Man Wanted For NW Side Hijacking, Attempted Sexual Assault
Police have released a sketch of a short, squat suspect wanted in the vehicular hijacking and attempted sexual assault of a woman this week in the Logan Square neighborhood.
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Police have released a sketch of a short, squat suspect wanted in the vehicular hijacking and attempted sexual assault of a woman this week in the Logan Square neighborhood.
Murders were up by 18.2 percent, while sexual assaults and car thefts also saw uptick for the first two months of the year in Chicago compared to the same period last year.
Wayne Smith, 25, allegedly communicated with one woman over the phone and through Facebook before they met in person in October 2009.
Police are searching for a man who attacked a woman, as she parked her minivan in her garage this week in the Logan Square neighborhood.
A 27-year-old west suburban man has been charged with criminal sexual assault of a child. The suspect, James Wilson, of Somonauk, is the son of Matthew Wilson, a former Somonauk High School teacher who is facing charges of criminal sexual abuse himself.
Police have arrested a South Side man, on charges that he sexually assaulted a 93-year-old woman.
Former Police Sgt. John Herman had been convicted of sexually assaulting a crack addict while on duty, but his attorneys said the sex was consensual.
Two have been charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl during a sleepover party in south suburban Lansing.
A rash of sexual assaults has been plaguing the West Pullman neighborhood for more than four months, police say.
A man who broke into a north suburban motel room and sexually assaulted a woman in 2009 was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday.
A man was charged with sexually assaulting a woman who flagged down an off-duty police officer who said he was "in the right place at the right time''.
A Southwest Side man is being held on $500,000 bond for allegedly sexually assaulting a child in exchange for gifts.
Just months after the suicide of a suburban student who said she was sexually attacked at Notre Dame University, another family now claims the school delayed another sexual assault allegation.
Police are investigating after a woman was sexually assaulted in an alley on the city's Far South Side.
A Pace bus driver has been charged with raping a mentally disabled passenger he had befriended.
A former west suburban high school football player was charged with sexual assault, more than a year after the alleged attack, which occurred on the same day he was involved in a fatal car crash.
Though murders have increased 27.3 percent compared to last January, there was a "double-digit'' drop in overall crime last month, police said.
A woman claiming she was sexually assaulted by an intoxicated northwest suburban hotel employee while she slept has filed a lawsuit against the hotel.
A man who was caught having sex with a 13-year-old girl he met on Myspace is being held in the Cook County Jail after being charged with sexual assault.
Two men jumped out of a car and sexually abused a teenage girl walking in the Roseland neighborhood.
A family is suing Cook County authorities, after a convicted sex offender sexually assaulted their teenage daughter while out of jail despite having violated probation.
New charges have been filed against a deputy coroner in Lake County, who is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl.
A judge ordered a man held without bond Sunday after the suspect was charged with sexually assaulting a woman as she walked home from a CTA station in the Lake View neighborhood last month.
Cook County Sheriff's investigators are considering charges against everyone who forwarded a photo of a teenaged girl engaged in a sex act with a 24-year-old man.
A man has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman as she walked home from a Lakeview 'L' stop four days before Christmas.
Despite a forced OT by the Bears in the fourth against the Rams, Chicago's playoff run comes to an end.
Despite forcing OT with a catch in the final minute in the 4th Quarter, the Chicago Bears' playoff journey comes to an end.
Chicago led 70-51 at the half and the advantage stayed above 20 points for most of the second half.
McHenry firefighters were called to the Riverside Bakery shop around noon on Sunday.
Rams players and fans came to Chicago from an unseasonably warm winter in Los Angeles.
Looking overseas, there is wide opposition to the idea of taking Greenland by force.
Mr. Trump previously threatened to impose tariffs against countries that do not support his plans to acquire the territory.
The country's leader criticized President Trump on Saturday, blaming him for "casualties, damages and accusations" against Iran.
A Minnesota judge put limits Friday on the tactics that federal law enforcement are permitted to use in their handling of protests over the Trump administration's surge of immigration resources to Minneapolis.
The number of ICE detainees exceeded 70,000 for the first time in the deportation agency's 23-year history, according to internal DHS data obtained by CBS News.
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.
As this holiday season nears its end, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias issued a warning Tuesday about text scams.
A new report shines a light on electricity shortages that Illinois could face in less than 10 years.
Roughly 1.4 million fewer Americans have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan as expiring tax breaks drive up premiums.
January is Radon Action Month, and the Cook County Department of Public Health is urging residents to test their homes for radon.
Severe flu season is sending many people to hospital emergency rooms across the country, including in the Chicago area.
Unionized health care workers this week took aim at Northwestern Medicine, saying the health care system needs to hire more people before expanding the emergency room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that its recommendations for childhood vaccines will not be affected by a change in federal guidelines.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
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.
Scott Adams, the cartoonist who created the "Dilbert" comic strip, has died at the age of 68, his first ex-wife revealed on Tuesday.
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A University of Michigan survey found only about half of parents say their kids should never use curse words.
Researchers do not know why this is happening, but hope stacks of boxes stored in England’s National Bowel Hospital will hold some answers.
A high-speed train jumped the tracks and hit another train head-on in Cordoba.
Despite a forced OT by the Bears in the fourth against the Rams, Chicago's playoff run comes to an end.
Despite forcing OT with a catch in the final minute in the 4th Quarter, the Chicago Bears' playoff journey comes to an end.
A Cold Weather Advisory was in effect Monday morning as Arctic air sends temperatures crashing to dangerous lows.
McHenry firefighters were called to the Riverside Bakery shop around 12 p.m. on Sunday.
Rams players and fans came to Chicago from an unseasonably warm winter in Los Angeles.
Even as Mayor Brandon Johnson has warned of possible mid-year city worker layoffs if revenue estimates in the budget fall short, city employees and workers at the city's sister agencies owe a mountain of outstanding debt to the city.
Lead-based paint was banned for serious health reasons in 1978, but most homes built before then remain covered in it.
Fire department officials in Chicago's western suburbs said drone technology has been helping keep firefighters safe and make a major impact on public safety.
With the stores becoming a common target for thieves, some of the stores in the Chicago area are taking new steps to fight back.
As thousands of people are expected downtown for New Year's Eve celebrations, Mayor Johnson, the Chicago police, and the Office of Emergency Management and Communications are trying to get out ahead of any safety concerns.
Despite forcing OT with a catch in the final minute in the 4th Quarter, the Chicago Bears' playoff journey comes to an end.
Chicago led 70-51 at the half and the advantage stayed above 20 points for most of the second half.
The focus is going to be on Soldier Field Sunday night as the Chicago Bears take on the Los Angeles Rams for the NFC Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs.
Before the game, the Blackhawks honored their three Stanley Cup champion teams from the 2010s, with 29 players from those squads returning to pose with the Cup.
Tre Singleton added 14 points as the Wildcats dropped their fifth straight.
A man was arrested and charged this weekend with a string of armed robberies and burglaries within a period of just over an hour earlier this month in Chicago.
The ages of the victims range from 23 to 40, according to Chicago police.
Chicago police this weekend issued a warning about a string of strange vehicle break-ins in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, most recently this past Thursday.
Chicago police have issued a community alert on a string of burglaries this week targeting businesses from the north lakefront to the Southwest Side.
Burglars broke into a bar in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood early Thursday morning.
