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Chicago firehouses targeted in string of axe attacks

April 11, 2026 7:31 AM Tim Hecke

A man has been using an axe to chop up the cars of Chicago firefighters parked outside city firehouses — but you wouldn’t know that from reading CPD’s just-released public alert about the crime spree.

14½ years for viral carjacking that terrorized Beverly family in their backyard

April 11, 2026 12:24 AM Tim Hecke

One of two men charged with a high-profile, violent carjacking caught on video in the Beverly neighborhood has been sentenced to 14½ years in federal prison, officials announced Friday. U.S. District Judge Sunil R. Harjani sentenced Damarri Conner, 23, after Conner pleaded guilty to federal carjacking and firearm charges.

Man convicted of murder as a juvenile now accused of killing his 88-year-old mother, whose body was found rolled in a rug in their basement

April 10, 2026 5:29 PM Tim Hecke

A 66-year-old man who was convicted of first-degree murder as a juvenile 50 years ago is now accused of beating and stabbing his 88-year-old mother to death and hiding her body behind a bookcase in the basement of their Far South Side home.

Sheriff’s new CTA patrol makes second gun arrest in a week on the Red Line

April 10, 2026 2:14 PM CWBChicago

For the second time in a week, the newly formed sheriff’s police patrol of CTA trains has arrested a passenger for illegally carrying a firearm on the Red Line, officials said Friday.

Bullets whiz past camera in shocking shootout video; 100+ shots fired, one hurt

April 10, 2026 6:29 AM Tim Hecke

Videos document nearly 40 seconds of uninterrupted gunfire last weekend near Fulton and Washtenaw in West Town, with at least five gunmen firing at least 100 shots and one man toting a rifle. Miraculously, only one person was hurt.

Chicago man threatened to kill President, Barron Trump and Secret Service agent who came to investigate: complaint

April 10, 2026 6:08 AM Tim Hecke

A Northwest Side man made a death threat against President Donald Trump and his son, Barron, then used the official White House website to threaten a Secret Service agent who had knocked on his door to investigate the matter, federal prosecutors said.

‘Juiceman’ gets 9 years after feds find 17 guns, 12 pounds of cocaine in his Wicker Park home

April 9, 2026 5:34 PM Tim Hecke

A man who trafficked fentanyl and cocaine and illegally possessed 17 firearms inside his Wicker Park home has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison, officials announced Thursday.

Cops stormed in and stopped him from drowning his 2-year-old in the bathtub. Now, he’s going to prison.

April 9, 2026 2:51 PM Tim Hecke

A South Shore father has pleaded guilty to trying to drown his 2-year-old son in a bathtub, a crime that prosecutors said was stopped only because a concerned Lyft driver called 911, prompting Chicago police officers to force their way into the apartment and save the boy.

Month: April 2026

Chicago firehouses targeted in string of axe attacks

14½ years for viral carjacking that terrorized Beverly family in their backyard

Man convicted of murder as a juvenile now accused of killing his 88-year-old mother, whose body was found rolled in a rug in their basement

Sheriff’s new CTA patrol makes second gun arrest in a week on the Red Line

Bullets whiz past camera in shocking shootout video; 100+ shots fired, one hurt

Chicago man threatened to kill President, Barron Trump and Secret Service agent who came to investigate: complaint

‘Juiceman’ gets 9 years after feds find 17 guns, 12 pounds of cocaine in his Wicker Park home

Cops stormed in and stopped him from drowning his 2-year-old in the bathtub. Now, he’s going to prison.

Chicago mail carrier stole and forged customers’ checks: attorney general

With ShotSpotter removed, victim lay dead or dying for 2 hours in Brighton Park

Gunman fires at least 16 shots, injures 2 on Far North Side

3x convicted robber gets six years for violently attacking two women in CTA pedway

Lincoln Park man charged with groping two women, including CTA bus passenger

Man murdered girlfriend hours after she filed domestic battery report with police, prosecutors say

Woman left drugs near toddler who died of overdose in East Garfield Park, prosecutors say

Police warn of 19 auto thefts across Fulton Market, West Town

Suburban lab executive faked 380,000 COVID tests in $66 million fraud, feds say

He pleaded guilty to an attempted murder he didn’t commit. But an Illinois court refuses to give him a certificate of innocence