A South Side man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for murdering another man during an armed robbery last year. Devon Holly, who turned 18 late last month, was already on juvenile parole for attempted murder when he killed the man.
Officials are conducting three death investigations after two children and a woman were found dead in Lake Michigan near Jackson Park on Saturday. Without providing details, Chicago police said the deaths “appear to be connected and appear to stem from a domestic dispute.”
A Chicago man accused of robbing a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier and stealing her all-access “arrow key” has been released on electronic monitoring after a judge rejected prosecutors’ request to keep him detained.
A Chicago man who was arrested late last month after allegedly running from police with a gun is now accused of robbing and carjacking a man with a machine gun just three weeks later.
Chicago police are warning residents about a wave of robberies tied to online activity, with offenders using social media apps, online marketplaces, and even food delivery orders as bait to lure victims into holdup traps.
Prosecutors have charged a Chicago man with shooting his girlfriend during an argument over weed. Anthony Jones, 21, was already on pretrial release for a machine gun possession case when he allegedly shot the 19-year-old woman on February 22.
The U.S. Postal Inspection service is offering up to $150,000 in holiday cash for information that helps them identify and arrest the man who robbed a mail carrier.
A ShotSpotter alert was responsible for Chicago police arriving quickly at a home invasion in Woodlawn on Wednesday. Only two young girls were in the home at the time of the crime.