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#17: 16-year-old charged with murder, robbery in alleged pot dealer rip-off

April 19, 2021 CWBChicago

A 16-year-old boy was charged with first-degree murder and robbery over the weekend as prosecutors accused him of helping kill and rob a pot dealer in Bronzeville last month.

#16: Man chased down and killed victim while on electronic monitoring for gun case, prosecutors say

April 18, 2021 CWBChicago

Semaj Dixon, 21, is the 16th person charged with killing, trying to kill, or shooting someone in Chicago this year while on bond for another felony case.

Rogers Park police station struck by gunfire Sunday morning

April 18, 2021 CWBChicago

Gunshots were fired outside the Chicago police station in Rogers Park on Sunday morning. No one was injured, but the station was struck by bullets, according to a CPD report.

3 charged in separate robberies on CTA trains in Loop, Old Town, and near Mag Mile

April 18, 2021 CWBChicago

Three more people have been arrested and charged with committing robberies on the L system downtown and in Old Town this week.

Prosecutors: Near North Side man entered apartment, spooned and fondled 2 women

April 18, 2021 CWBChicago

A Near North Side man is charged entered another unit in his high-rise apartment to fondle and spoon two women earlier this month, according to prosecutors.

City files “nuisance” complaint against downtown hotel, alleging guns, crime, and packed elevators

April 16, 2021 CWBChicago

A downtown hotel faces public nuisance charges after the city launched an investigation following a series of incidents involving the hotel and its guests, the local alderman said.

Prosecutors: Uber passenger lured driver into armed ambush — with 3 kids in the car (while on bond for gun charges)

April 16, 2021 CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a 19-year-old man brought a woman and three children along as he apparently directed an Uber driver into an armed carjacking ambush on the city’s South Side this week.

Prosecutors: Man robbed 2 customers as same Uptown bank this week

April 15, 2021 CWBChicago

Prosecutors on Thursday charged a man with robbing two customers at the same Uptown bank branch this week — one on Monday and another on Tuesday.

2 men accused of shooting on-duty fireman in Albany Park reach plea deals

April 15, 2021 CWBChicago

Two men accused of shooting an on-duty Chicago fireman who was working to put out a car fire in Albany Park last year have reached plea deals with prosecutors.

Man charged with 3 armed carjackings this month: “I just hang out and sometimes sh*t goes wrong”

April 15, 2021 CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a man with participating in four violent robberies, including two carjackings, over the course of five days earlier this month while he was on parole for another robbery case.

Woman carjacked in Wicker Park, police say

April 15, 2021 CWBChicago

Two hijackers used a baseball bat to break a woman’s car window and then forced the victim and her 2-year-old daughter from the vehicle in Wicker Park on Wednesday night, police said.

Man robbed on Loop CTA platform Wednesday morning

April 14, 2021 CWBChicago

Police are working to track down the offender who put a knife to the neck of a CTA passenger and robbed him on the Monroe Blue Line platform Wednesday morning.

Alleged Lakeview rapist violated probation in earlier attack, but nobody tried to track him down — until it was too late

April 13, 2021 CWBChicago

Antoine Jackson was non-compliant with his probation agreement for months before he allegedly raped a woman near the Belmont Red Line station last month, but no one ever tried to arrest him — until it was too late.