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Thieves steal mail from 3 USPS trucks within 2 hours on Northwest, West sides: Chicago police
Local and federal investigations are underway Tuesday after mail was stolen from three U.S. Postal trucks on Monday.Chicago police issued a community alert describing the mail thefts happening in the Portage Park neighborhood's 4300-block of North Milwaukee Avenue between 4:05 and 4:20 p.m., then in the Jefferson Park neighborhood's 6300-block of West Strong Street at 4:21 p.m. and in the South Austin neighborhood's 900-block of South Mayfield Avenue at 5:45 p.m.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe U.S. Postal Inspection Service calls these crimes of opportunity as the carriers were out of their vehicles delivering mail at...
Mom says life of paralyzed Fourth of July parade shooting victim is 'shattered' 2 years later
Keely Roberts counts the days, not years, since a deadly shooting at an Independence Day parade in 2022 injured her and left one of her twin boys paralyzed from the waist down.It has been 730 days since her now-10-year-old son Cooper could chase his brother Luke in their suburban Chicago backyard, play soccer or jump on his bed.“It is the 730th anniversary of the total annihilation of our lives,” the Highland Park mother told reporters Wednesday. “That horrific day lives on forever, especially in Cooper’s life, which irrevocably shattered.”Roberts and two of her children are among the dozens of...
14, including 5 teens, face felony charges in mass arrests hours after Chicago Pride parade 2024
Fourteen people, including five teenagers, were charged with felonies, after mass arrests took place early Monday morning on the North Side, hours after the city's Pride parade.Police said a total of 53 people were arrested, including nine juveniles, and four firearms were recovered. Six people were cited for obstructing traffic, six people cited for disorderly conduct and one person was cited for both obstructing traffic and disorderly conduct, police said. One person was arrested on an outstanding warrant.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe Chicago Pride parade ended around 1 p.m. Sunday, and the mass arrests took...
‘A sickening and shocking discovery:’ Body in Northfield Township found by neighbor on walk
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – Deb Rondon and her husband were walking along the dirt road stretching in front of their Northfield Township home when they came across a dead body in a road-side culvert. A smell initially drew them to the area. They thought a deer had been hit.
Gunmen rob construction workers in broad daylight (video)
CHICAGO — A couple of contractors were forced to lie on the ground as two armed robbers rifled their pockets and searched their work van for valuables on Tuesday morning. Ring surveillance cameras recorded it all. The men were working behind their parked truck when it all went down...
Parolee charged with shooting CTA bus driver, but not with killing fellow passenger
CHICAGO — A man on parole from Wisconsin killed a man and injured a CTA bus driver when he opened fire on a bus without even looking where the gun was pointed, prosecutors said today. The shooting occurred around 12:14 a.m. Monday in the 3400 block of South State.
22-year-old man pulled from Lake Michigan near Montrose Beach ID'd: officials
A 22-year-old man was pulled from Lake Michigan on Chicago's North Side early Monday morning, Chicago police said.A scuba team located the person just after 4:30 a.m. near Montrose Beach.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe man was unresponsive, and taken to Weiss Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Chicago police said. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office later identified him as Albert Myrsatayev Nazirov.CPD detectives are conducting a death investigation, pending autopsy results.A beach hazard statement was in effect until 7 a.m.A swimmer went missing in Lake Michigan in the north suburbs Sunday afternoon.Evanston police and fire officials said three swimmers were rescued around 4 p.m. at Lighthouse Beach, but a fourth swimmer, a 41-year-old man, remains unaccounted for.Dangerous water conditions caused issues for the rescue attempt, putting the search on pause until Monday morning.
Huge heart tattoo helped cops identify North Side killer who was on electronic monitoring, officials say
CHICAGO — Prosecutors say the man who shot and killed an unintended victim on the Far North Side last month was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet while on juvenile parole. Nicolas Novak, 18, was assigned to live at a Thresholds facility in the 2000 block of West Arthur when...
53 arrested during Pride Parade afterparty, the most arrests at any one-day event since at least 2013
CHICAGO — Police recovered four guns and arrested 53 people, including nine juveniles, in the hours after Sunday’s Chicago Pride Parade, officials said. That total is the most arrests at a one-day event in Chicago since CWBChicago began keeping records in 2013. Ald. Bennett Lawson (44th) issued a...
‘Yeah, I Killed Somebody: Indiana Man Confessed to Strangling Mother After He Refused to Clean His Room or Get a Job
The horrific demise of a beloved college administrator shocked her loved ones and colleagues at Loyola University Chicago. Even more shocking is who authorities believe […] ‘Yeah, I Killed Somebody: Indiana Man Confessed to Strangling Mother After He Refused to Clean His Room or Get a Job
Chicago Man Charged with Attempted Vehicular Hijacking and Aggravated Battery Against a Senior Citizen
A Chicago man faces serious charges after an alleged attempt to hijack a vehicle and a subsequent home invasion in the city's 12th District. According to the Chicago Police Department, 38-year-old Jonathan Morris, from the 1900 block of S. Spaulding, was detained by officers at approximately 3:45 p.m. on July 1, after being identified as the individual who attempted to take a car from a disabled 62-year-old woman less than an hour and a half earlier.
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment stolen from Chicago cemetery
CHICAGO - Tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment was reported stolen Wednesday from Bohemian National Cemetery on Chicago's Northwest Side. A 36-year-old victim told responding officers that multiple motorized bikes were taken from the property, police said. The victim also told FOX 32 that this is the third time a theft has occurred at the location.
1 dead in shooting and crash on I-55
CHICAGO — Authorities are investigating a shooting and crash on the Stevenson Expressway that left one person dead. According to Illinois State Police responded to reports of a shooting and crash around 2 a.m. Wednesday. Officers located a person who was pronounced dead at the scene. The inbound lanes of I-55 were closed for several […]
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