West Garfield Park Carjackings Target Men Wanting To Meet Up With Women For Sex
Men have been falling victim to carjackings in the West Garfield Park neighborhood after arranging to meet up with women they meet online for sex.
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Men have been falling victim to carjackings in the West Garfield Park neighborhood after arranging to meet up with women they meet online for sex.
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Leonid Belogur was crossing the intersection of Shermer and Greenwood on Jan. 4 when a driver hit the 86-year-old and sped off.
A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder and kidnapping, in connection with the abduction of 13-year-old Jayme Closs, and the slayings of her parents.
A Portage tow truck company owner has pleaded guilty to paying $12,000 in bribes to Mayor James Snyder, who faces trial next week on corruption charges.
Lake County Sheriff's officials said 39-year-old Steven Klubertanz, of Ingleside, was wanted on an arrest warrant charging him with four felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
An 18-year-old student at Portage High School was shot and killed Wednesday night in Griffith, Indiana.
Former Illinois State Rep. Nick Sauer turned himself in to Lake County authorities on Thursday afternoon, a day after he was indicted on "revenge porn" charges.
An Indiana man has been charged with first-degree murder, after allegedly running over another man in the parking lot of the Chatham Ridge shopping center on the South Side on Monday.
Jamel Helaire-Jones, 32, has been charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault, and has been ordered held without bail.
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Chicago police data shows of the more than 9,500 robberies last year, 689 of them were in alleys.
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The manager of Poke Poké restaurant in the Loop has been suspended, after allegedly hitting a black teenager with a chair last week.
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A Waukegan man accused of locking his 10-year-old daughter in the basement for several months has been declared fit to stand trial, after undergoing nearly two months of evaluation and treatment.
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A woman shot and killed 19-year-old man Tuesday morning, after he tried to rob her on the Far South Side, police said.
A man has been charged with breaking into a Lakview home on Monday, and resisting arrest when police caught him still inside.
Two elderly women were knocked to the ground by a thief who made off with one of their purses Sunday night in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood.
Chicago police are equipping 200 more squad cars with license plate readers, to help officers spot stolen cars, and crack down on carjackings.
A 22-year-old man was killed after being struck by a vehicle on the South Side of Chicago Monday afternoon.
One person was wounded in a shooting at a shopping center in southwest suburban Crestwood overnight.
Five people were arrested early Monday in the South Shore neighborhood, in connection to a carjacking Sunday morning in the Austin neighborhood.
Police say three men used hammers to smash a display case full of diamonds, stole the gems and then drove off in a gray minivan Friday.
Steve Buzil with SitClose Tickets was outside Soldier Field doing another media interview about ticket sales on Sunday when he came across Ruth and Mikey.
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The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in unknown condition.
The regularly scheduled service flight between Detroit and Chicago's Midway landed safely after the cracked windshield was found.
Rick Garcia, a longtime Chicago LGBTQ+ activist and community leader who was at the forefront of many civil rights victories, died this week.
Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the committee's chairman, said the panel will move next week on holding them in contempt.
The Supreme Court heard two cases involving laws from Idaho and West Virginia that ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports.
The group of journalists who won a preliminary injunction over federal agents' use of force have filed to have the same judge hear the state's new lawsuit against the Trump administration.
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Unionized health care workers this week took aim at Northwestern Medicine, saying the health care system needs to hire more people before expanding the emergency room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that its recommendations for childhood vaccines will not be affected by a change in federal guidelines.
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The Lincolnwood Town Center mall in the north Chicago suburb of Lincolnwood has been sold to a developer, the village announced Wednesday.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics released new numbers about the overall economy, showing modest inflation of .3% last month and 2.7% in the year. Streaming video services were a major outlier and saw an inflation of nearly 20% in the same period.
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Officials don't know how many monkeys are out there or where they came from.
Steve Buzil with SitClose Tickets was outside Soldier Field doing another media interview about ticket sales on Sunday when he came across Ruth and Mikey.
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The Cook County Medical Examiner's office released Chicago Public School teacher Linda Brown's cause of death after an autopsy Tuesday.
The district said the victims were attempting to go ice fishing, and both were struggling to keep their heads above water.
Prosecutors said 40-year-old Demetrius Thurman used his phone to record video of the crime early Saturday morning.
Lead-based paint was banned for serious health reasons in 1978, but most homes built before then remain covered in it.
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Steve Buzil with SitClose Tickets was outside Soldier Field doing another media interview about ticket sales on Sunday when he came across Ruth and Mikey.
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A man was left in critical condition Tuesday morning after he was shot while driving in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood and went on to crash his car.
Adam Beckerink, the man charged with murder in the death of his estranged wife, Caitlin Tracey, was set to appear for a detention hearing Tuesday after being extradited to Chicago.
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