November 2025 - Page 6 of 13

2 hospitalized after axe attack and robbery near the South Loop

November 17, 2025 6:54 AM Tim Hecke

Two men were hospitalized after a violent axe attack and a separate beating near the South Loop early Monday morning, Chicago police said.

Armed burglary crew expands crime spree to Northwest Side, police say

November 17, 2025 5:57 AM CWBChicago

A burglary crew that has smashed its way into businesses across Chicago is expanding its territory, police say, striking three more times early Saturday on the city’s Northwest Side after a string of break-ins from the South Loop to West Ridge earlier this month.

Man shot in head by CPD officer is found not guilty of trying to shoot cops

November 16, 2025 5:54 PM Tim Hecke

A Chicago man who was shot in the head by police inside a Brighton Park bar last year has been acquitted of the most serious charges filed against him.

$10,000 reward for info leading to the killer of 5-year-old Reign Ware

November 16, 2025 11:10 AM CWBChicago

Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 cash reward for information leading to charges in the killing of five-year-old Reign Ware, who was shot to death last year while sitting in a parked car on the Near West Side.

7 years for shooting woman on expressway less than 3 weeks after buying gun

November 16, 2025 10:06 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man who shot a woman five times on a South Side expressway—less than three weeks after buying his gun—has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

Advances in DNA and fingerprint tech crack 2004 Gold Coast murder case

November 16, 2025 9:36 AM Tim Hecke

Advances in DNA and fingerprint technology helped solve a 2004 Gold Coast murder that went cold for more than a decade. Prosecutors say new forensic testing linked David Barklow to the shooting death of 40-year-old Kent Projansky, whose body was found in his North Dearborn Street apartment. Barklow fled overseas after being questioned in 2019 and was extradited from Peru this week to face first-degree murder charges.

Man gets 15 years for exploiting kids on TikTok and Snapchat

November 16, 2025 5:16 AM Tim Hecke

A Riverdale man who posed as a young dancer to convince preteen girls to send him explicit videos and photos on TikTok and Snapchat has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Police find man shot, critically injured in West Loop

November 16, 2025 5:15 AM CWBChicago

A 28-year-old man is in critical condition after Chicago police found him shot on a West Loop street overnight.

Federal gun cases surge nearly 300% in Chicago under ‘Project Safe Neighborhoods,’ officials say

November 15, 2025 5:28 PM CWBChicago

Federal prosecutors in Chicago have sharply increased their pursuit of violent offenders and gun crimes, with the number of firearm indictments nearly tripling under U.S. Attorney Andrew S. Boutros’ leadership, officials announced.

Video shows masked looters ramming car into West Side shop

November 15, 2025 1:09 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are searching for a smash-and-grab crew that has been plowing stolen cars into storefronts on the West Side to steal sports apparel and other merchandise.

Feds: ‘Tech support’ scam swindled elderly Americans of $40 million

November 15, 2025 11:54 AM Tim Hecke

Federal prosecutors say a San Diego barber helped build a lucrative international fraud empire that preyed on the elderly and recruited and trained Americans to trick seniors out of their life savings because, as investigators put it, native American English speakers “had a higher conversion rate in defrauding elderly Americans.”

Cold case solved: Streeterville man fled to Peru after being identified as suspect in 2004 Gold Coast killing, police say

November 15, 2025 6:21 AM CWBChicago

A 68-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the 2004 shooting death of a Gold Coast resident after police tracked him down in South America and extradited him to Chicago, authorities said.