Chicago man charged with attacking 2 CPD officers in North Lawndale
Dantrell Dehart, 30, was arrested Tuesday, in the 3500 block of West Fulton Boulevard.
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Dantrell Dehart, 30, was arrested Tuesday, in the 3500 block of West Fulton Boulevard.
Police are looking for two women who are suspects in the beating.
Officers took Johnny McCaskill, 40, into custody after officers conducted a traffic stop.
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The victim, 62, was riding his bike on the sidewalk right near State and Cermak when police said he was attacked. So far, no one is in custody.
Denise Solorzano, 26, was arrested on Wednesday.
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Two teenage boys are facing multiple charges including battery and carjacking following a string of crimes in the West Town, River North, and Near West Side neighborhoods back in March.
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The girls, 13 and 15, were arrested on Wednesday around 7:40 p.m., in the 0-100 block of West 79th Street.
Investigators say a man broke into a 70-year-old woman's home where he beat and robbed her before fleeing the scene.
Police say the car was recovered in the 2500 block of West North Ave.
Two women are charged with attacking and robbing a 16-year-old girl on a CTA Red Line in Chatham last week.
Police arrested William Tatum, 43, in the 2900 block of South State Street on Wednesday around 12:39 p.m.
A man is charged after attacking and robbing a CTA employee on the Near West Side this month.
Prosecutors showed video of the alleged beating in which the suspect dragging, kicking and pushing the victim.
Prosecutors revealed disturbing new details in court on Tuesday about what CTA cameras caught early Saturday morning when a CTA employee, on the job, allegedly beat a passenger. The passenger later died and the employee was charged with aggravated battery, but not murder. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza was in court to get the details.
Emmett Richardson, 39, faces two felony counts of aggravated battery in connection with the battery of 54-year-old victim.
A CTA employee was charged with aggravated battery in connection with a weekend attack of a passenger on the LaSalle Blue Line platform. That passenger later died. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza had the story.
A CTA employee was charged with aggravated battery in connection with a weekend attack of a passenger on the LaSalle Blue Line platform. That passenger later died. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza had the story.
Detectives are investigating the incident as a battery.
A teenage girl is charged after attacking and robbing another teen outside a CTA Blue Line stop earlier this month.
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The boys, 13 and 15, were arrested in the 7900 and 8000 blocks of Eberhart Avenue on Wednesday.
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