Police: Man tried to lure girls from Old Town school
Chicago Police are looking for a man who accosted three girls outside an Old Town neighborhood school Monday afternoon on the Near North Side. About 12:30 p.m., the man, thought to be in his 50s, was...
View Article8 wounded in Tuesday shootings, capping a violent February
At least eight people were wounded in shootings across Chicago on Tuesday, as February ended with a total of 210 gunshot victims in the city. Forty-five of the victims this month have died, according...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s cases
James Butler, 22, of the 1200 block of South Racine Avenue, unknown causes at 404 Merrill Ave. in Calumet City, pronounced at Stroger Hospital at 4:31 p.m. [2/24], Calumet City police. Jane Fogarty,...
View ArticlePolice: Burglars targeting Lake View homes while victims sleep
Police are warning residents of a recent string of home burglaries in the North Side Lake View neighborhood, four of which happened on the same block, while the victims were sleeping. In five incidents...
View ArticlePair charged with firing gun behind Portage mobile home
(PORTAGE, Ind.) Two men have been charged with firing a gun Tuesday morning near a mobile home in northwest Indiana. A resident called police at 10:16 a.m. to report that she saw two suspicious people...
View ArticleCoroner: No foul play suspected after inmate dies on transport bus to Stateville
(CREST HILL) An inmate being transferred to Stateville Correctional Center died Monday morning after being found unresponsive on the transport bus in southwest suburban Crest Hill. Clifford V. Nelson,...
View ArticlePolice: 1 stabbed, 1 injured in ‘random’ attack at Waukegan store
(WAUKEGAN) A suspect is in custody after two teens were wounded in a “random” attack at a grocery store in north suburban Waukegan on Wednesday night, police said. Emergency crews were called about...
View ArticlePolice: Lemont man drank 12 beers before Riverside crash
(RIVERSIDE) A 50-year-old man was charged with DUI after he crashed his van last week in west suburban Riverside and claimed drinking 12 beers was “no big deal,” according to police. Riverside police...
View ArticleUPDATE: Person questioned after 69-year-old woman slain in Gary
UPDATES WITH ID (GARY, Ind.) Detectives are questioning a person of interest after a 69-year-old woman was killed inside her home in Gary, Indiana. About 3:30 p.m., officers were called for a welfare...
View ArticlePolice: Woman fights off attacker in car on Near West Side
A woman was able to fight off a man who forced his way into her car last month on the Near West Side, according to Chicago Police. Investigators released surveillance images Wednesday of a man...
View ArticleFeds urge 9 years in prison for Gary Solomon in CPS scam
Federal prosecutors want a judge to send Gary Solomon, the mastermind of a brazen contract-steering scheme at Chicago Public Schools, to prison for nine years, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. But...
View ArticlePolice: 74-year-old man disappears from Burnside
Chicago Police are looking for a 74-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease who disappeared Wednesday afternoon from the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side. Jihad Bahaiddin was last seen about 3...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man wounded in West Lawn shooting
UPDATE WITH NEW DETAILS A man was shot in the leg on Wednesday evening in the West Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. About 6:40 p.m., the 21-year-old was walking in the 7200 block of South...
View ArticleDelivery drivers robbed at gunpoint in Avalon Park
Police are warning of armed robberies targeting food delivery drivers in the Avalon Park neighborhood on the South Side. Someone ordered food to be delivered to the 8200 block of South Blackstone twice...
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2 Chicago Police officers injured in Loop crash
Two Chicago Police officers were injured in a crash early Thursday in the Loop. About 12:20 a.m., a Mitsubishi Montero was driving south in the 500 block of South State Street when it rear-ended a...
View ArticleFranklin Park man charged in hit-and-run that killed former pal
Jonathan Gonzalez and Emmanuel Diaz used to be pals. But their friendship soured when Gonzalez became convinced that Diaz had romantic feelings for his wife. The men confronted each other one last time...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2nd person charged with killing 17-year-old Chicago Heights girl
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SUSPECT CHARGED, MUG (CHICAGO HEIGHTS) A second person has been charged with killing a 17-year-old girl last week in south suburban Chicago Heights. Martin Chavez, 22, of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Cops: Woman reported guns stolen after giving them to felon
UPDATES WITH BOND Bond was set at $50,000 on Thursday for a Logan Square woman who falsely reported that her guns were stolen after giving them to a convicted felon last year, according to authorities....
View ArticleWoman, 75, missing from Austin
A 75-year-old woman has been reported missing after leaving her home on Thursday in the Austin neighborhood. Virginia Cousin, who has mild dementia, may not be able to find her way home, Chicago Police...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man, 20, shot in leg in Fernwood
UPDATES WITH CHANGE OF ADDRESS A man was shot Thursday night in the Fernwood neighborhood on the Far South Side. Officers responded to a call of shots fired and found the 20-year-old man shot in one of...
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