Women Escorts Targeted In Robberies, Assaults: Police
The women are lured to abandoned buildings, where they are robbed and assaulted, CBS 2's Brad Edwards reports.
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The women are lured to abandoned buildings, where they are robbed and assaulted, CBS 2's Brad Edwards reports.
The victim was smoking a cigarette on the porch about 5:50 p.m. at her home in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood when an unknown male wearing a partial ski mask and gloves grabbed her from behind.
State Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said the unmarked squad car was damaged by some type of debris as the car was near the 63rd Street exit, though it was "unclear if the debris was metal, a bullet, a rock, etc."
Starting Nov. 3, if you ride the "L," prepare to be asked to hand your bags, purses, or suitcases to a Chicago police officer for screening at some stations.
A fired Chicago cop caught up in a plan to plant drugs and a gun in a suburban woman's car got his job back after the city's police board this month took a second look at the case.
Chicago Police are in need of another $3 million to make sure each and every officer has a new safe bulletproof vest, reports WBBM's John Cody
A former Chicago Police officer was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for shoving an elderly man at a gas station in Oak Lawn, leaving the 89-year-old senior citizen with a broken hip.
Detective Chris Ross and Capt. Ed Kulbida found themselves wounded and in the middle of Tuesday's standoff between law enforcement and a 42-year-old Indiana fugitive. CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports.
About 4:25 p.m., a cyclist was struck by a white tractor-trailer traveling south in the 2100 block of South Ashland, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
A 76-year-old man was parking his 1998 Mercedes about 9:30 p.m. in a garage in the 3600 block of West Peterson when suspect Joe Milton and a teen walked up, hit him over the head and took off in his car, police said.
Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy says a Chicago police detective at the scene of Tuesday's standoff didn't even realize he had been hit until the next day.
During each attempt, a man engaged a child in conversation and then attempted to lure the child into his vehicle, according to Area South detectives.
Looking for a low-risk, lucrative career? Based on these statistics, bike thievery might be for you... (If you can get over the fact that stealing is wrong, that is...)
One of the highest ranking Chicago Police officers ever shot in the line of duty is recovering after being shot at least twice, with wounds to the head and shoulder.
In the first nine months, there have been 42,609 so-called "major crimes" reported in Chicago, marking a continued decline in criminal behavior.
A Chicago Police officer was seriously injured in a rollover crash in the North Side Uptown neighborhood Monday afternoon.
Karl Clermont recalls the booze-fueled encounter he had with an off-duty Chicago police detective in April 2009. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.
A federal judge on Thursday held a drug dealer accountable for the murder of a Chicago police officer and his female friend and sentenced him to 35 years in prison, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
A 16 year old boy is the second person charged in the home invasion and murder of a retired Chicago police sergeant.
Seventy-five sculptures of horses -- each dedicated to a different slain Chicago police officer -- are beginning to appear along the Magnificent Mile.
There was a litany of things for reporters to ask Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy today after he made a speech downtown - but he made a dash out of the room instead.
Attorneys for an unarmed man who was shot and killed last year by an off-duty Chicago police officer have asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the shooting.
Some police agencies using the body cameras say they've seen dramatic drops in complaints against officers. CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports.
The city of Chicago closed the first eight months of 2014 with the fewest murder to date, since 1963.
A Chicago police commander accused of sticking the barrel of his service weapon in a suspect's throat, pressing a stun gun against the man's groin last year, and threatening to kill him was released without having to post bail Thursday.
