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Man stabbed in the Loop overnight (Updated)

August 1, 2022 CWBChicago

A 27-year-old man is in serious condition after reportedly being shot in the Loop overnight. Police are still trying to piece together the details of precisely what happened.

Murder, electronic monitoring, Chicago’s top cop, an acquittal, guns, pot, a viral video, Lollapalooza, questions about prosecutorial decisions, and a dumbfounded judge. This story has it all.

July 30, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police name Torrence Reese as an example of an alleged murderer who should never have been put on electronic monitoring. But six months later he was found not guilty on all charges. Now, he has new problems.

Man gets probation for allegedly trying to push a woman into the path of a CTA train

July 25, 2022 CWBChicago

An Indiana man who was accused of trying to push a stranger into the path of a CTA train at Roosevelt two years ago because he was angry has been sentenced to probation.

Couple robbed woman on Red Line, slashed another passenger who came to her aid, police say

July 24, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police are hoping the public will help them track down two offenders who stabbed a woman who intervened in a robbery on a Red Line train in the Loop last week.

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July 19, 2022 CWBChicago

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Feds charge man with carjacking Lyft driver in the Loop while using the pseudonym ‘Moneybagg Uzi’

July 19, 2022 CWBChicago

Federal prosecutors in Chicago are taking over a carjacking case in which an 18-year-old man is accused of hijacking a Lyft driver’s car in the Loop after ordering a ride using the name “Moneybagg Uzi.”

Woman slashed during robbery aboard a Red Line train in the Loop

July 18, 2022 CWBChicago

Two robbers took a woman’s purse and slashed her friend’s hand with a knife while riding a Red Line train in the Loop overnight, Chicago police said.

Downtown violence is through the roof, but Chicago’s top cop refuses to talk about it: ‘a divisive conversation’

July 13, 2022 CWBChicago

Shootings are way, way up in downtown neighborhoods like the Loop and River North, but Chicago Police Superintendent doesn’t want to talk about it.

FBI arrests suspected serial bank robber in the Loop — while he was carrying a bank robbery note

July 12, 2022 CWBChicago

The party may be over for a serial bank robber who held up nine banks in the Loop and another in River North during May and June. You may not be surprised to hear that he has already been convicted of bank robbery five times.

Armed robbers shoot man in Loop parking garage; woman pistol-whipped and carjacked nearby

July 11, 2022 CWBChicago

A man was shot during an armed robbery attempt in his Loop parking garage this morning, just minutes after carjackers pistol-whipped and carjacked a woman outside her Loop residence about four blocks away, according to Chicago police.

Men who were accused of robbing bicyclists in the Loop get probation in plea deals

July 8, 2022 CWBChicago

Two people charged in connection with robberies of bicyclists in the Loop last summer have accepted plea deals from prosecutors. They were both sentenced to probation.

3 charged with launching fireworks at Chicago police during drag racing “sideshow” in the Loop

July 4, 2022 CWBChicago

Three men have been charged with felonies for launching fireworks at Chicago police vehicles during a car “sideshow” in the Loop early on the Fourth of July, according to a CPD media statement.

Man accused of spraying mace inside a Loop bar thinks he was “roofied,” defense attorney says

July 4, 2022 CWBChicago

An Uptown man deployed mace inside a popular Loop pub over the weekend, then smacked a cop in the head with the spray can and gave officers a blast of the chemical, too, prosecutors said.

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