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Prosecutors reject carjacking charges, leading a misdemeanor court judge to ask why: ‘The facts of this case sound much more like an aggravated vehicular hijacking’

May 26, 2022 CWBChicago

A Cook County judge was surprised that she was hearing Trevale Robinson’s case in misdemeanor court, but a proscutor told her that the state’s attorney’s office rejected felony carjacking charges.

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CPD brass enjoys weeks-long vacations while canceling days off for underlings, records show

May 23, 2022 CWBChicago

Top Chicago police leaders have taken days, even weeks off while canceling or restricting days off for cops under their command, records show.

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Justin Gamino was killed last week by a man who received just 2 years for his third felony gun case, according to prosecutors

May 23, 2022 CWBChicago

Justin Gamino was shot and killed by last week by a man who received a plea deal sentence of just two years for his third gun felony, according to prosecutors. The accused man was still on parole at the time of the murder.

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Woman found handcuffed, chained to wall inside abandoned home on Far South Side, cop says

May 22, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating after a 36-year-old woman was reportedly found handcuffed and chained to a wall inside an abandoned home Saturday evening in West Pullman.

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#19: A two-time felon circled a West Side neighborhood for 15 minutes looking for someone to kill in a revenge murder, prosecutors say. He was on bond for a gun case at the time.

May 21, 2022 CWBChicago

A two-time felon drove a gunman around the West Side for 15 minutes to find someone to kill in a revenge murder, prosecutors say. At the time, he was on bail for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

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Crime reports are at new highs while police staffing is at 5-year-lows across Chicago’s downtown and North Side: data

May 20, 2022 CWBChicago

Across Chicago’s downtown and North Side, every police district’s staffing levels are at 5-year lows while major crime reports are setting new highs. Here’s what the numbers show.

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#18: Man escaped from electronic monitoring and ran over a cop in a stolen car while fleeing a murder scene, prosecutors say

May 19, 2022 CWBChicago

Antonio Gonzalez ran over a Chicago cop who was trying to take him into custody for questioning regarding a murder, prosecutors said. It happened Monday, three weeks after he cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and went missing in a pending felony case.

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20-time felon is now a 30-time felon after pleading guilty to 10 North Side scooter thefts

May 19, 2022 CWBChicago

Twenty-time convicted felon Randall Brown became thirty-time convicted felon Randall Brown last week when he pleaded guilty to stealing ten Moped-style scooters from parking spots across the North Side during the summer of 2020.

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High school student circumvented metal detectors to bring gun into class Tuesday, prosecutors say

May 19, 2022 CWBChicago

A CPS high school student, on bond for a felony gun case, allegedly circumvented security checkpoints to bring a gun into clase Tuesday.

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#71: Burglar opened fire on a woman while fleeing her apartment (and while on felony bail), prosecutors say

May 18, 2022 CWBChicago

Kendall Irvin was on felony bail when he shot at a woman whose apartment he just burglarized, prosecutors say.

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One hour before Dakotah Earley was shot, Chicago police decided not to chase the stolen BMW his attacker used

May 17, 2022 CWBChicago

One hour before Dakotah Earley was brutally shot, Chicago police terminated a pursuit of the stolen BMW that was used by the man who shot him.

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4-time felon went to Wisconsin while on electronic monitoring, got arrested there, too: prosecutors

May 16, 2022 CWBChicago

Prosecutors say electronic monitoring participant Theodis Thomas went to Wisconsin while he was supposed to be taking care of “essential” needs. He got arrested there.

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Police are questioning a suspect in connection with this month’s violent wave of North Side armed robberies: source

May 15, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police have detained a 19-year-old man for questioning in connection with a series of armed robberies that has stunned the North Side this month, including the vicious robbery and shooting of Dakotah Earley in Lincoln Park, according to law enforcement sources.

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