County Commissioner Wants Rauner To Declare 'State Of Emergency' Over Shootings
A Cook County commissioner and others have called on Gov. Bruce Rauner to declare a state of emergency in Chicago, after shootings and murders skyrocketed last month.
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A Cook County commissioner and others have called on Gov. Bruce Rauner to declare a state of emergency in Chicago, after shootings and murders skyrocketed last month.
A thief was caught on camera at a Batavia amusement park, when he pried open the cash drawer of a photo booth designed to catch crooks in the act of doing that very thing.
The Chicago Police Bomb and Arson Unit was called to investigate after three cars were torched near 634d and Kildare. One vehicle was parked on the street, two others were in a nearby alley.
Four people, including 21-year-old Richard D. Smith, robbed the Advance Auto Parts store in the 2200 block of Grant Street in Gary, Ind., at gunpoint on Dec. 22, according to a statement from Gary police. They took the drawers from the cash registers and ran away.
Cynthia Wallace, 45, is charged with one count of falsely assuming and pretending to be an officer of the United States.
A man charged with shooting a security guard during an attempted robbery last month in northwest Indiana has been charged with two other holdups from December.
The 28-year-old man was sitting in a white van at the gas station in the 3300 block of West Harrison at 12:10 a.m. when a male fired at him from a silver-colored car, police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.
Timothy Churchill of the 4200 block of Lindley Street in Downers Grove was charged with one count of aggravated battery to a child, according to the DuPage County state's attorney's office.
The commander of the Chicago Police Department's Deering District (9th) caught two burglary suspects as he was driving through the McKinley Park neighborhood Tuesday morning, police said.
His mother spoke with CBS 2's Jeremy Ross.
CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot has her story.
CBS 2's Marissa Bailey talked with investigators about the break-ins and what business owners and neighbors need to know.
A 27-year-old Lincoln Park man is in bond court right now - charged with two felonies and accused of firing a gun on the roof of his apartment building Sunday afternoon.
Melodie Gliniewicz, 51, was indicted last week, accused of using funds from the Fox Lake Police Explorers Post to pay for a number of personal expenses.
Julia L. Gutierrez was charged with first-degree murder for the death of 53-year-old Eduardo Gutierrez, according to the Kane County state's attorney's office.
The teenager was walking on the sidewalk in the 5000 block of West Ferdinand about 8:10 a.m. when two males walked up and one pulled out a handgun and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
A male walked into the bank at 1204 E. 53rd St. at 5:38 p.m. and handed a teller a note, demanding money, according to Chicago Police and the FBI. The robber then ran out with an undisclosed amount of money.
A 21-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting about 10:30 p.m. in the South Chicago neighborhood. He was standing with another male on the sidewalk in the 8100 block of South Houston when a silver or gray minivan drove past and someone inside fired shots, according to Chicago Police.
Matabias Biles, 34, was stabbed in the face and chest about 7:40 p.m. in the 3400 block of West Flournoy, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Bond was set at $200,000 Tuesday for a northwest suburban man accused of selling the drugs that led to another man's December death in Mundelein.
CBS 2's Jeremy Ross spent the day on campus and has more on the investigation.
The robberies happened at 10:11 a.m. Dec. 24 in the 8700 block of South Stony Island; and 11 a.m. Jan. 15 in the 11000 block of South Western Avenue, according to a community alert from Area South detectives.
Lake County Sheriff John Buncich has been trying to convince state lawmakers to remove an East Chicago city councilman who was re-elected last year, even though he has been in jail for murder since October.
As CBS 2's Audrina Bigos reports the victim is being remembered as a devout man of faith.
A woman has been charged in connection with the death of a man shot by Chicago Police during a home invasion early Sunday in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
