November 2025 - Page 3 of 13

Man gets 5 years for going on cross-town robbery spree while wearing ankle monitor

November 25, 2025 10:36 AM Tim Hecke

A man who went on a cross-town robbery spree while wearing an ankle monitor has been given a five-year sentence. His alleged accomplice, coincidentally, is at large after escaping from electronic monitoring while fighting the charges.

Gunmen rob 4 women in Boystown

November 25, 2025 7:22 AM CWBChicago

Four women were robbed in two incidents minutes apart in the Boystown neighborhood early Tuesday morning, according to Chicago police. Officers said both holdups involved armed men who targeted pedestrians shortly after midnight.

CTA robber beat victim with meat tenderizer: prosecutors

November 25, 2025 6:48 AM CWBChicago

A 36-year-old man accused of beating and robbing a Red Line passenger with a metal meat tenderizer has been ordered detained. Prosecutors say he assaulted the commuter while already on pretrial release for two other cases.

Boys, ages 14 and 16, charged with murdering man outside Loop pub

November 24, 2025 11:10 PM CWBChicago

Two juveniles are charged with murdering a homeless man in the Loop on Sunday morning, Chicago police said in a press release issued late Monday night.

3 men charged with having guns during large crowd takeover in the Loop

November 24, 2025 6:55 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police arrested 18 people as large, unruly crowds surged through the Loop after Friday’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony, a night that also saw nine young people shot and a 14-year-old boy killed. Court records show three of the arrests involved adults accused of carrying guns downtown, though none have been linked to either shooting.

Police question 6 people, including 4 children, in murder of homeless man in the Loop: source

November 24, 2025 5:01 PM CWBChicago

Six people, two adults and four juveniles, are in police custody in connection with the fatal stabbing of a homeless man in the Loop on Sunday morning, according to a law enforcement source.

Rapper 4 Block Lil Mari got shot by concealed carry holder during botched carjacking, officials say

November 24, 2025 11:56 AM Tim Hecke

A south suburban teenager who raps under the name “4 Block Lil Mari” has been jailed after prosecutors accused him of shooting a woman during a botched South Shore carjacking that ended with the victim, a concealed carry holder, shooting him as well.

Chicago sees 100% spike in weekend violence, driven by Christmas tree lighting chaos

November 24, 2025 10:00 AM CWBChicago

Five people were murdered, and 23 others survived gunshot wounds across Chicago over the just-ended weekend, according to preliminary police reports. That’s a 100% increase over the same weekend last year.

Disgraced former cop gets probation for $350K residential burglary

November 24, 2025 9:35 AM Tim Hecke

Joseph Pecora, a former Chicago police officer who served federal time in 2006 for taking 50 pounds of pot from a drug supplier, has been sentenced to probation after DNA evidence allegedly tied him to a $350,000 burglary on the city’s Northwest Side.

Month: November 2025

Man gets 5 years for going on cross-town robbery spree while wearing ankle monitor

Gunmen rob 4 women in Boystown

CTA robber beat victim with meat tenderizer: prosecutors

Boys, ages 14 and 16, charged with murdering man outside Loop pub

3 men charged with having guns during large crowd takeover in the Loop

Police question 6 people, including 4 children, in murder of homeless man in the Loop: source

Rapper 4 Block Lil Mari got shot by concealed carry holder during botched carjacking, officials say

Chicago sees 100% spike in weekend violence, driven by Christmas tree lighting chaos

Disgraced former cop gets probation for $350K residential burglary

Once on death row, CPD reform activist is charged with sexually assaulting child in Milwaukee

Retired suburban chief was shot on duty in 1987. Now he wants federal investigators on every cop-killing case

Man with 13 prior felonies gets 20 years for killing store clerk

Man found stabbed to death outside Loop restaurant early Sunday

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