$25K reward offered for antique clock stolen from Merchandise Mart
A $25,000 reward is being offered for the safe return of an antique clock stolen last month from an antique show at the Merchandise Mart. About 3:45 p.m. on May 21, three people approached an exhibit...
View ArticleUPDATE: Children, 8 and 9, wounded in separate Gary shootings
UPDATES WITH DETAILS (GARY, Ind.) Two children were wounded in separate shootings Monday night in northwest Indiana. About 9:30 p.m., a 9-year-old boy was inside a home in the 4300 block of West 19th...
View ArticleADVANCE DAYBOOK FOR WEDNESDAY, 06-21-17
WEDNESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) City Council committees meet at City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle. –9 a.m. Committees, Rules and Ethics in Room 201A. Contact: (312) 744-3300. –11 a.m....
View ArticleSchizophrenic man reported missing from Uptown
Police are searching for a 34-year-old schizophrenic man missing since Sunday morning from the Uptown neighborhood on the North Side. Dermott Moffett was last seen at 10:30 a.m. Sunday in the 4700...
View ArticleCops: Chicago woman had half-kilo of cocaine in trunk during traffic stop
(BOSWELL, Ind.) Driving on a suspended license without insurance is never a good idea, especially when you’re speeding with half a kilogram of cocaine in the vehicle. When Indiana State Police pulled...
View ArticleTeen charged with killing one man, wounding another in Little Village
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with killing one man and wounding another in a shooting a year and a half ago in the Southwest Side Little Village neighborhood. Lamar Baker is charged with...
View ArticlePolice: Man, 29, shot dead in Englewood
A man was killed Wednesday afternoon in an Englewood neighborhood shooting on the South Side, according to Chicago Police. The 29-year-old was shot about 2:15 p.m. in the 7000 block of South Parnell,...
View ArticleCAIR hosts vigil for Nabra Hassanen, Charleen Lyles
UPDATES DAYBOOK TO ADD 5:45 P.M. EVENT 5:45 p.m. — (CHICAGO) CAIR-Chicago will host a candlelight vigil for Nabra Hassanen and Charleen Lyles. 57th and Calumet. Contact: (312) 212-1520.
View Article2 Chicagoans charged with robbing Evanston grocery store at knifepoint
(EVANSTON) Two Chicagoans were charged Monday with stealing bottles of liquor at knifepoint from a grocery store in north suburban Evanston. Officers responded at 4:49 p.m. to a Jewel grocery store at...
View Article17-year-old girl shot, critically wounded in Fernwood
A teenage girl was critically wounded Wednesday afternoon in a Fernwood neighborhood shooting on the Far South Side. About 2:35 p.m., the 17-year-old was in a home in the 300 block of West 106th Place...
View ArticleFeds charge man for prostituting 16-year-old girl before her murder
Days before 16-year-old Desiree Robinson was found dead in a Markham garage, her throat slit and her body badly beaten, she confided on Facebook to a longtime friend that she was being “pimped,” the...
View ArticleADVANCE DAYBOOK FOR THURSDAY, 06-22-17
THURSDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 7:30 a.m. — (JOLIET) Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow hosts community blood drive with Jennifer Babec, whose daughter’s life was saved by more than 22...
View ArticleUPDATE: 12-year-old girl reported missing from Humboldt Park located
UPDATES WITH GIRL LOCATED A 12-year-old girl who went missing Tuesday night from the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side has been located. Natalie Guartan had last been seen about 7 p.m. in the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man and woman dead in murder-suicide on Chicago Skyway
UPDATES WITH IDS A man and woman died in an apparent murder-suicide early Wednesday that closed the outbound Chicago Skyway for over five hours. They were in a vehicle heading east on the Skyway near...
View ArticleGang member gets 10 years for selling drugs to undercover Aurora cop
(AURORA) An avowed gang member with a list of felony convictions was sentenced to a decade behind bars Wednesday for selling drugs to an undercover officer in west suburban Aurora. Paul F. Benavides,...
View ArticleUPDATE: 17-year-old girl shot, critically wounded in Fernwood
UPDATES WITH DETAILS A teenage girl was critically wounded Wednesday afternoon in a Fernwood neighborhood shooting on the Far South Side. About 2:35 p.m., the 17-year-old was inside a home in the 300...
View ArticleUPDATE: Woman killed in single-vehicle crash in northwest Indiana
UPDATES WITH ID (SCHNEIDER, Ind.) A woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash early Monday in northwest Indiana. The crash happened about 3 a.m. at West 241st and Wicker avenues in Schneider,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Ottawa woman dies after Hammond crash
UPDATES WITH ID (HAMMOND, Ind.) A downstate woman died Saturday evening after a crash in northwest Indiana. The crash happened at 150th Street and Calumet Avenue in Hammond, according to the Lake...
View Article3 seriously injured in Plato Township crash
(PLATO TWP.) Three people were seriously injured in a crash Wednesday morning in the far west suburbs. The two-vehicle crash happened at 11:20 a.m. on Plank Road west of Route 47 in unincorporated...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police had tried to pull over off-duty officer before crash killed 2
UPDATES WITH WOMAN’S AUTOPSY RESULTS The Independent Police Review Authority has assumed the lead role in the investigation of a crash that claimed the lives of an off-duty Chicago Police officer and...
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