Several Women Punched In The Face Near Harold Washington Library; Suspect In Custody
Police said several people, possibly nine women, reported being hit just before 9 a.m. outside the library, near Plymouth Court and Van Buren Street.
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Police said several people, possibly nine women, reported being hit just before 9 a.m. outside the library, near Plymouth Court and Van Buren Street.
Kelly's defense team says the racketeering case in New York is an attempt at an "end run" around the statue of limitation on the underlying claims of illegal sexual activity.
A man and two teenagers have been charged with stealing another man's car at gunpoint in West Pullman, where he was visiting a woman he'd met through a dating website.
Federal prosecutors said Bryan Protho, 41, grabbed the girl on the sidewalk near 153rd Street and Burnham Avenue on Dec. 20, 2017, dragged her into a red Ford Explorer, and drove away.
Chicago police are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a woman Saturday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood.
The move comes days after a man shot and killed a man in the Jackson CTA tunnel connecting the Red Line and Blue Line.
Hugh Fowler, 62, has been arrested on a federal child pornography charge, and is due to appear in court on Tuesday.
Interim Chicago Police Supt. Charlie Beck said CPD, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and the CTA will announce a new security plan for the mass transit system next week.
Red Line subway trains were halted for about 20 minutes downtown midday, after a group of teens suspected of stealing clothes from a Magnificent Mile shop ran onto the tracks.
Christopher Puente, 34, is charged with one count of predatory criminal sexual assault.
Police said the girl found the gun Friday night at a home in the 3100 block of West Fillmore Street, and as she was handling it, it went off, and a bullet struck her brother in the neck.
Police said, around 11:35 a.m., the 32-year-old man was in the passenger seat of a car on the Skyway, when a gray van pulled up alongside the car and someone inside started shooting.
The person of interest was seen with Patrick Waldon, who is now charged with the shooting. Anyone who recognizes him should call Area Central detectives at 312-745-8383.
At least 26 people were shot across the city between Friday afternoon and early Monday, four of them fatally.
The fresh indictment adds a new sexual abuse victim not mentioned in the original case, but removes another victim from the charges.
The victim was walking with three other students off campus when a dark colored SUV pulled up, and a man fired five shots, shooting the victim in the leg.
"I never would have thought that this judge would do what he did today," said Reed's mother, Amanda Shackleford.
"This weekend's crime numbers, where we saw so many homicides, and we saw a lot of shootings, were incredibly distressing to me," Mayor Lightfoot said.
Vandals broke two sets of glass doors at Gary City Hall on Tuesday.
Prosecutors have cleared dozens of men and women of charges connected to Watts since 2016, typically announcing the exonerations in large batches.
A man is in custody after stabbing another man Monday afternoon on a CTA Red Line platform on the South Side.
Two men were shot and killed during a robbery attempt in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood Sunday morning, police confirm.
The shooting happened just before 10 Saturday morning near Congress and California.
A 33-year-old business owner was fatally shot in the chest while trying to defend himself during a robbery in Chicago's Park Manor neighborhood, Chicago police confirm.
