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Red Line subway musician stabbed in Loop: “I destroyed my sound gear while I was bleeding out.”

February 4, 2020 8:10 PM CWBChicago

A talented guitarist who frequently plays in the Loop subway was stabbed in the arm at the Jackson Red Line platform Tuesday afternoon. Police arrested a woman and recovered a broken kitchen knife from the scene.

Grounded: Suburban man charged with robbing hotel hookups he met via Grindr

February 4, 2020 9:31 AM CWBChicago

Police said Davion Johnson of Sauk Village is responsible for three more Grindr-connected robberies since November. Johnson was also charged (and released on $150 bail) after yet another hotel guest said he stole from him near the Mag Mile last month.

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February 4, 2020 1:18 AM CWBChicago

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Cops seek man who exposed himself to student near Lane Tech campus

February 4, 2020 12:36 AM CWBChicago

The man exposed and touched himself inappropriately after engaging the female Lane Tech student in a conversation on the Jewel-Osco parking lot at 3400 North Western on Monday afternoon, police said.

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February 3, 2020 11:52 PM CWBChicago

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February 3, 2020 11:16 PM CWBChicago

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Exclusive: Murdered Cook County Jail inmate was locked in cell with violent rival gang member, source says

February 3, 2020 10:10 PM CWBChicago

The 19-year-old accused murderer who was beaten to death in his Cook County Jail cell over the weekend was locked in a two-man cell with a violent member of a rival gang, according to a source within the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.

16-year-old charged with mugging 70-year-old woman in Streeterville

February 3, 2020 9:21 PM CWBChicago

A 70-year-old Streeterville woman identified the 16-year-old boy as the offender who knocked her to the ground and stole her purse as she walked near her home on January 16.

Cops: Women attacked, robbed man on CTA bus in the Loop

February 3, 2020 3:14 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police say two women pepper sprayed and robbed a man while riding a CTA bus near the Roosevelt “L” station on Jan. 18.

Police: Man tried to lure, kidnap 10-year-old in Albany Park

February 3, 2020 10:36 AM CWBChicago

Police said the 10-year-old girl was walking on the 2900 block of West Montrose when a man tried to lure and kidnap her on Thursday morning.

Man robbed Loop hotel one day after they fired him: prosecutors say

June 8, 2023 4:38 AM

Prosecutors say a Chicago man robbed the JW Marriott Hotel one day after the company fired him.

#12: Man shot at, tried to kill Chicago cops while on parole and felony bail, prosecutors say

June 8, 2023 4:02 AM

On parole for two felony gun cases, on bond for allegedly possessing a stolen motor vehicle, and with a fresh gunshot wound in one arm, Earnest Lockett opened fire on a marked Chicago police squad car this week, prosecutors said.

6 weeks after hit-and-run driver killed a construction worker on Lake Shore Drive, friends are raising money, cops investigating

June 7, 2023 6:26 PM

Friends are trying to raise money for Kenny Hernandez, the road construction worker who was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Lake Shore Drive in April.