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Month: July 2026
Bucktown
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Suburbs
Austin
Whoops! West Side drug dealer in big trouble after customer turns out to be undercover ATF agent
A West Side man arrested five times in 13 months on drug dealing allegations by Chicago police is now facing federal charges after prosecutors say one of his customers turned out to be an undercover ATF agent. Federal prosecutors charged 32-year-old Rishone Raspberry with distributing fentanyl after he allegedly sold nearly 2 ounces of the drug to an undercover agent on May 27.
West Lawn
Wicker Park
Citywide
River North
34-time convicted felon gets 25 years for firing a shot during River North robbery; accomplice got 10 years
A man convicted on 30 felony counts stemming from a violent robbery in 1997, including attempted murder and home invasion, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday for a 2023 armed robbery inside a River North parking garage, where prosecutors said he fired a gun at a victim who was running away.
Chatham
16-year-old boy charged in triple murder, robbery in Chatham
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with participating in a shooting and robbery that left three people dead and a fourth injured in Chatham. He’s the second person charged. Prosecutors said a group of teens and adults spent hours in a bedroom smoking marijuana and handling a rifle before one of the accused pulled out a handgun and opened fire, then stole the rifle.
Citywide
Chicago hate crime reports plunge even after city made reporting easier
Despite creating new ways for residents to report bias incidents and expanding efforts to identify potential hate crimes, the number of hate crimes reported to the Chicago Police Department has dropped sharply. CPD records show hate crime reports are down 30% compared with the first half of last year and 54% from the same period in 2024, with declines across every major protected class.
Suburbs
Fired Markham cop clears first hurdle in lawsuit over chief’s order to free convicted murderer who allegedly had gun in car
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former Markham police officer who claims she was fired after reporting that the city’s police chief ordered her to release a convicted murderer she arrested after allegedly finding a loaded handgun in his car during a traffic stop.
Citywide
Nearly every state joins Illinois to push for federal crackdown on robocall scammers
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and his counterparts from nearly every state are urging the federal government to take stronger action against robocall scammers, essentially arguing that regulators have spent so long developing rules to tame the industry that scammers have already shifted to tactics that make the government’s proposed regulations obsolete.