Elwood Man Sentenced To 4 Years For Selling Guns Illegally
A Elwood gun dealer was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for selling nearly a dozen firearms to buyers who were not legally allowed to purchase the weapons.
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A Elwood gun dealer was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for selling nearly a dozen firearms to buyers who were not legally allowed to purchase the weapons.
After years of partially unreported violent crime statistics in the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, Chicago's numerical quirks have finally been hammered out...
DNA tests on the remains of a toddler found last month in the Garfield Park Lagoon have not yet led to an identity, but they have ruled out one possibility.
The 19-year-old man was a passenger in a vehicle in the 12200 block of South Princeton Avenue at 1:29 a.m. when a gray vehicle pulled up beside it and someone inside fired shots at him, police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines said.
In three incidents, the burglars entered or attempted to enter a home through a window that was broken by a thrown object, according to a community alert from Chicago Police. During two of the burglaries, small electronics and clothing items were taken.
The man was killed and a woman was injured in a Chatham neighborhood shooting on the South Side. About 8:30 p.m., the pair was sitting in a vehicle in the 8200 block of South Lafayette when another vehicle approached and someone inside opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
A man wanted for a murder in Kenosha County has been taken into custody in northern Illinois, according to the Kenosha County Sheriff's office.
Michael Jones, 62, has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of aggravated sexual assault in the 1985 death of Glenbard South High School student Kristina Wesselman.
Two men were walking in the 200 block of East 51st Street at 8:50 a.m. when numerous shots were fired from a passing black car, according to Chicago Police.
Tram Duong Ngoc Nguyen, of the 1500 block of West Wilson Avenue, was charged with a criminal sexual assault, a Class 1 felony, according to a statement from the Niles Police Department.
The 26-year-old man was shot in the collarbone about 5:50 p.m. in the 6400 block of South Parnell Avenue, according to Chicago Police.
About 9:10 p.m., the 19-year-old was standing in the street with a group of males in the 6600 block of South Oakley Avenue when someone shot him in the left leg, police said.
About 6:10 p.m., the 19-year-old was shot in the leg in the 3700 block of West Eastwood Avenue, police said.
About 7:05 p.m., the teen was shot in the leg in the 2700 block of West Lexington Street, police said.
Most recently, a man with a gunshot wound to the abdomen showed up at a Near West Side hospital early Monday. He was shot in the abdomen and was dropped off at the hospital, police said. Investigators could not immediately say where the shooting occurred.
Noe Pereda, 30, got into an argument with the 29-year-old man about 10:30 p.m. in the 3600 block of North Menard Avenue, according to Chicago Police. Pereda then pulled out a knife and stabbed him repeatedly in the torso, back and arm, police said.
A Northwest Side man has been charged with seriously wounding another man in a Portage Park neighborhood stabbing late Friday.
Makiah M. Burns, 18, of Hazel Crest, whose Facebook page says she's studying pre-med and graduated from south suburban Seton Academy High School, was ordered held on $250,000 bail Saturday in Cook County Criminal Court.
One man was killed and two others were injured in a shooting early Sunday in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
Three people were killed — including a 17-year-old boy — and at least 12 others have been wounded in shootings across Chicago this weekend.
A 17-year-old boy was fatally shot while riding in a vehicle in the East Garfield Park neighborhood early Saturday, police said.
One of the two challengers running against Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez next year has said she wants to do better to crack down on gun violence, but she can't agree with the cornerstone of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's wish list for new state gun laws.
William Cochran, 18, was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm for the shooting death of 59-year-old John "Buck" Buckner on Sept. 16, according to Chicago Police.
Darryl D. Walton, 18, is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges in connection with the string of strong-arm robberies, according to Chicago Police.
The fatal shooting occurred in the Austin neighborhood. Two men, both 36, were playing a dice game about 8:30 p.m. in the 5800 block of West Chicago Avenue when at least two other people walked up, announced a robbery and started shooting, according to Chicago Police.
