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Armed robbers busted after targeting convenience store as TV news crew watched

November 29, 2024 6:12 AM CWBChicago
Two suspects are in custody after they apparently robbed a Chicago Lawn restaurant on Wednesday morning shortly after they also robbed a south suburban convenience store as a TV news crew watched.

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Man found shot, unconscious on a street previously served by ShotSpotter

November 26, 2024 1:49 PM Tim Hecke
CHICAGO — A man is in critical condition after being found unconscious, suffering from gunshot wounds in Chicago Lawn on Monday evening. Nobody called 911 to report gunfire, and, in fact, the person who found the man wasn’t even sure he had been shot. The shooting occurred in an area that used to be served
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He carjacked at man at gunpoint less than 2 months after being paroled for robbery, prosecutors claim

November 16, 2024 7:37 AM CWBChicago
Not even two months after being paroled for an armed robbery conviction, Trinidy Mintz carjacked and robbed two men at gunpoint and then crashed the hijacked vehicle in front of Chicago cops, prosecutors say.

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Passerby finds shooting victim in area previously served by ShotSpotter; nearest ‘shots fired’ call was a mile away

November 3, 2024 6:22 PM CWBChicago
Shot in both legs, a 45-year-old man was found lying outside a Marquette Park laundromat early Sunday morning. A passerby found him and called 911, saying there was a man down, and they thought he had been shot. 

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Handcuffed man ran from cops with a machine gun hidden in his crotch, prosecutors say

October 16, 2024 6:31 AM Tim Hecke
It’s not easy to run from the cops while handcuffed. It’s gotta be even harder when you have a machine gun stuffed in your crotch.

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Suburban man picked random driver to carjack under a Chicago police surveillance camera, officials say

September 20, 2024 7:06 PM CWBChicago
Officials say a Bolingbrook man and an unknown accomplice followed and carjacked a random driver in Chicago Lawn earlier this year.

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4 days after mugging 80-year-old woman, migrant burglarized an occupied home, prosecutors say

August 15, 2024 7:04 PM CWBChicago
A migrant who was allowed to go home after being charged with mugging an 80-year-old woman got arrested again 3 days later while burglarizing an occupied home, prosecutors say.

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Couple firebombed 7-Eleven after employees caught them shoplifting booze: prosecutors

August 13, 2024 2:36 PM CWBChicago
A Chicago couple has been detained as threats to public safety after prosecutors accused them of firebombing a 7-Eleven store after employees confronted them about shoplifting liquor.

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