Rogers Park Archives

Package thieves blasted victim with bear spray: Chicago police report

December 7, 2023 8:18 AM CWBChicago

Two North Siders blasted a woman in the face with bear spray while stealing packages from her apartment building vestibule, according to a Chicago police report.

8 years for man who committed 2 armed robberies and then went to a casino

November 26, 2023 10:32 AM Tim Hecke

A Tennessee man who committed two armed robberies on Chicago’s North Side and then headed to a casino has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

49-time convicted felon gets 5 years for posing as a city inspector to scam Chicago businesses

November 25, 2023 9:08 AM CWBChicago

Ronald Browning, accused of scamming Chicago businesses by posing as a city inspector while he was on parole for his 44th, 45th, and 46th felony convictions, is heading back to prison after pleading guilty to his 47th, 48th, and 49th felonies.

Prosecutors ‘rejected’ murder charge in Rogers Park shooting due to ‘self-defense’: CPD report

November 20, 2023 7:47 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police say a man admitted to shooting a killing another man near the Howard CTA station last week. Prosecutors rejected murder charges “due to self defense” and the judge refused to keep him in jail to await trial.

Suspect in custody after man is fatally shot near Howard CTA station

November 16, 2023 5:25 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are questioning a suspect after a man was shot and killed near the Howard CTA station on Thursday afternoon.

Video shows Chicago police arriving at a robbery in progress, but the cops were ordered to stop chasing the offenders

November 13, 2023 12:00 PM Tim Hecke

Newly-released city surveillance video shows a Chicago police squad car arriving as armed robbers targeted a man on the North Side in August. Even though the cops saw the robbery in progress, a CPD supervisor ordered them to stop chasing the suspects.

Man killed by drive-by shooter in Rogers Park

November 11, 2023 4:57 AM CWBChicago

A 36-year-old man was shot and killed by a drive-by gunman in Rogers Park on Friday evening, Chicago police said.

Carjacking crew takes 2 cars in 30 minutes on North Side

November 5, 2023 9:13 AM CWBChicago

Armed carjackers took two vehicles in less than 30 minutes Sunday morning on the Far North Side, Chicago police said. No arrests have been made so far.

Chicago man has been arrested 5 times since Illinois eliminated cash bail

October 22, 2023 11:09 PM CWBChicago

North Sider Juvenal Coronel has been arrested five times since Illinois eliminated cash bail on September 18. He holds the dubious title of being the most-arrested Chicagoan in the cashless bail era.

‘Angel of Death’ gets 38 years for Thanksgiving Day murder in West Rogers Park

October 17, 2023 7:46 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago man that prosecutors said earned the nickname “Angel of Death” because “every time he goes out, someone dies” was sentenced to 38 years in prison for murdering a man in West Rogers Park on Thanksgiving Day 2015.

Package thieves blasted victim with bear spray: Chicago police report

December 7, 2023 8:18 AM

Two North Siders blasted a woman in the face with bear spray while stealing packages from her apartment building vestibule, according to a Chicago police report.

15-year-old stabbed a man on the Red Line, Chicago police say

December 7, 2023 7:30 AM

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with stabbing a man on a Red Line train in Lincoln Park last month, according to Chicago police.

Man killed near West Loop homeless camp, 2nd shooting at troubled intersection in a month

December 7, 2023 6:33 AM

A man was shot and killed in the West Loop overnight, just steps from a homeless camp that the local alderman has said is a catalyst for violent crime in the area. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has reportedly withheld assistance in cleaning up the area because the local alderman refused to link his votes on key legislation to the clean-up effort.