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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.

Logan Square

Man who posed as teenager online to lure minors into sex gets 3-year sentence

April 2, 2026 3:06 PM Tim Hecke
A man who used a teen-focused social media app to lure underage girls into sexual encounters was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in two Cook County cases.

Bucktown

Man stabbed at Blue Line station in Bucktown

March 21, 2026 6:51 AM CWBChicago
A 30-year-old man was stabbed at the Western Blue Line station in Bucktown early Saturday morning after an argument turned into a physical attack, police said.

Logan Square

Logan Square man guilty of murdering girlfriend, hiding body in duffel bag

March 12, 2026 4:31 PM Tim Hecke
A jury on Thursday convicted a Logan Square man of murder after prosecutors said he killed his girlfriend, nearly decapitated her, and stuffed her body inside a duffel bag that sat in his bedroom until police discovered her remains days later during a well-being check.

Lincoln Park

Kids locked themselves in bathroom as serial burglar ransacked their Logan Square home: prosecutors

February 26, 2026 7:49 AM CWBChicago
A 62-year-old man accused of burglarizing a suburban auto dealership earlier this month skipped court and days later broke into two Chicago homes, including one where two children hid in a bathroom while he gathered the family’s valuables, prosecutors said.

Logan Square

Chicago police seek man who attacked woman in Logan Square

February 20, 2026 9:28 PM CWBChicago
Chicago police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who tried to sexually assault a woman as she entered her workplace in Logan Square earlier this month.

Logan Square

Lightfoot ‘stalker’ who cut off ankle monitor and fled to Canadian border island gets probation

February 19, 2026 7:14 PM CWBChicago
A man charged with stalking former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot after repeatedly showing up outside her home, furious that police were still guarding her after she lost her re-election bid, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, court records show.

Logan Square

Chicago man gets 4 years for ambushing mail carrier and stealing her keys in Logan Square

February 12, 2026 5:49 PM CWBChicago
Nearly six years after a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was accosted and robbed by two men as she made her rounds in Logan Square, one of those men is heading to federal prison.

Brighton Park

Burglary crew hit 3 more businesses this morning, bringing total to 11 this month, police say

January 24, 2026 2:13 PM CWBChicago
A crew of burglars struck three more Chicago businesses this morning, bringing their total to at least 11 targets across the city’s North Side and Southwest Side since early January, according to Chicago police, who say the group uses sledgehammers and crowbars to smash their way into stores and make off with cash registers, ATMs, and merchandise.

Avondale

Woman sexually assaulted by man who followed her from Logan Square Blue Line station

January 23, 2026 5:19 PM CWBChicago
A 24-year-old woman was sexually assaulted Tuesday evening by a man who followed her as she walked home from a CTA Blue Line station in Logan Square, according to Chicago police.

Logan Square

Road rager who beat another driver with baseball bat in Logan Square pleads guilty

December 27, 2025 11:13 AM CWBChicago
A man charged with attacking another driver with a baseball bat during a road rage incident in Logan Square has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to probation, court records show.

Logan Square

Logan Square woman gets nearly 3 years in prison for firebombing Venezuelan neighbors’ home

December 23, 2025 1:06 PM Tim Hecke
A 70-year-old Chicago woman who firebombed the wooden porch of her Venezuelan migrant neighbors in an effort to scare them out of the country has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison on a hate crime conviction.

Logan Square

Crash-and-grab crew hits stores in Wicker Park, Logan Square

December 21, 2025 5:16 PM CWBChicago
Chicago police are warning business owners in Wicker Park and Logan Square after a string of early morning smash-and-grab burglaries in which crews have stolen large quantities of merchandise.

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15th person accused of Chicago murder or attempted murder while on felony release this year

November 9, 2026 9:43 AM

Man gets 12 years for robbing Facebook Marketplace users in Chicago

November 9, 2026 7:09 AM

Rapper whose release party preceded Chicago’s worst mass shooting of all time gets 2-year prison sentence — for gun possession

November 8, 2026 7:08 PM

Woman waited hours for Chicago police response after being raped at gunpoint during home invasion

November 8, 2026 10:49 AM

Burglar caught after 14 cars are broken into on a single Irving Park block

November 8, 2026 8:56 AM

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