'Skinny Jeans Bandit' Nabbed, Feds Say
With his tight jeans and his trademark preppy look, the "Skinny Jeans Bandit" kept making a clean-cut getaway.
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With his tight jeans and his trademark preppy look, the "Skinny Jeans Bandit" kept making a clean-cut getaway.
Mayor Emanuel has laid out what he says will be his crime-fighting plan for his second term, if city voters give him one, reports WBBM's Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
A 19-year-old Chicago woman facing murder charges in the death of her mother in Bali has been given access to more than $150,000 from her mother's estate to pay her legal expenses in Indonesia.
Police found and confiscated the camera, which had been attached to wires that led into a locked basement. Sources said police were waiting for a search warrant to access that basement area, and seize any recording devices that might be inside.
A 25-year-old woman was walking in the 1700 block of West Pierce Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. Monday, when a man approached her from behind, grabbed her by the neck, and dragged her into an alley.
A 23-year-old man was standing outside about 8:15 p.m. in the 3100 block of West Polk Street when a Jeep Grand Cherokee drove by and someone inside opened fire, police said. The victim was shot in the right foot and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition stabilized, police said.
About 8:50 p.m., the 34-year-old man was hit in the head with a gun in the 2000 block of West 68th Place, police said. After he was hit, the gun went off and he was shot in the hand.
A store clerk and an armed suspect were killed in a shootout inside a convenience store in southwest suburban Joliet Monday afternoon.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday morning on the Near West Side. Shawn Holloway, 21, was shot in the side and back about 11 a.m. in the 2100 block of West Warren Boulevard, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
At 10:46 a.m., police responded to a call of a person waving a gun from a vehicle near the intersection of South and Lillian streets, according to a statement from the Elgin police department. Officers soon located the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop, but the vehicle sped away from the scene and blew multiple traffic lights.
Jose Estrada, 24, faces two felony counts of aggravated DUI resulting in death, two misdemeanor DUI counts, and one citation for failure to reduce speed, according to Chicago Police.
About 6:50 p.m. Saturday, officers responding to a call of a shots fired in the 9600 block of South Green Street found 18-year-old Bernard Pippen lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the neck, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
A man died after being shot on the Near West Side Sunday afternoon, police said.
A 23-year-old man was shot to death in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side Saturday afternoon.
Two Chicago men are in jail after allegedly trying to rob a pizza delivery man for the second time, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
Four people were killed and at least 10 others have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening.
Three people were shot early Saturday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
Heather Mack, who is 19 and pregnant, is accused of killing her mother — who set up the trust fund — while they were vacationing at a luxury resort in Bali last year. Mack is charged along with her boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, who is 21.
Jeffrey Keller, a businessman from Hinsdale, allegedly believed Nate Fox, 37, was having an affair with a woman in whom Keller had a romantic interest. The woman once worked with Fox, but denied having any relationship with him.
In three incidents, the suspect grabs a cellphone from a person's hand and runs off the train, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
First, authorities say, Heather Mack murdered her mother at a luxury resort in Bali. Now, the 19-year-old Chicago area woman wants the trust fund that her mother set up for her to pay for her criminal defense
A middle-aged college student from the South Side was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday for stomping a fellow CTA commuter to death on a Green Line platform.
The man was walking through a gangway at 5:22 p.m. in the 8100 block of South Artesian Avenue when two males approached him and fired shots, striking him several times, police said.
An investigation by Gary Police into a string of burglaries turned up thousands of dollars' worth of electronics, some believed stolen years ago.
Another black eye for Uber after a passenger levels disturbing allegations against a driver.
