Evanston Police Step Up Patrols At Northwestern After Several Women Harassed
Evanston police are working with Northwestern University to keep students safe after a series of recent attacks against women.
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Evanston police are working with Northwestern University to keep students safe after a series of recent attacks against women.
A man who pleaded not guilty to trying to detonate what he thought was a bomb outside of a Chicago bar in 2012 wants to change his plea.
Christopher Thomas, 39, appeared in court Wednesday afternoon.
A 27-year-old man has been arrested for murder in the slaying of a popular south suburban barber whose clients included at least two Chicago Bears players.
"The police officer used excessive and unreasonable force," Roberson family attorney Greg Kulis said.
A 14-year-old student at Oak Park and River Forest High School has been charged with sending an image of a swastika to other students during an assembly last week.
Witnesses said Jemel Roberson was armed, holding down a shooter who had opened fire in the bar, when police walked in and shot Roberson.
Police said the man entered a 24-year-old woman's home near 43rd and Richmond sometime between 8:15 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. Sunday. Once inside, he hit and choked the woman, causing her to lose consciousness. He then sexually assaulted the woman.
Michael Yakubec, 50, is considered armed and dangerous and hasn't been seen since he left the emergency room Thursday.
Just two days after a town hall meeting to discuss racist graffiti found at Oak Park and River Forest High School in recent days, someone "air-dropped" an image of a swastika to students' cell phones during a school assembly.
A 7-Eleven clerk has been charged with a hate crime, after allegedly shouting racial slurs at black and Hispanic customers, and slashing the tires of their car.
Three women have been attacked at Northwestern University in the past week, prompting a campus safety alert. At least two of the incidents happened near sororities on the Evanston campus.
Kenneth Scott McKee, 51, faces 17 counts related to "acts of misconduct, negligence or inattention to duty," one for each victim.
Police said the robbery happened around 7:20 p.m. on Oct. 12 at the Speedy Convenient Store at 50th and Ashland.
A teenager has been charged in connection with three carjackings in the past month in the South Loop, Ravenswood, and Englewood.
A 41-year-old man is in serious condition after a road rage shooting early Monday morning in the Chatham neighborhood, police said.
Police said the victim suffered blunt trauma to the head.
Kristi Sims, 28, has been charged with one count of aggravated computer tampering, and four counts of identity theft.
A 40-year-old man was shot and killed Friday morning, after getting into an argument inside a variety store in the Roseland neighborhood.
DePaul University is on high alert after learning that one of their own students was robbed at gunpoint late Thursday.
A shooting in the city's Little Village neighborhood wounded two men, one of them fatally, on Thursday night.
When Chicago Public Schools fired an employee recently, she left her job with more than just her final paycheck.
A suburban police officer has been charged with several felonies, after allegedly sharing several sexually explicit images of women on social media without their consent.
A 25-year-old man was beaten, sprayed with mace, and robbed overnight at a River North hotel where he had arranged a date with a woman he'd met online.
