Hecke

The 17-year-old boy who was shot and killed on one of Uptown’s most dangerous blocks this weekend had also survived a shooting less than a block away two years ago.

Would-be buyer carjacked victim during auto sale, led cops on 80 mph chase: prosecutors

September 15, 2025 7:50 PM CWBChicago

A 19-year-old man is facing a stack of felony charges for allegedly lining up a car sale and turning it into a violent carjacking on the Northwest Side, sparking a wild police chase that ended with him crashing twice and hiding behind a tree.

Man shot while driving in Albany Park this afternoon

September 15, 2025 7:18 PM CWBChicago

A 23-year-old man survived a daylight shooting in Albany Park on Monday, marking the fifth person struck by gunfire in the neighborhood this year, according to Chicago police.

Would-be carjacker who couldn’t figure out how to start victim’s Tesla gets 3 years

September 15, 2025 3:06 PM CWBChicago

A man charged with trying to carjack an Uber driver on the West Side, only to fail because he couldn’t figure out how to operate her Tesla, has resolved the case by pleading guilty to a lesser charge.

Ghost gun ties man to murder in Noble Square church parking lot, prosecutors say

September 15, 2025 2:36 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a 23-year-old “security officer” turned a Noble Square church parking lot into a murder scene last month. Surveillance video, multiple witnesses, and a ghost gun allegedly tie Antwan McLaurin to the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Jimvonta Blossom.

5 dead, 25 injured in weekend violence, but those numbers will likely to go higher

September 15, 2025 11:10 AM CWBChicago

Chicago saw five murders over the weekend with 25 survivors of shootings, according to preliminary information from the Chicago police department. Those numbers are likely to go higher.

Man with growing rap sheet gets 4½ years for Red Line attack

September 15, 2025 7:19 AM CWBChicago

A man with a string of previous arrests has been sentenced to 4½ years in prison for attacking a passenger on the CTA Red Line in Rogers Park last summer.

Police: 8 men involved in fatal shooting on one of Uptown’s most violent blocks

September 15, 2025 7:11 AM CWBChicago

A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed in an Uptown alley late Sunday night in what police describe as an attack carried out by a group of eight males on one of the neighborhood’s most dangerous blocks.

Suspected Venezuelan gang member executed migrant, boasted body is entombed in concrete: prosecutors

September 14, 2025 7:45 PM Tim Hecke

A migrant suspected of being a member of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is accused of a brutal murder in Chicago’s South Shore, where prosecutors say he shot another migrant in the head as the victim begged for his life and later bragged that he had the body buried in concrete at a construction site.

19-year-old robbed six stores at gunpoint across Chicago: cops

September 14, 2025 6:19 PM CWBChicago

A 19-year-old Chicago man is accused of going on a monthlong stickup spree that targeted six businesses from Jefferson Park to Beverly before he was arrested on a CTA bus with a loaded handgun. CPD issued a community alert about the robbery pattern last month.

Month: September 2025