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Two men charged in violent Red Line robbery after one is found carrying victim’s ID

January 14, 2026 10:00 AM Tim Hecke

Two men are charged with committing a violent early-morning robbery on a CTA Red Line train in October, with one suspect allegedly caught six days later using a fake name while in possession of the victim’s stolen identification, according to prosecutors and court records.

Armed carjacking crew has struck from Goose Island to South Shore, CPD says

January 12, 2026 7:27 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are warning about an armed robbery and carjacking crew that has struck multiple times this month throughout the city. Investigators are linking at least six incidents in South Chicago, Goose Island, West Town, Auburn Gresham, and Grand Crossing to the group.

Man stabbed, badly injured on Red Line; 2nd CTA stabbing this weekend

January 11, 2026 7:38 AM CWBChicago

A man was stabbed and seriously injured during an argument aboard a Red Line train on the South Side overnight, marking at least the second stabbing reported on the city’s train lines this weekend.

Facebook Marketplace robbery scheme ends with probation for South Side man

December 31, 2025 11:22 AM CWBChicago

A South Side man accused of working with accomplices to lure three people into a robbery through an advertisement on Facebook Marketplace has been sentenced to probation.

2 more shooting victims found after gunfire goes unreported in former ShotSpotter areas

December 26, 2025 6:06 AM Tim Hecke

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s decision to shut down Chicago’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection network appears to have delayed emergency responses to two more shootings since Christmas night, leaving one man dead and another critically wounded after neither incident triggered immediate 911 calls reporting gunfire.

5 year sentence for dad who left gun unsecured, leading to 8-year-old son’s death

December 16, 2025 10:52 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago father has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the fatal shooting of his 8-year-old son, admitting that he left a loaded handgun within reach of his children before the boy was accidentally killed last spring.

CTA robber beat victim with meat tenderizer: prosecutors

November 25, 2025 6:48 AM CWBChicago

A 36-year-old man accused of beating and robbing a Red Line passenger with a metal meat tenderizer has been ordered detained. Prosecutors say he assaulted the commuter while already on pretrial release for two other cases.

Man with 13 prior felonies gets 20 years for killing store clerk

November 23, 2025 2:42 PM CWBChicago

A Cook County judge has sentenced a man with a decades-long felony record to 20 years in prison for murdering a grocery store clerk during a robbery last year.

40 years for shooting a woman 10x while on bail for a gun case

October 25, 2025 3:36 AM CWBChicago

A man who shot a woman ten times in the back while on pretrial release for a gun case in 2021 has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Dan Ryan road rage shooter identified and arrested within 24 hours, state police say

August 29, 2025 6:31 PM CWBChicago

Illinois State Police say it took less than 24 hours to identify and arrest the man accused of opening fire during a road rage incident on the Dan Ryan Expressway earlier this month. No one was hit, but investigators say they found a loaded pistol with a round missing under the driver’s seat.

17-year-old girl stabbed woman outside 69th Street Red Line station: police

August 23, 2025 8:40 AM CWBChicago

A sidewalk fight outside the 69th Street Red Line station turned violent Friday evening when police say a 17-year-old girl pulled out a sharp object and stabbed a 20-year-old woman twice in the torso.

Carjacker gets 10 years for hijacking woman while wearing two ankle monitors

August 16, 2025 7:20 PM Tim Hecke

A Chicago man who carjacked a woman at gunpoint while wearing two electronic monitoring devices has been sentenced to ten years in prison.

Driver rear-ended woman 3 times in escalating road rage before crash killed innocent driver: prosecutors

August 7, 2025 11:42 AM Tim Hecke

In a case Cook County prosecutors are calling a deadly act of vehicular aggression, a 34-year-old man is charged with first-degree murder after allegedly pursuing and repeatedly ramming a woman’s vehicle and then crashing into another car, killing its driver.

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