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An admitted gang member who allegedly cut off an Illinois State Police squad car on the Kennedy Expressway sped away after being pulled over, then crashed into a taxicab in River North and fought a state trooper over his arrest, prosecutors said on Saturday, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
Three men were shot, one fatally, at a party early Sunday on the Near West Side, police said.
A Chicago Police officer was hurt and opened fire during a traffic stop Saturday night in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.
A 17-year-old girl was shot Saturday night in the South Shore neighborhood.
A man was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A Little Village man with a history of DUIs was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for a hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of a Cook County correctional officer who crossing the street to go to work at Cook County Jail.
The "Bully Bandit" is suspected of striking again Thursday morning in south suburban Riverside, in his fourth suspected bank robbery in the past month after a year-and-a-half hiatus.
Steve Mandell might have been convicted in one of the grisliest and most lurid federal trials in Chicago's recent history, but he deserves a "glimmer of hope that he will one day be free at an old age," his attorney Francis Lipuma argues in a court filing ahead of Mandell's sentencing next month.
A police chase in the far northern suburbs involved two separate crashes overnight, and at some point during the pursuit, police shot the suspect.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 2:15 p.m. in the 5700 block of South Princeton Avenue found a 20-year-old man inside a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
As their friends argued over the necklace earlier in the day, Cinque Lee offered one of those sparring a gun. Later that evening, 22-year-old Michael Haynes told Lee he was wrong to take out a gun since they were all friends. Haynes ended up punching Lee, which prompted him to shoot Haynes four to five times
Edwin Torres and Maria Baez, both 31, face one felony count each of burglary, police said in a statement. Baez is also charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer, also a felony.
The case of a Southeast Side man found chopped up outside his garage last month isn't expected to lead to any arrests, with investigators increasingly confident his live-in girlfriend — who later committed suicide — acted alone, sources tell the Chicago Sun-Times.
A 30-year-old man was in police custody in northwest suburban Norridge, in connection with a shooting that left two people wounded Thursday in the parking garage of the Harlem-Irving Plaza shopping mall, but police still had some loose ends to tie up.
A cook from a Wicker Park pizzeria got his stolen bike back, after thieves with a baby stroller stole it from the back of the restaurant.
An arrest warrant was issued earlier this week for Jeremy Anderson, 36, for two counts of first degree murder, according to the Round Lake Beach police department.
Anthony Gates, of Riverdale, has been charged with two counts each of attempted murder and aggravated battery.
After determining that her viciously abused and malnourished 3-year-old second cousin was dead, a West Ridge woman allegedly went out, bought some marijuana and then smoked it with the child's parents near the toddler's battered corpse.
A Chicago man has been charged in connection with the sexual assault of two women as they were leaving a night club last Halloween. Police are still searching for a second suspect.
They looked like any other Chicago Family inside a pizza shop, but they were after more than just a pizza. Security cameras rolled as the group pulled off their crime and now the restaurant's owners want to know who they are.
Joshua Miner was not surprised by his murder conviction, his attorney said at the time. Miner shouldn't be surprised by his sentence, either. Miner, 26, was convicted of the murders of 22-year-olds Eric Glover and Terrance Rankins. Miner faced mandatory life sentence under Illinois law and on Wednesday that is what he received
Shot in the head during a robbery attempt early Monday, a pizza delivery driver has died.
Around 10 p.m., the officer's 21-year-old daughter and her daughter's boyfriend were involved in a domestic dispute in the 2200 block of East 68th Street. The boyfriend then shot the 49-year-old officer and her daughter, and fled with his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter
Three men were taken into custody in connection with a shooting Tuesday morning after a chase that stretched from the South Chicago neighborhood into northwest Indiana.
Chicago police say a woman was sexually assaulted Monday after asking a man for directions.
