For a fourth night in a row, the Chicago Police Department was forced to call for reinforcements downtown as large numbers of teens gathered and engaged in rioting, violence, and even a Saturday night shooting.
Chicago Police Interim Superintendent Eric Carter recommends the officer who fatally shot a teenager in 2021 be fired, CWB Chicago reported Monday.
The Twitter account for the Chicago Police Department reportedly liked a so-called “anti-trans” post and officials are now looking into the matter.
Two Chicago teens stand accused of participating in armed robberies and carjackings on Wednesday in Logan Square.
A 17-year-old was arrested for allegedly hijacking a vehicle from a 35-year-old man at gunpoint Tuesday, according to police.
A 26-year-old woman was stabbed to death early Saturday as she stood on a Loop CTA platform in Chicago, the news coming as residents suffer rampant crime.
A Chicago Man has been accused of committing a string of robberies by arranging meetings via Facebook Marketplace.
Police say a man committed an armed robbery on a Chicago sidewalk and then began chowing down on a takeout order of fried chicken.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) stated Tuesday her plan for addressing crime is “working” despite recent data showing major crime increased by 41 percent in 2022.
A Chicago man received a combined 16-year prison sentence for carjacking a driver so that he could get to court for a stolen vehicle case.
An 18-year-old suspect died Wednesday after he and an accomplice attempted to hijack a vehicle which accelerated and crashed into a Chicago Transit Authority pillar.
A Chicago carjacking suspect was arrested after running from pursuing police officers but was then caught hiding in a dumpster behind a police dispatch building, according to CWB Chicago.
Chicago police are looking for a suspect after a 16-year-old was shot in the face on a train Sunday just after 2:00 a.m.
A panhandler offered a woman crack cocaine moments after he robbed her on a Chicago train platform Thursday, according to prosecutors via CWB Chicago.
Chicago police say two brothers were fatally shot Wednesday night in Ravenswood, and a 15-year-old was also shot nearby.
Two men with hammers robbed a pedestrian in Chicago early Sunday morning amid a string of armed robbery attacks within the city.
A Chicago homeless man, known as the ‘Walking Man,’ has died nearly seven months after he was set on fire while sleeping on the street.
A police officer fired a taser which hit a suspect and the officer’s partner during an altercation on September 27, according to CWB Chicago.
Two Chicago cousins who a prosecutor says stored over $2 million worth of pot in a storage locker were found out for one simple reason.
Nearly 40 people were robbed by armed groups over the weekend in Chicago’s near west and north sides, according to police.
A Chicago man allegedly attacked a woman before stealing her vehicle on September 24 and officials are trying to identify him.
Human remains were found in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood just three days after remains were also discovered half a mile away.
A pregnant woman who was robbed at knifepoint waited around an hour for Chicago police to respond before she ended up finding the suspect herself, CWB Chicago reported.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) security team was involved in a shooting after witnessing an attempted robbery on an elderly man in the city’s Northwest Side.
Three thieves were seen driving two stolen vehicles through an auto repair door in Chicago on security camera footage.
A Chicago man on electronic home monitoring for an armed robbery charge was found by police seven miles away from his residence.
Chicago Police have issued community alerts to residents who live near Wrigley Field after four individuals were temporarily kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint over the weekend.
A Chicago sex offender recently arrested for allegedly touching two women inappropriately was freed hours later on his own recognizance. The accused man has a long history of sexual misconduct dating back to 2017.
A 15-year-old girl was victimized Friday along the Chicago River bank as residents continue suffering from rampant crime.
A convicted sex offender is accused of attempting to kidnap a woman and committing aggravated battery against two other women in Chicago on Sunday morning, according to police. Less than 24 hours before the alleged attacks occurred, the suspect was released by a judge on his own recognizance after failing to register as a sex offender.
A three-year-old boy has died after being allegedly pushed by his aunt into Lake Michigan off Chicago’s Navy Pier.
A Chicago felon who was recently arrested for driving a stolen motor vehicle was already on bail for three other cases, including for driving a stolen vehicle.
Surveillance footage appears to show a woman allegedly showing her three-year-old nephew into Lake Michigan off Navy Pier, according to the sources with the Chicago Police Department.
Chicago police grappled with Mexican Independence Day crowds over the weekend, which caused problems for 911 callers.
A Chicago restaurant manager was injured in a drive-by shooting in the West Loop on Friday night and the victim is furious at officials in the Democrat-controlled city.
A man was arrested Monday for attempting to kidnap and buy off a five-year-old girl in front of her mother in Chicago, according to police.
A man is accused of trying to kidnap a five-year-old girl and attempting to buy her from her mother Thursday in Chicago.
Two men from the Southside of Chicago were arrested Thursday for allegedly carjacking a 74-year-old man at gunpoint.
A Chicago man whose murder sentence was commuted by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in 2021 was recently arrested for allegedly stealing a van belonging to the city of Kenosha, CWB Chicago reported.
An individual who allegedly pushed a man off a CTA platform onto a rail line in Chicago was arrested twice later that day.
