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Man who got 1 year in CTA ‘busjacking’ incident now gets 3 years for mugging Red Line passenger (He’s already out)

July 4, 2026 1:10 PM CWBChicago

Maurice Lowry made headlines in 2021 for supposedly “busjacking” a CTA bus, then received a one-year gun possession sentence. Now he’s pleaded guilty to robbing a man on the Red Line. But, thanks to the state’s 50% sentence reduction law and credits earned in jail, he won’t have to worry about living in an actual prison this time, either.

Carjackers arrested while trying to sell stolen car back to victims, CPD says

July 4, 2026 12:28 PM CWBChicago

A pair of alleged carjackers are being held in the Cook County jail after prosecutors said they made a spectacularly bad decision: trying to sell the hijacked car back to its owner just hours after taking it at gunpoint. Their plan unraveled when Chicago police squad cars happened to drive past as the cash-for-car exchange was underway and the victim decided to flag down the cops rather than pay money for his own car.

Man driving ‘homemade’ go-kart shoots cop during traffic stop, gets shot in return: CPD

July 4, 2026 7:43 AM Tim Hecke

A man shot a Chicago police officer who stopped him for driving what officials described as a “homemade” vehicle in South Shore on Friday evening, prompting the officer to return fire and critically injure the suspect.

Man accused of groping, dragging nanny to ground, sending baby stroller toward traffic in South Loop

July 3, 2026 10:58 AM CWBChicago

A man is facing charges for allegedly groping a nanny and dragging her to the ground while she pushed a one-year-old child in a stroller in the South Loop, sending the stroller rolling toward nearby traffic.

He served time for a CTA hammer attack, now he’s charged with another Red Line robbery

July 3, 2026 10:01 AM CWBChicago

Curtis Tyler served time for attacking a Red Line passenger with a hammer in 2021. He’s now charged again in connection with a new gun threat and a separate robbery, both on the Red Line.

Cops seek 4 men after double murder rocks quiet Northwest Side block

July 3, 2026 8:56 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are asking for the public’s help identifying four men caught on camera near the scene of a daylight double murder that shattered the usual calm of a Northwest Side block last week.

Man who flipped off CTA camera during Red Line robbery gets 16-year prison sentence

July 2, 2026 9:52 AM CWBChicago

After five people robbed a woman on a Red Line train in September 2024, Chicago police released CTA surveillance images of the suspects and asked the public for help identifying them. In one photo, one of the robbers looked directly into the camera and defiantly extended his middle finger toward the lens. Now, the bird-flipping robber is flying away to prison with a 16-year sentence.

State representative accused of sexual harassment could be expelled if he doesn’t quit, speaker warns

July 2, 2026 9:10 AM Capitol News Illinois

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch is calling on Rep. Harry Benton to resign, five months after removing him from the Democratic caucus over sexual harassment allegations. If Benton refuses, Welch says he’ll move to expel him from the House.

606 Trail sex attack suspect chased down by neighbors armed with baseball bat: prosecutors

July 2, 2026 9:05 AM Tim Hecke

Good Samaritans armed with an aluminum baseball bat chased down and detained a man accused of attacking and attempting to sexually assault a woman who was jogging on the 606 Trail in Logan Square on Sunday morning, prosecutors said.

Chicago man gets 12+ years for robbing suburban bank with fire extinguisher

July 1, 2026 5:18 PM Tim Hecke

A Chicago man who used mace and a fire extinguisher to rob a suburban bank has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to the crime, according to court records.

River North shooting was a ‘gang-on-gang targeted hit,’ alderman says

July 1, 2026 1:25 PM CWBChicago

An overwhelming display of firepower by five gunmen who killed a man on a River North street corner on Wednesday morning was a “gang-on-gang targeted ‘hit’ and not a random act,” according to the local alderman, who said the victim had been targeted in gang shootings before.

Venezuelan gangsters beat man to death after kidnapping him from Chicago park — then called his mom to tell her where the body was: prosecutors

July 1, 2026 1:04 PM Tim Hecke

Federal officials say three Tren de Aragua gang members kidnapped an 18-year-old man from a South Side park this spring, beat him to death, shot his body multiple times, and then called his mother from Venezuela to tell her where she could find the body. Only two of the accused men have been publicly identified, but records show they were both supposed to be on court-ordered electronic monitoring at the time of the murder.

3 accused of carrying loaded guns during post-Pride Parade street party, one allegedly had two pistols

July 1, 2026 10:22 AM Tim Hecke

We’ve learned more details about the three people accused of possessing firearms during the post-Pride Parade festivities around Boystown on Sunday night into Monday morning — including the fact that police say one of the men was actually carrying two firearms. And, CPD reports show, all three of the accused men are from the suburbs.

Month: July 2026