Wrigleyville
Protected: Members Only: Wrigleyville and Boystown crime trends January – June 2015 through 2026
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Month: July 2026
Portage Park
Citywide
On Facebook, Cook County judge says ‘F@ck ICE’ and calls Trump a ‘modern day Hitler’
A Cook County Circuit Court judge has publicly called President Donald Trump a “modern day Hitler,” directed a profanity at federal immigration officers, expressed political views about a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, and shared partisan political messages on Facebook over the past seven years, a CWBChicago review of her public account found. But another judge who expressed conservative political views while a private citizen has not been so fortunate.
Gold Coast
Edgewater
New City
Robbery suspect caught trying to cut off ankle monitor with bolt cutters at Home Depot
A suburban man accused of robbing a restaurant owner at gunpoint tried to remove his ankle monitor by walking into Home Depot and using a pair of — appropriately — bolt cutters from the shelves, prosecutors say, but he walked right into the arms of Cook County Sheriff’s Police in the parking lot as he left, according to prosecutors.
Citywide
Teen murdered 13-year-old less than two hours after getting out of juvenile jail, prosecutors say
Less than two hours after getting home from the Cook County Juvenile Department of Corrections, prosecutors say 17-year-old Javar Woods fatally shot his 13-year-old accomplice during an attempted car theft in South Chicago. Deantwan McKeever lay wounded for about 24 minutes before someone found him and called 911. A Cook County judge has ordered Woods detained on a first-degree murder charge.
Citywide
Feds prepare to deport alleged Tren de Aragua member after Cook County let him walk for selling rifles to undercover ATF agents
Federal agents arrested purported Tren de Aragua member Jose Vasquez Hernandez on Wednesday for deportation to Venezuela, just months after Cook County released him without serving additional prison time for illegally selling firearms to an undercover ATF agent. Vasquez Hernandez, who prosecutors said was in the country illegally and a member of a transnational criminal organization, walked free after pleading guilty in state court to an unlawful firearm delivery charge despite a federal investigation into the case.
Albany Park
Austin
Citywide
Federal jury convicts 3 men of violently robbing 14 bars and liquor stores across Chicago, firing shots, and terrorizing victims
Three members of a violent robbery crew that terrorized Chicago liquor stores, convenience stores, and bars have been convicted by a federal jury after prosecutors tied them to the crimes through social media posts, cellphone location data, jail phone calls, and surveillance video. The hold-ups include takeover robberies of bars during business hours, including the Irish Nobleman Pub in West Town.
Albany Park
Near South Side
Protected: Members Only: Near South Side (including the South Loop) crime trends January – June 2018 through 2026
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