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Man gets 6 years for attacks on women on consecutive days

October 18, 2026 10:56 AM CWBChicago

A man who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from attacks on two women on consecutive days in May 2024 has been sentenced to six years in prison. Police had released him without filing charges less than two weeks earlier after three women reported that he grabbed them in separate incidents at Marquette Park, according to police reports.

Man accidentally triggered machine gun instead of power drill, striking 1-year-old girl in head: prosecutors

September 28, 2026 4:09 PM Tim Hecke

The man who shot and gravely wounded a 1-year-old girl inside a Chicago Lawn home over the weekend intended to pull the trigger on an electric drill but accidentally pulled the trigger on a machine gun in his other hand, unleashing a burst of bullets that struck the child in the back of the head, prosecutors said Monday.

1-year-old girl shot inside Marquette Park home, man arrested

September 26, 2026 7:57 AM CWBChicago

A one-year-old girl is in critical condition after being shot inside a Marquette Park home overnight. Chicago police have a man in custody.

Waukegan man gets 6½ years for carjacking woman during Facebook Marketplace test drive

August 20, 2026 11:48 AM CWBChicago

A Waukegan man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for violently carjacking a Chicago woman during a Facebook Marketplace deal to sell their vehicle. Fonocerio Edwards, 22, pleaded guilty to vehicular hijacking in exchange for a 6½-year sentence from Judge Timothy Joyce, according to court records.

Shooting victim found by passersby as Chicago continues to wait for mayor’s promised ShotSpotter replacement

July 12, 2026 11:48 AM Tim Hecke

Passersby found a gunshot victim lying near a Chicago Lawn intersection overnight, marking another case of a delayed emergency response after nobody called 911 to report gunfire in a neighborhood that was once monitored by the city’s gunfire detection network.

ATM burglary crew busted after crashing outside Cook County Jail, but one suspect briefly escaped in a deputy’s squad car

May 23, 2026 6:37 PM Tim Hecke

A crash-and-grab burglary crew broke into a South Side gas station before dawn, ripped out the Bitcoin machine, loaded it into an SUV, realized they had made a horrible mistake, and then went back inside and grabbed the ATM instead. Prosecutors say that chain of decisions eventually led one of them to steal a Cook County sheriff’s deputy’s patrol car right outside the Cook County Jail and race it down the Dan Ryan Expressway at 115 mph.

Facebook Marketplace deal ended with carjacking, prosecutors say

September 27, 2025 7:56 PM Tim Hecke

A 26-year-old man from downstate Ashton has been detained on a vehicular hijacking charge after prosecutors said he stole a Jeep Grand Cherokee from a Chicago man during what was supposed to be a Facebook Marketplace transaction.

DNA, video tie 18-year-old to murder of anti-violence crusader’s godson, officials say

September 5, 2025 5:46 AM Tim Hecke

The godson of one of Chicago’s most recognizable anti-violence crusaders was gunned down during what prosecutors say was a setup disguised as a marijuana sale, and an 18-year-old is now charged with his murder.

Guns, body armor seized in South Side apartment

August 15, 2025 11:23 AM Tim Hecke

A parole compliance check in the 2600 block of West 72nd Street uncovered four loaded handguns, stolen firearms, ammunition, and body armor, prosecutors say.

Prosecutors: Man sexually assaulted 14-year-old boy at knifepoint in Marquette Park

August 14, 2025 6:29 PM Tim Hecke

A 52-year-old man is charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy at knifepoint inside Marquette Park. Prosecutors said the boy quickly alerted family members, who chased the man down and held him until police arrived.

Instagram trap: Woman lured suburban men into carjacking ambush, prosecutors say

August 3, 2025 12:00 PM Tim Hecke

A woman from suburban Summit is accused of orchestrating an armed carjacking in Chicago Lawn by luring her victim through Instagram and enlisting two juveniles to help carry out the crime.

Hit and run motorist drove past crash scene with victim’s hair embedded in windshield: police

May 18, 2025 8:45 AM Tim Hecke

The hit-and-run driver who killed a 76-year-old pedestrian on the South Side this week drove past the scene while cops were investigating the crash — and she had a chunk of the victim’s hair embedded in her smashed windshied, a Chicago police report said.

Man and 16-year-old girl carjacked a woman after arranging to test drive her SUV via Facebook Marketplace, prosecutors say

January 9, 2025 5:35 AM Tim Hecke

A Waukegan man and a 16-year-old girl violently carjacked a couple after arranging to take the victims’ car on a test drive via Facebook Marketplace, prosecutors say.

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