Medical examiner’s cases
Anthony Thorpe, 48, of the 500 block of West 14th Place, unknown causes at 5548 S. Perry Ave., pronounced dead at 5:10 a.m. [9/22], Area South detectives. Miguel Williams, 34, of the 7700 block of...
View ArticleClout bus contractor charged with hiding CPS payments from IRS
A politically connected bus-company owner who made tens of millions of dollars from contracts with the Chicago Public Schools was charged Thursday with cheating on her taxes by hiding income from...
View ArticleWest Side man dies three months after Oak Park assault
A West Side man died Wednesday, more than three months after he was assaulted in west suburban Oak Park. Joseph Maffris, 60, died at Journey Care Hospice at 9:17 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Cook...
View ArticleWoman found dead at Morton Grove school’s playground
(MORTON GROVE) A woman was found dead Thursday morning on the playground of a special needs school in north suburban Morton Grove. Zehra B. Kabalazeda, 18, was pronounced dead at 6:55 a.m. at the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man dies 3 months after punch by 13-year-old in Oak Park
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A West Side man died Wednesday morning, three months after he was punched in the face by a 13-year-old boy during a fight in west suburban Oak Park. Joseph Maffris,...
View ArticleThree people injured in Rogers Park apartment fire
Three people were injured in a fire in an apartment building Thursday afternoon in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side. The blaze in the five-story apartment building in the 6900 block of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Charges upgraded for felon charged with gun possession in Elgin
UPDATES WITH CHARGES UPGRADED (ELGIN) Charges have been upgraded against a convicted felon caught with a loaded handgun earlier this month in northwest suburban Elgin. Johnathon King, 26, of the 900...
View ArticlePolice warn of robberies in Back of the Yards
Police are warning residents of several robberies this month in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. The victims were approached by a man who demanded their property, according to a...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s cases
Zachery Gonzalez, 20, of the 25600 block of Daffodil Lane in Monee, unknown causes at Illinois Route 1 and East 12000N Road in Beecher, pronounced at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood at 5:59...
View ArticleMan wanted for Chicago sexual assaults, murder arrested in Mexico
A man on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted list for the 1998 kidnapping, beating and sexual assault of one woman, and the sexual assault and murder of another in Chicago, was arrested Thursday in Mexico....
View ArticleUPDATE: Bank robbed in Glen Ellyn
UPDATES WITH PHOTO, NEW DETAILS (GLEN ELLYN) A man robbed a bank in west suburban Glen Ellyn on Friday afternoon. The man, thought to be about 35, walked into the U.S. Bank branch at 736 Roosevelt Rd....
View ArticleUPDATE: No bond for man charged with Lake View shooting, robbery
UPDATES WITH BOND Bond was denied Thursday for a man accused of a shooting that left another man critically wounded last month in the Lake View neighborhood on the North Side. Nickolas Burch, 27, was...
View ArticleUPDATE: $100K bond for man charged with groping woman on Loyola campus
UPDATES WITH BOND Bond was set at $100,000 Friday for a man charged with groping a woman on Loyola University’s Rogers Park campus earlier this month. Soroush Aflaki, 22, faces two felony counts of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man charged with putting camera in elementary school bathroom
UPDATES WITH BOND Bond was set at $75,000 Friday for a man charged with putting a camera in the bathroom of a Near North Side elementary school bathroom. Elliott Nott, 41, faces seven counts of...
View ArticleMan charged with August killing in Homan Square
An 18-year-old man has been charged with fatally shooting another man last month in the Homan Square neighborhood on the West Side. Francisco Saldana faces first-degree murder charges for the Aug. 21...
View ArticleUPDATE: 1 killed, 1 wounded in Fuller Park shooting
UPDATES WITH FATALITY, NEW DETAILS A man was killed and another wounded in a Fuller Park neighborhood shooting Friday afternoon on the South Side. They were outside about 1:45 p.m. in the 4200 block of...
View ArticleBoy, 15, critical after Washington Park shooting
A 15-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded in the Washington Park neighborhood Friday afternoon on the South Side. About 4:20 p.m., he was on a sidewalk in the 300 block of East 58th Street when...
View ArticleUPDATE: Autopsy: 18-year-old hanged herself on Morton Grove playground
UPDATES WITH AUTOPSY (MORTON GROVE) A woman hanged herself on the playground of a special needs school Thursday in north suburban Morton Grove, an autopsy has found. Zehra B. Kabalazeda, 18, was...
View ArticleUPDATE: Worker dies after fall from Wicker Park building
UPDATES WITH ID A construction worker from the northwest suburbs died after falling from a building Friday morning in the Wicker Park neighborhood. Officers were called to the 1600 block of West...
View ArticleUPDATE: Worker dies after fall from Wicker Park building
UPDATES WITH AUTOPSY The death of a construction worker from the northwest suburbs who fell from a building Friday morning in the Wicker Park neighborhood has been ruled an accident. Officers were...
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