November 2025 - CWB Chicago

‘Peacekeeper’ robbed man, threatened cops, plotted victim intimidation from police station: prosecutors

November 30, 2025 6:10 PM Tim Hecke

Chicago police say Michael Nash admitted he was at the scene of a violent robbery in Woodlawn, but only, he claimed, in his role as a neighborhood “peacekeeper.” Prosecutors say he was actually one of the robbers and twice used phone calls from the police station to try to arrange intimidation against the victim.

Career criminal shoplifted from same Target store 10x in 12 days: prosecutors

November 30, 2025 12:06 PM CWBChicago

A man with more criminal cases on his record than most people have holiday decorations is accused of pulling off ten shoplifting raids in twelve days at the same Target store in Lincoln Park, a rapid-fire streak that prosecutors say netted more than $1,200 in merchandise.

DePaul attack case ends with misdemeanor plea and probation

November 30, 2025 6:01 AM Tim Hecke

A suburban man who faced a slate of hate crime and felony battery charges tied to an alleged anti-Semitic attack on the DePaul University campus, resolved the case this week by pleading guilty to a single misdemeanor, court records show.

$10K reward for tips about auto thieves who killed man in Bridgeport

November 30, 2025 4:44 AM Tim Hecke

Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information that helps identify the crew responsible for killing a 26-year-old man during a violent auto-theft encounter in Bridgeport last year.

Man opened fire at Pilsen birthday party after losing his phone: prosecutors

November 29, 2025 6:20 PM CWBChicago

A man accused of shooting two guests during a late-summer birthday party in Pilsen allegedly opened fire because he was furious about not being able to find his phone, according to prosecutors.

Tool thieves hit 10 work vans across the North Side

November 29, 2025 11:00 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police have issued a community alert following a string of early morning and evening burglaries targeting work vans across the North Side this week.

65 years in prison for murdering man who bumped into his friend

November 29, 2025 10:57 AM CWBChicago

A South Side man who was 17 when he gunned down a stranger after a brief shoulder bump outside an Avalon Park gas station in 2021 has been sentenced to 65 years in prison, concluding a case that stretched across nearly four years of litigation, a jury trial, and post-trial filings.

Federal judge slaps man with 9-year sentence for Rogers Park bank robbery

November 29, 2025 9:45 AM CWBChicago

A second man has been sentenced in a violent Rogers Park bank robbery that netted less than $10,000 but left terrified customers and employees scrambling for safety.

Venezuelan migrants robbed 3 women at gunpoint in Buena Park, prosecutors say

November 29, 2025 6:34 AM Tim Hecke

Three Venezuelan migrants are charged with robbing three women at gunpoint inside a Buena Park apartment building, according to Chicago police and court records.

Trip to Africa derails at O’Hare when agents finds 143 pounds of pot in couple’s bags

November 28, 2025 6:56 PM CWBChicago

Two United Airlines passengers flying from San Francisco to Gambia experienced an unexpected delay in Chicago when U.S. Customs agents allegedly found 143 pounds of marijuana in their luggage during a layover at O’Hare last weekend.

Cops seek 3 in Thanksgiving Day stabbing, robbery aboard Red Line

November 28, 2025 4:12 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police on Friday released surveillance images of three people wanted for stabbing and robbing a man aboard a Red Line train at the 47th Street station on Thanksgiving morning, hoping the public can help identify those responsible for the attack.

Auto thieves point guns at firefighters outside Avondale firehouse

November 28, 2025 2:03 PM CWBChicago

A crew of auto thieves pulled guns on three Chicago firefighters who confronted them as they broke into a fire department member’s car outside an Avondale firehouse on Thanksgiving morning, according to Chicago police.

1-year-old shot when gun hidden in diaper bag fires during diaper change: prosecutors

November 28, 2025 11:43 AM CWBChicago

A 21-year-old man accidentally shot a 1-year-old boy while changing his diaper in a South Shore apartment earlier this month, police say, after a gun he kept inside the child’s diaper bag became tangled and discharged, prosecutors say.

Month: November 2025