CPD seek woman who kidnapped girl from backyard on West Side
Police said the child was playing in her backyard with several other children when an Unknown woman entered the backyard and carried her across the street to a grocery store.
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Police said the child was playing in her backyard with several other children when an Unknown woman entered the backyard and carried her across the street to a grocery store.
The victim's relative walked across the street, confronted the offender, and returned the child to her mother.
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Nickolas Watts, 19, was arrested by police on Friday in the 1000 block of West Glenlake Avenue around 12:44 p.m.
The manager spotted a girl with a man who had been involved in previous incidents at the restaurant, so the employee offered the man food to keep him there, while he alerted police.
A jury on Tuesday convicted Dennis Williams, 33, on all seven sex trafficking and kidnapping counts against him following a week-long trial.
The U.S. Marshals said they had arrested Ricardo Gonzales, 32, in Cobb County, Georgia. He was wanted on a Chicago Police Department warrant for kidnapping, and is wanted on probable cause for two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder.
Marcus Bausley, 40, was taken into custody by Chicago police and the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Task Force on Thursday around 11 a.m. in the 2200 block of North Main Street in Crown Point, Indiana.
Marcus Bausley, 40, was taken into custody by Chicago police and the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Task Force on Thursday around 11 a.m. in the 2200 block of North Main Street in Crown Point, Indiana.
A man was arrested in northwest Indiana on Friday in connection to the stabbing death of the mother of his child on the South Side of Chicago, and the kidnapping and stabbing of her two other children.
The suspect, who was also wanted in Iowa on a nationwide warrant for a probation violation, was arrested.
The suspect behind the wheel was also wanted in Iowa on a warrant for a probation violation.
Police said a 29-year-old woman and a 1-year-old girl were in the back seat of a car in the 400 block of West Harrison Street, when two people got in the car and started driving.
Prosecutors said Andrew Anania faces 7 years to life in prison.
On Tuesday, Robert Brandt, 44, was arrested in the 4300 block of South Champlain.
Damonte McCorkle is charged with aggravated kidnapping, two counts of aggravated carjacking, and armed robbery.
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Devontay Shields, 35, of Danville, was arrested on Saturday at Union Station, as he tried to board an Amtrak train to Miami, according to federal prosecutors.
Further details about this conclusion were not released.
The woman who called police was found inside the Mazda, but North Chicago police said she was not cooperating with the investigation.
A possible armed kidnapping that originated in the north suburbs ended in a crash overnight on the Northwest Side of Chicago. North Chicago police said, around 10:30 p.m. Monday, officers responded to a call from woman who said she was being chased by her boyfriend in a gray Mazda sedan, and he might be armed with a gun.
Police did not specify the relationship between Redzic and the woman.
The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday morning.
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A neighbor told CBS 2 that her husband heard screams, and when he looked out the window, he saw the adult victim in a headlock and being shoved into the vehicle.
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Lanes reopened on the Edens Expressway after a rollover crash in north suburban Skokie on Tuesday morning.
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Daley's Restaurant, known as Chicago's oldest, has served Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood for more than 130 years.
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Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
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The Pentagon says it needs $80 billion from Congress to cover the cost of the Iran war.
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A child disappeared in Lake Michigan near a pier in Michigan City, Indiana, on Monday night.
After a violent holiday weekend, Chicago city leaders are expected to announce new support for a dedicated Department of Gun Violence Prevention.
A rollover crash involving a semi truck shut down lanes on the Eden's Expressway in Skokie for some time on Tuesday morning.
A rideshare driver was shot in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood on Monday night.
The Supreme Court rejected a former Louisiana inmate's effort to sue state prison officials after they shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs.
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Authorities believe two ransom notes addressed to Nancy Guthrie's family — including a note that said she had died — were likely sent by the person or group of people who abducted her.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has said agents will take a less public-facing approach, and the chair of the Illinois Accountability Commission says he is already hearing signs of a new arrest uptick.
Chicago police on Monday issued a community alert about two sexual assaults that occurred in the South Shore community this month.
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