Tow Truck Company Delivers Christmas Gifts To Family Of Woman Slain In September
Santa Claus traded his reindeer and sleigh for a small convoy of tow trucks for at least part of this Christmas Eve to deliver presents to a mother in Morgan Park.
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Santa Claus traded his reindeer and sleigh for a small convoy of tow trucks for at least part of this Christmas Eve to deliver presents to a mother in Morgan Park.
Both homicides occurred in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side within about a half mile of each other.
Deangelo Green, 31, was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm, according to Chicago Police.
Lake County sheriff's deputies were called about an armed robbery about 3:15 p.m. in the 11200 block of West Edgewood Road in Beach Park, the sheriff's office said in a statement. The victim, a 19-year-old man, told them his pants and phone were stolen while he was held at gunpoint by two teenage boys.
A man faces charges of domestic battery and aggravated assault after he was shot over the weekend by an off-duty Chicago Police officer inside their Dunning neighborhood home. The officer, a 47-year-old woman, shot 52-year-old James Holland in the right shoulder when he approached her with a knife, police said.
Eight people, including a 15-year-old boy, were wounded in shootings on the city's South and West sides Tuesday.
A 26-year-old man has been arrested for robbing and raping a woman near a Red Line station in the Rogers Park neighborhood on Sunday.
Sentencing for a reputed member of the Cicero Street Crew has been delayed until February. U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman told Paul Carparelli and his lawyers she wanted more time to review what she called a 2-foot-high stack of filings made by both the government and Carparelli's supporters.
Johnny Ware, 25, was shot once in the head while standing on his driveway in the 1500 block of West 2nd Avenue in Gary about 10:30 p.m., according to Gary police and the Lake County coroner's office.
Donnie Rudd, 73, was arrested last week in Sugarland, Texas, for the cold case murder of Noreen Rudd on Sept. 14, 1973, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office.
The teen was walking on the sidewalk in the 0-100 block of West 125th Street about 10 p.m. when a male in an alley shot him in the lower left leg, police said.
Waukegan police are looking for the person who left a dead cat hanging from a tree last week in the northern suburb.
Chicago Police are searching for a man and woman they say stole from two stores on the Mag Mile last week.
A man was stabbed early Monday on the platform at the CTA Blue Line Jackson station.
A man was arrested Saturday in the Loop with more than 100 fraudulent credit cards and $44,000 in cash, according to Chicago Police.
Chicago Police have released surveillance images of a man wanted for sexually assaulting a woman after she left a Red Line station on the North Side early Saturday morning.
A woman is in critical condition after an argument at a West Town nightclub ends in gun fire.
Police in Wheaton are searching for two people who walked into a bicycle store and stole a bikes Saturday afternoon.
A man who was on parole for aggravated battery has been charged with robbing a bank last month in northwest suburban Elgin.
A man was killed and at least 22 other people have been wounded in shootings across the city this weekend, according to Chicago Police.
The latest homicide happened Thursday evening in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood. At 5:22 p.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired and found the unresponsive 21-year-old man with gunshot wounds in the 7700 block of South Winchester Avenue, according to Chicago Police.
The 32-year-old victim was driving a flatbed tow truck northbound in the 6800 block of South Anthony Avenue about 9 a.m. when someone opened fire at him, according to Chicago Police.
The 28-year-old victim was walking in the 10100 block of South Indiana Avenue at 6:20 a.m. when a dark car pulled up with two males inside, according to Chicago Police. The driver was armed with a gun.
A pregnant woman was wounded by a stray bullet Wednesday evening in far south suburban Sauk Village.
Police said the boy was sitting in the back seat of hi mother's car in the 1000 block of North Leamington Avenue shortly before 10 p.m. when shots were fired, and the boy was struck in the upper right side of his back.
