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Man gets 5 years for burglarizing Cook County prosecutors’ office; faces sentencing in separate sex assault case

October 23, 2026 6:12 PM Tim Hecke

A judge has given a man a five-year sentence for burglarizing the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office inside the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. But he could face additional prison time after pleading guilty to kidnapping and attempted criminal sexual assault in an unrelated case, where sentencing remains pending.

Teen shot, paralyzed pregnant classmate while on pretrial release for carjacking case, prosecutors say

October 12, 2026 10:39 AM Tim Hecke

A 17-year-old Chicago Public Schools student shot a classmate, leaving her unable to walk again and causing her to lose her pregnancy, while awaiting trial on a carjacking case — just two days after he was arrested for allegedly threatening someone with a knife during a “gang check,” prosecutors said.

Off-duty cop fired shots from two guns at once during Little Village altercation, COPA says

October 6, 2026 4:22 PM CWBChicago

An off-duty Chicago police officer fired shots from two firearms at the same time during an altercation in Little Village early Sunday, according to a preliminary report released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, leaving at least one man injured.

Off-duty Chicago cop shot 2 people, fired toward group during Little Village ‘altercation,’ CPD says

October 4, 2026 9:04 AM Tim Hecke

An off-duty Chicago police officer shot two people, including a man who punched him in the face, then got out of his vehicle and fired toward the man’s companions in Little Village early Sunday, according to CPD. No one was injured by the second round of shots, police said.

Man who spray-painted swastikas, ‘ICE RULES’ on Little Village sites gets probation for hate crime plea

July 19, 2026 1:36 PM Tim Hecke

A 27-year-old Hispanic man who spray-painted pro-ICE graffiti and swastikas on several buildings in Little Village with links to Palestinian and immigrant communities has pleaded guilty to four counts of hate crime, court records show.

Rapper whose release party preceded Chicago’s worst mass shooting of all time is arrested — for gun possession

June 22, 2026 8:17 PM Tim Hecke

The rapper whose album release party in River North last summer preceded the deadliest mass shooting in Chicago history is now being held in the Cook County Jail after Chicago police allegedly found a stolen handgun beneath her driver’s seat during a traffic stop last week.

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.

Cops bust ATM burglary crew, seizing 7 guns

April 18, 2026 11:56 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago Police Department effort to bust an ATM burglary crew paid off Friday morning with three arrests and the recovery of seven guns, ATMs, and piles of cash, officials said.

Medical examiner: Man found stuffed in suitcase in Little Village was shot to death

March 14, 2026 3:37 PM CWBChicago

A man found stuffed inside a suitcase in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood last autumn was shot to death, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has determined.

Fugitive who killed father-son jewelry store owners in Little Village was on felony pretrial release, prosecutors say

March 3, 2026 7:42 PM Tim Hecke

The man who shot and killed the father and son operators of a family jewelry store in Little Village late last year was AWOL from two felony cases at the time of the murders, prosecutors said Tuesday. And, they said, Muhammad Thomas was also wanted in one of those cases when he allegedly shot another victim during a carjacking attempt in 2023.

Man charged with killing father, son in jewelry store robbery

February 27, 2026 7:05 AM Tim Hecke

A U.S. Marshals task force has arrested a 35-year-old West Side man in St. Louis in connection with the fatal shooting of a father and son at their family-owned jewelry store in Little Village last autumn, Chicago police said.

Federal jury quickly acquits man accused of placing bounty on Border Patrol commander’s life

January 22, 2026 7:17 PM Tim Hecke

A federal jury in Chicago needed less than three hours on Thursday to acquit a man prosecutors claimed had put a $10,000 bounty on a Border Patrol commander’s head at the height of last fall’s Operation Midway Blitz.

Man who possessed gun fired at Border Patrol in Little Village is Mexican national who has crossed the border illegally 30 times: feds

January 8, 2026 5:46 PM Tim Hecke

A Mexican national illegally living in the United States possessed a handgun that was fired near U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents during a large-scale enforcement operation in Little Village in November, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

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