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Bally’s warns investors that ‘heightened criminality or the perception of danger’ could torpedo its Chicago casino

Deep inside a nearly 250+ page regulatory filing, the owner of Chicago’s still-unbuilt casino warns investors that crime could have a material impact on its operations here. “Our business and our assets are planned to be primarily located in Chicago, Illinois, a city which has recently experienced very high levels of criminality and civil unrest,” Bally’s said on page 54 of its filing.

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4x felon committed 2 carjackings and robbed 2 migrants within 30 minutes, CPD report says

A four-time convicted felon is charged with committing two carjackings within 30 minutes on Saturday afternoon, first in Old Town and then outside the migrant shelter located across from the Salt Shed. Two migrants who were working on a car outside the shelter reported that Marcus Montgomery, 39, robbed them, too, but they later decided against filing charges, a Chicago police report said.