11-Year-Old Charged In Beating, Carjacking Is Part Of Trend Of Children Carjacking With Adults
An 11-year-old boy is charged in a beating and carjacking on Chicago's North Side over the weekend.
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An 11-year-old boy is charged in a beating and carjacking on Chicago's North Side over the weekend.
Police said the girl was walking her dog around 3:40 p.m. on the 6100 block of South King Drive, on the cusp of Washington Park and West Woodlawn, when a gunman started shooting.
Police said a 59-year-old man was carjacked Saturday afternoon in the 600 block of West Buena Avenue.
Federal prosecutors say one of two gunmen accused of fatally shooting 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams at a McDonald's drive-thru last month fled the state to avoid prosecution, and may be hiding out in Florida.
Jerome Townsel, 30, was making a call before his bond hearing on trespassing charges around 10 a.m. "when he became irate and attacked a Sheriff's Deputy who was standing nearby," a spokesperson for the sheriff's office said in an email.
At least five people were killed, and 22 were wounded in shootings across Chicago over the weekend.
Chicago Police have issued a community alert, after a woman was attacked overnight in the Fulton Market area.
Keshawn Wordlow, of the West Chatham neighborhood, has been charged with two felony counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking and two felony counts of armed robbery.
Joshua Jones is charged with one count of aggravated battery and one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm, and is due to appear in bond court on Friday.
Police said the victims were on a porch on the 6900 block of South Cornell Avenue around 10:15 p.m., when three gunmen walked up and started shooting.
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DePaul College Prep High School student, and Loyola basketball prospect, Ty Johnson was among two people injured in a shooting in Pilsen overnight.
Timothy Nielsen has been charged with four counts of attempted murder, and was ordered held without bond Monday afternoon.
Chicago police are warning residents about an armed robbery spree across six South Side neighborhoods, all in less than a day.
A former Catholic school teacher in the southwest suburbs is facing criminal charges, after Joliet police said they discovered video of him "engaged in inappropriate communication with a minor."
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Authorities have charged second person in connection to the shooting death of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams, who was killed in the parking lot of a McDonald's in Homan Square just over a week ago.
At least three people were killed, and 21 others were wounded, in shootings in Chicago over the weekend.
An 18-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder and multiple other felonies in connection with the fatal shooting of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams on Sunday.
Santiago Leon faces multiple felonies; including attempted murder, armed robbery, vehicular hijacking, aggravated assault of a police officer, and other weapons charges.
A man who accused a teenage girl of cutting in line at a Berwyn grocery store stabbed another man to death Friday morning after the good Samaritan tried to intervene when the attacker began punching the girl and her mother, police said.
Deandre Binion was ordered held in jail without bond for allegedly wounding a 22-month-old child in a shooting on Lake Shore Drive.
Police said Deandre Binion is charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated battery. He is due to appear in bond court on Friday.
A 28-year-old man was arrested Thursday morning after police fired shots at him while responding to "several crimes involving a weapon."
Rakayo Alandis Vinson was arrested Sunday and charged with one count of first-degree intentional homicide, according to the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department. He is being held at the Kenosha County Jail.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest after a Chicago city employee was found shot to death Friday morning inside an apartment in the West Ridge neighborhood.
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A man was shot in the leg inside a home on Chicago's West Side early Saturday morning.
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The FBI has arrested "one of the key participants" behind the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that killed four Americans.
A new push to pass a GOP elections bill known as the SAVE America Act is underway in Congress, but Democrats warn the proposal could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
As immigration sweeps expand nationwide, the work of justifying detentions is overwhelming federal prosecutors, who are being forced to sideline a range of other cases in order to keep pace.
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October, plans to attend President Trump's State of the Union address to Congress later this month, according to her attorney.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
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Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
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Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early '70s has died. He was 83.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
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A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest after a Chicago city employee was found shot to death Friday morning inside an apartment in the West Ridge neighborhood.
The 2026 Chicago Auto Show kicks off at McCormick Place on Saturday.
A man was shot in the leg inside a home on Chicago's West Side early Saturday morning.
Police in Chicago's south and southwest suburbs are teaming up to target thieves targeting video gambling machines, which have become an increasingly popular target for burglary crews.
An eagle-eyed drone pilot helped spot a missing foster puppy who had been out in the cold for more than two weeks in Chicago's northwest suburbs.
Fewer Chicago kids are getting the dental care they need, and some dentists are blaming Chicago Public Schools.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have allowed him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
More than 35 local, state and federal agencies have been working for the last 18 months to prepare for Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California.
Two west suburban high schools have something extra to celebrate Sunday, when alumni from their schools make their Super Bowl debuts.
The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are underway after the lighting of the Olympic cauldrons and the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony.
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Local and federal authorities said "investigators are actively inspecting the information provided in the message for its authenticity" regarding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
A South Side community came together on Friday, hoping for justice after a woman was shot and killed while her baby was in the back seat of their car earlier this week.
A Chicago city employee was found shot to death Friday morning inside an apartment in the West Ridge neighborhood.
Actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, officials said Friday.
A burglary crew smashed into a restaurant in Chicago's southwest suburbs, leaving the owner cleaning up a big and frustrating mess.
