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11-year sentence for pushing woman onto Belmont Red Line tracks

September 25, 2019 5:57 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say he punched a 48-year-old woman in the head, causing her to fall onto the L tracks below. The victim’s head struck a rail and the woman broke her arm by trying to cushion the fall.

Charges filed in Loop “shots fired” incident

September 25, 2019 9:21 AM CWBChicago

No one was injured when a single shot was fired during an apparent argument on the 100 block of East Jackson around 5:35 p.m. The discharged round flew through a plate glass window at Corner Bakery, 224 South Michigan, according to witnesses.

Fed up with crime, Near North residents plan protest

September 24, 2019 11:15 PM CWBChicago

Neighbors living in the area around Division, State, Dearborn, and Clark streets are getting fed up with all the petty crime, shoplifting, drug dealing and open drug use in their community. Now, they are going public with their complaints. For these residents, it’s all about the quality of life crimes that are now plaguing many downtown and Near North Side neighborhoods.

Clark/Diversey re-opened after cops investigate abandoned pressure cooker

September 24, 2019 9:20 PM CWBChicago

Authorities have reopened the intersection of Clark and Diversey after special teams from the police and fire departments investigated a pressure cooker that was found lying next to a trash can. A photo posted to Twitter showed a Chicago police sergeant standing near the pot, which was sitting next to a garbage can on the

Cops warn of North Side garage burglaries

September 24, 2019 7:36 PM CWBChicago

The thief has typically accessed the garages through unlocked doors, police said, although he did pry open a door in one case. Related incidents have been reported in Uptown, North Center, and Lakeview.

Woman carjacked in Loop parking garage

September 24, 2019 7:08 PM CWBChicago

Police said the victim, 32, was returning to her car when she was confronted by two offenders around 11:15 a.m. It is at least the second armed carjacking in the Loop since last Monday.

Charges filed in Lakeview knife attack

September 24, 2019 5:02 PM CWBChicago

Julian Grange, 26, of Country Club Hills is charged with felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, police said The said he was walking on the 900 block of West George just before noon when an attacker approached him from behind and cut his face with a knife.

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