Wicker Park
Month: April 2026
Bronzeville
Avondale
Chicago police release video in hunt for 4 people sought in fatal Avondale beating
Chicago police have released surveillance footage of four people they are trying to identify in connection with the fatal beating of 25-year-old Xander Kazanowski in Avondale last month, and the newly revealed video appears to confirm investigators’ belief that the events leading to his death may have begun at a nearby bar.
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Old Town
Man robbed Old Town bank on the same day he got out of federal prison for bank robbery
A career criminal walked out of the federal correctional center in downtown Chicago last week after serving a 96-month term for bank robbery and robbed another bank that very afternoon, prosecutors say. Major McCoy, 42, allegedly admitted to robbing the PNC Bank, 1231 North Wells Street, during an FBI interview, adding that he lost $150 of the bank’s cash before police arrested him when a crack dealer ripped him off.
South Deering
CTA
Near North
His rap sheet spans 36 years, now he’s AWOL after being found sleeping at Dunkin’ with burglary proceeds: CPD report
Fabian Jeffers had nearly 90 cases in his Cook County criminal court file, including 16 felony matters, when Chicago police found him sleeping at a donut shop, surrounded by electronics he allegedly stole from a nearby business. Prosecutors didn’t ask a judge to hold him, so he was released. And he hasn’t been seen since.
Citywide
Bill to take facial recognition tool away from police adds 2 co-sponsors, but supporters lack examples of local problems
A North Side lawmaker’s effort to strip Illinois police investigators of one of their most powerful new tools since the advent of DNA indexing has failed to get out of committee. But the bill has two new co-sponsors, both from Chicago, suggesting it is far from dead even though its supporters can’t seem to find any examples of the technology being used to wrongly accuse anyone of wrongdoing in Illinois.
Humboldt Park
Repeat felon charged with shooting victims in Humboldt Park this year and in 2024
A man already facing charges for allegedly shooting a man in Humboldt Park this year is now accused of murdering a man in Humboldt Park in September 2024 while on felony release. Tyler Crider, 25, is the 38th person charged with killing or trying to kill someone while on felony pretrial release in Chicago during 2024. Those cases involve 55 victims, 17 of whom died.
Austin
Ashburn
Speeding driver killed with stolen SUV just two weeks after being released in another stolen SUV case, prosecutors say
A man who walked out of court to await trial on a felony stolen vehicle charge in June 2024 killed a 25-year-old man just two weeks later while speeding through a red light in yet another stolen car, prosecutors now say. Dujan Lucas, 24, is now the 37th person charged with killing or trying to kill someone while on felony pretrial release in Chicago that year.
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