Off-Duty Sheriff's Officer Exchanges Shots With Robbers
An off-duty Cook County Jail investigator was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night, then exchanged gunfire with the robbers in the Roscoe Village neighborhood on the North Side.
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An off-duty Cook County Jail investigator was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night, then exchanged gunfire with the robbers in the Roscoe Village neighborhood on the North Side.
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with stealing cellphones on Red Line CTA trains at the Wilson station throughout the last three weeks in the Uptown neighborhood on the North Side.
Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada would not specifically confirm the teen had been released, and would only say "people of interest" were being questioned about the mugging, but no arrests have been made in connection with the robbery of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's son, Zach.
Vidal Rainey, 25, pleaded guilty to Monday to multiple charges including aggravated criminal sexual assault and armed robbery, the Cook County state's attorney's office said.
Martell Flippins, 26, entered 7-Eleven, 7450 Oakton St., at 3:05 a.m. on Nov. 7 and made off with a bag of money from the register after he showed the clerk he had a gun, Niles police said in a statement.
Matthew D. Duett's mother paid her landlord this month in cash for the West Side apartment she shares with her parolee son, then he stole it right back, prosecutors said.
The men robbed a person Sunday at about 2:50 a.m. near the intersection of Jackson Boulevard and Western Avenue, according to police. Shortly after the robbery, all three entered a vehicle which drove away and went onto the Eisenhower Expressway.
The Guardian Angels have been passing out fliers at the Garfield CTA Red Line stop - fliers that show photos of the four young men believed to have robbed and beaten a 21-year-old man on the Red Line three weeks ago.
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Police are searching for men who have posed as electrical workers and twice robbed elderly women in the Lake View neighborhood on the North Side.
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Ald. Bob Fioretti commented Monday about the Friday night robbery of Mayor Emanuel's son outside the family's North Side home. CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports.
Ron Hernandez, 45, was standing on the sidewalk about 5:55 p.m. in the 5200 block of West Washington Boulevard when someone walked up and announced a robbery, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
A man has been charged with robbing a Loop convenience store earlier this month.
he teenage son of Mayor Rahm Emanuel was the victim of a robbery outside the mayor's Lakeview home Friday night, a spokesperson from the mayor's office confirms.
Deafro Brakes, 17, Tarik Brakes, 16 and Isiah Penn, 17 were each charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted armed robbery with a firearm. Tuesday afternoon, a judge ordered Deafro and Tarik Brakes held without bail, and set Penn's bond at $2 million.
Family and friends were remembering a slain Loyola University student Tuesday morning, four days after he was shot and killed during a robbery near campus.
A group of robbers stole half a million dollars in precious metals and diamonds and police believe the victims were trailed for hundreds of miles after a jewelry trade show in Chicago, reports CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez.
The man, 33, was in the 2800 block of West 53rd Street about 9:10 p.m. when he was approached by six to eight males who took his cell phone and fired shots.
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The Piggery, a popular barbecue restaurant and bar in the northwest corner of Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, announced Thursday that it is going out of business.
The Lincolnwood Town Center mall in the north Chicago suburb of Lincolnwood has been sold to a developer, the village announced Wednesday.
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The meeting was packed on Monday night with residents who made their final plea to the board about the future of the mall.
For years, the Shodeen Group was denied demolition permits to turn the area into high-rise apartments.
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