Roseland
Month: April 2026
Suburbs
Bank robber waited 8 minutes for teller to get ‘approval’ to hand over all of their $100 bills: criminal complaint
A suburban man faces a federal attempted bank robbery charge after he was outsmarted by three quick-thinking tellers who made him wait eight minutes while they “got approval” to hand him all of the bank’s $100 bills. Mark A. Sanchez, 23, was arrested around 9:21 a.m. Wednesday inside the Jewel-Osco, 1485 West Palatine Road, in Hoffman Estates.
Avondale
Investigation continues into death of man found beaten on Avondale street corner
Chicago police are continuing to investigate the death of Alexander Kazanowski, a 25-year-old Avondale man who died days after being found badly beaten on a street corner in the Northwest Side neighborhood last week. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his death a homicide, caused by head trauma suffered during an assault.
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North Center
Rogers Park
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Logan Square
Gage Park
Austin
16-year-old on probation for robbery randomly opened fire on family’s car, striking 12-year-old in the head
A family had simply pulled over to find a house where they were to meet an out-of-town guest when a 16-year-old on probation for armed robbery walked up to the driver’s side, took a shooting stance and opened fire, leaving their 12-year-old son with a fractured skull, bullet fragments on his brain and temporarily paralyzed, prosecutors say.
Citywide
767-page study finds some of CPD’s most violent districts are overstaffed
A long-awaited, detailed study of the Chicago Police Department’s workforce allocation is now public and some of its findings will surprise the department’s biggest critics. One headline: some of the city’s most violence-plagued police districts were found to be among the most overstaffed in the city, while some districts considered safe and affluent were found to be understaffed.