A nine-time convicted felon who’s on parole for armed robbery attacked and robbed a 72-year-old tourist inside Union Station last weekend, prosecutors said.
The Chicago Police Department has created a 24/7 Strategic Decision Support Center in the 1st District to monitor many of the city’s surveillance cameras in real time.
Police arrested convicted auto thief Shawn Alexander as he hopped into a stolen car near Belmont and Clark, this week — but a prolific crew of young car thieves has eluded officers so far.
Divvy bicyclist struck by juvenile driving carjacked SUV in West Town on Wednesday — just 2 days after a pedestrian was killed in a crash that involved a juvenile driving a stolen car.
The driver of a stolen car who struck and killed a pedestrian Monday in the West Loop appeared to intentionally hit the woman, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.
A group of very young auto thieves stole a running car from outside a Lakeview 7-Eleven then ran over and killed another woman hours later in the West Loop.