Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Woman Who Answered Craigslist Ad
A 50-year-old man has been charged with raping a woman who answered his Craigslist ad for a room for rent in the northwest suburbs.
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A 50-year-old man has been charged with raping a woman who answered his Craigslist ad for a room for rent in the northwest suburbs.
About 11 p.m., the teen and a 20-year-old man were in the 6400 block of South Justine Street when a male got out of a passing white Cadillac and shot them, police said. The model of the vehicle was not immediately known.
About 11 p.m., the two were in the 6400 block of South Justine Street when a male got out of a passing white Cadillac and shot them, police said. The model of the vehicle was not immediately known.
In the most recent fatal incident, a man and a woman were killed in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. About 6:55 p.m., officers responding to a call of a person shot in the 500 block of West 109th found both outside, police said.
About 1:10 a.m., the teen was standing on the sidewalk in the 3300 block of West Lexington Street when someone in a passing dark-colored sedan shot him in the abdomen, arm and hip, police said.
Lawrence L. Wolaridge, 22, and 19-year-old Kendrick L. Sandifer have each been charged with one felony count of attempted robbery, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
About 6:55 p.m., officers responding to a call of a person shot in the 500 block of West 109th Street found the two people outside, police said.
A West Side man was ordered held without bond Thursday for allegedly killing a man and shooting two others after an argument broke out earlier this summer in the Austin neighborhood.
Two men were found fatally shot in Gary Thursday in a likely double homicide.
The man was found lying on the sidewalk in the 1300 block of West 108th Place around 1:20 a.m., according to police. He had been shot multiple times, and was dead at the scene, police said.
An off-duty Chicago Police officer now faces a felony DUI charge after his car struck and critically injured a woman last month in the Belmont Heights neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
The latest homicide happened about 11:20 p.m. in Austin. Officers responding to a crash in the 1100 block of North Central found a 27-year-old man shot in the head and unresponsive in the driver's seat of a vehicle, according to Chicago Police.
Tythia Thigpen, 31, was found guilty of four counts of felony aggravated battery — including aggravated battery to a peace officer — and one count of resisting a peace officer following a bench trial before Judge Charles Burns, according to court records.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle met with a group of anti-violence activists on the South Side on Wednesday, and announced the county would spend $500,000 on so-called "restorative justice" programs in an effort to help prevent ex-cons from going back to court or jail, and to curb violent crime.
Officers responded to an unresponsive person in a car in the 7500 block of South Damen Avenue about 6 a.m. and found a 21-year-old man shot in the chest, police said.
The Englewood Police Youth Baseball League was created to keep kids busy, and off the streets, and to change perceptions of police in the crime-plagued South Side community.
Glenn Evans was arrested after an investigation of a January 2013 incident involving the capture of a suspect. Prosecutors accuse Evans of shoving a gun down the man's throat, putting a Taser to his groin, and threatening to kill if the man did not tell him where his gun was.
About 12:10 a.m., he was outside in the 4000 block of West 21st Street when he heard shots and felt pain, according to Chicago Police.
The man was in the 3700 block of West Thomas Street at 11:57 p.m. when two males approached him, announced a robbery and one of them pulled out a handgun, police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines said.
About 6:20 p.m., the man was sitting in the rear passenger seat of a vehicle that was stopped at a stop sign in the 2200 block of North Austin Avenue, police said. Someone in group of males standing on the corner nearby fired shots.
About 4:20 p.m., the 27-year-old was shot in the hand in the 500 block of East 75th Street, police said.
A teacher at Thornwood High School has been charged with sexually abusing one of his former students.
Police are searching for a man they say robbed a bank in Waukegan Monday afternoon.
The man entered the Fifth Third Bank branch at 601 S. Clark St. at 9:36 a.m. with a knife and demanded cash, according to police and the FBI. He left the bank with an undisclosed amount of money, police said.
There were two fatal shootings Monday night within minutes of each other; a 15-year-old girl was slain Sunday night; and a 22-year-old man was killed early Sunday morning.
