9+ hour, 33+ min ago   (344+ words) Three men and two teenage boys, all Venezuelan migrants living in Chicago, are detained in connection with a $2 million armed robbery at an Indianapolis jewelry store, according to court filings. Indiana officials claim the operation is tied to the notorious…...

18+ hour ago   (308+ words) CWBChicago was created in 2013 by five residents of Wrigleyville and Boystown who had grown disheartened with inaccurate information that was being provided at local Community Policing (CAPS) meetings. Our coverage area has expanded since then to cover Lincoln Park, River…...

16+ hour, 45+ min ago   (322+ words) A 21-year-old man with three prior felony convictions is accused of working with a 15-year-old boy to carjack a man at gunpoint on the Northwest Side. The teen allegedly opened the driver’s door and grabbed the man by the arm,…...

20+ hour, 6+ min ago   (253+ words) Chicago police are warning residents about an armed robbery crew targeting the Rogers Park and West Ridge neighborhoods this month. The group has committed at least four robberies, including three in the span of about three hours last Saturday morning,…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (202+ words) Green is charged with three counts of theft of government property and three counts of criminal damage to government-supported property in connection with a series of incidents involving Flock automated license plate reader cameras and a school zone speed radar…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (385+ words) CWB Chicago A Joliet man previously convicted of killing another man in 2018 faces federal charges after the ATF said he sold a firearm and approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills to undercover agents in separate transactions. Martell “Haitian” Ollie was taken into custody…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (331+ words) A man authorities have been hunting since announcing a major video gaming burglary ring earlier this month is now behind bars after leading suburban police on a 107 mph chase that ended with a foot pursuit on the Eisenhower Expressway, officials…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (290+ words) The former owner of the Budlong Hot Chicken chain and other restaurants in Chicago and Denver has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after admitting he fraudulently obtained more than $2.3 million in COVID relief funds and failed to turn…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (275+ words) A Waukegan man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for violently carjacking a Chicago woman during a Facebook Marketplace deal to sell their vehicle. Fonocerio Edwards, 22, pleaded guilty to vehicular hijacking in exchange for a 6½-year…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (418+ words) The Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) released its final summary report this month on the November 23, 2024, incident at the Blackstone Branch Library, concluding that Sgt. Lonnie Young’s takedown was justified because the protester was an “active resister” who had…...