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A man was shot and killed in Garfield Ridge on Thanksgiving night. No one called 911 for ten minutes and the area no longer has ShotSpotter coverage (Thanks, Brandon!).
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Shooting victim dies after lying unresponsive in the street for 10 minutes because nobody called 911
A man was shot and killed in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood shortly before midnight on Thanksgiving, but no one called 911 for about ten minutes after the gunfire, according to Chicago police. The ne...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A man was shot and killed in Garfield Ridge on Thanksgiving night. No one called 911 for ten minutes and the area no longer has ShotSpotter coverage (Thanks, Brandon!).
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A Logan Square man who drove his Ford F150 into a group of picnickers during a 2021 birthday gathering has been sentenced to 9½ years.
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Logan Square man gets 9½-years for driving truck into picnickers
A Logan Square man who warned a neighbor to “watch what I’m going to do” moments before driving his pickup into a group of picnickers in 2021 was sentenced to more than nine years in prison on Wednesd...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A Logan Square man who drove his Ford F150 into a group of picnickers during a 2021 birthday gathering has been sentenced to 9½ years.
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Prosecutors say he shot a concealed carry holder on the Red Line — while he was *supposed* to be home on an ankle monitor.
He was on the streets even though the chief judge’s electronic monitoring office knew he was repeatedly violating the program, records show.
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He was on the streets even though the chief judge’s electronic monitoring office knew he was repeatedly violating the program, records show.
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Man who shot Red Line passenger was supposed to be home on electronic monitoring, officials say
A man accused of shooting a concealed carry holder on the Red Line this summer was supposed to be confined to his home under one of the Cook County Chief Judge’s electronic monitoring programs, but he...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Prosecutors say he shot a concealed carry holder on the Red Line — while he was *supposed* to be home on an ankle monitor.
He was on the streets even though the chief judge’s electronic monitoring office knew he was repeatedly violating the program, records show.
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He was on the streets even though the chief judge’s electronic monitoring office knew he was repeatedly violating the program, records show.
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A man was stabbed during a robbery aboard a Red Line train at 47th Street on Thanksgiving morning.
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Red Line passenger stabbed during robbery on Thanksgiving morning
A man was stabbed during a robbery aboard a Red Line train at the 47th Street station on Thanksgiving morning, according to Chicago police.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A man was stabbed during a robbery aboard a Red Line train at 47th Street on Thanksgiving morning.
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Three more armed robberies hit Lakeview from late Wednesday into early Thanksgiving morning.
The cases are identical to a growing pattern of holdups in the neighborhood and nearby Lincoln Park.
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The cases are identical to a growing pattern of holdups in the neighborhood and nearby Lincoln Park.
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4 more people robbed at gunpoint in Lakeview East, bolstering concerns about surging holdup sprees
A string of three robberies on Wednesday night into the early hours of Thanksgiving is adding to growing concerns that an armed robbery crew is taking root in Lakeview and Lincoln Park. The overnight ...
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November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Three more armed robberies hit Lakeview from late Wednesday into early Thanksgiving morning.
The cases are identical to a growing pattern of holdups in the neighborhood and nearby Lincoln Park.
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The cases are identical to a growing pattern of holdups in the neighborhood and nearby Lincoln Park.
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CPD says multiple car break-ins have hit Lincoln Park just as Zoo Lights crowds begin to fill the area.
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Car break-ins surge as Zoo Lights crowds flock to Lincoln Park
A wave of car break-ins hit Lincoln Park last week in an area that draws large nighttime crowds heading to Zoo Lights at Lincoln Park Zoo, according to a Chicago police community alert.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
CPD says multiple car break-ins have hit Lincoln Park just as Zoo Lights crowds begin to fill the area.
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Chicago cops arrested three burglars who broke into the Saks Fifth Avenue on the Mag Mile early on Thanksgiving morning.
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Thanksgiving heist goes cold: Cops gobble up 3 late-night burglars at Mag Mile department store
Three men in police custody on Thanksgiving morning are probably wondering how their “early bird gets the Gucci” approach to holiday shopping collapsed so spectacularly. Chicago cops arrested the trio...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Chicago cops arrested three burglars who broke into the Saks Fifth Avenue on the Mag Mile early on Thanksgiving morning.
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CPD says this is the man who opened fire in the Loop, killing 14-year-old Armani Floyd and injuring another victim. Investigators are asking for tips.
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Video shows gunman in the Loop attack that left a 14-year-old dead.
Chicago police have released surveillance footage of the gunman investigators believe is responsible for murdering a teenage boy and injuring a man in the Loop last Friday night.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
CPD says this is the man who opened fire in the Loop, killing 14-year-old Armani Floyd and injuring another victim. Investigators are asking for tips.
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The family of the woman set on fire aboard a Blue Line train last week has gone public with her identity as they launch a GoFundMe to help secure her long-term recovery needs.
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In new GoFundMe campaign, family identifies CTA fire attack victim for the first time
For the first time since a woman was brutally set on fire while riding a Blue Line train in the Loop, her family has gone public with her name and photos in a GoFundMe campaign.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The family of the woman set on fire aboard a Blue Line train last week has gone public with her identity as they launch a GoFundMe to help secure her long-term recovery needs.
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Exclusive: 2 Venezuelan migrants, ages 14 and 16, attacked and murdered a homeless man in the Loop over the weekend, prosecutors say.
A third migrant, also 14, is charged with robbery.
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A third migrant, also 14, is charged with robbery.
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2 Venezuelan migrants, ages 14 and 16, murdered a homeless man in the Loop, officials say
Three Venezuelan migrants, all juveniles, were part of a group that attacked, murdered, and robbed a homeless man in the Loop over the weekend, according to prosecutors and a Chicago police report.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Exclusive: 2 Venezuelan migrants, ages 14 and 16, attacked and murdered a homeless man in the Loop over the weekend, prosecutors say.
A third migrant, also 14, is charged with robbery.
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A third migrant, also 14, is charged with robbery.
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A man who went on a cross-town robbery spree while on an ankle monitor has been given a 5 year sentence.
Coincidentally, his alleged accomplice (left) escaped electronic monitoring earlier this month and remains on the loose.
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Coincidentally, his alleged accomplice (left) escaped electronic monitoring earlier this month and remains on the loose.
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Man gets 5 years for going on cross-town robbery spree while wearing ankle monitor
A man who went on a cross-town robbery spree while wearing an ankle monitor has been given a five-year sentence. His alleged accomplice, coincidentally, is at large after escaping from electronic moni...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A man who went on a cross-town robbery spree while on an ankle monitor has been given a 5 year sentence.
Coincidentally, his alleged accomplice (left) escaped electronic monitoring earlier this month and remains on the loose.
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Coincidentally, his alleged accomplice (left) escaped electronic monitoring earlier this month and remains on the loose.
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Gunmen robbed 4 women in Boystown overnight.
The holdups occurred during two separate incidents just a few minutes apart.
The cases look a lot like a spree that hit the area earlier this month.
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The holdups occurred during two separate incidents just a few minutes apart.
The cases look a lot like a spree that hit the area earlier this month.
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Gunmen rob 4 women in Boystown
Four women were robbed in two incidents minutes apart in the Boystown neighborhood early Tuesday morning, according to Chicago police. Officers said both holdups involved armed men who targeted pedest...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Gunmen robbed 4 women in Boystown overnight.
The holdups occurred during two separate incidents just a few minutes apart.
The cases look a lot like a spree that hit the area earlier this month.
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The holdups occurred during two separate incidents just a few minutes apart.
The cases look a lot like a spree that hit the area earlier this month.
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He has 13 previous felony convictions dating back to 1995.
He just picked up his 14th for murdering a store clerk during a robbery.
His sentence? 20 years.
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He just picked up his 14th for murdering a store clerk during a robbery.
His sentence? 20 years.
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Man with 13 prior felonies gets 20 years for killing store clerk
A Cook County judge has sentenced a man with a decades-long felony record to 20 years in prison for murdering a grocery store clerk during a robbery last year.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
He has 13 previous felony convictions dating back to 1995.
He just picked up his 14th for murdering a store clerk during a robbery.
His sentence? 20 years.
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He just picked up his 14th for murdering a store clerk during a robbery.
His sentence? 20 years.
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BREAKING: Two boys, ages 14 and 16, are charged with murdering a homeless man outside a Loop restaurant over the weekend.
Another boy, also 14, is charged with robbery.
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Another boy, also 14, is charged with robbery.
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Boys, ages 14 and 16, charged with murdering man outside Loop pub
Two juveniles are charged with murdering a homeless man in the Loop on Sunday morning, Chicago police said in a press release issued late Monday night.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
BREAKING: Two boys, ages 14 and 16, are charged with murdering a homeless man outside a Loop restaurant over the weekend.
Another boy, also 14, is charged with robbery.
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Another boy, also 14, is charged with robbery.
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CPD arrested 18 people as crowds overran the Loop after Friday’s tree lighting, leaving 9 young people shot, one fatally.
Three adults are charged with having guns, but none is linked to the shootings.
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Three adults are charged with having guns, but none is linked to the shootings.
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3 men charged with having guns during large crowd takeover in the Loop
ChatGPT said:Chicago police arrested 18 people as large, unruly crowds surged through the Loop after Friday’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony, a night that also saw nine young people shot and a 14-ye...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
CPD arrested 18 people as crowds overran the Loop after Friday’s tree lighting, leaving 9 young people shot, one fatally.
Three adults are charged with having guns, but none is linked to the shootings.
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Three adults are charged with having guns, but none is linked to the shootings.
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He was a Chicago cop until he got caught up on the wrong end of a federal marijuana distribution investigation.
Last week, he got probation after pleading guilty to a $350,000 residential burglary on the Northwest Side.
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Last week, he got probation after pleading guilty to a $350,000 residential burglary on the Northwest Side.
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Disgraced former cop gets probation for $350K residential burglary
Joseph Pecora, a former Chicago police officer who served federal time in 2006 for taking 50 pounds of pot from a drug supplier, has been sentenced to probation after DNA evidence allegedly tied him t...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
He was a Chicago cop until he got caught up on the wrong end of a federal marijuana distribution investigation.
Last week, he got probation after pleading guilty to a $350,000 residential burglary on the Northwest Side.
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Last week, he got probation after pleading guilty to a $350,000 residential burglary on the Northwest Side.
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6 people, including 4 juveniles, are being questioned in the murder of a homeless man in the Loop on Sunday, per a source.
No charges filed, but the case is expected to draw significant media coverage if some or all of the suspects end up being charged.
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No charges filed, but the case is expected to draw significant media coverage if some or all of the suspects end up being charged.
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Police question 6 people, including 4 children, in murder of homeless man in the Loop: source
Six people, two adults and four juveniles, are in police custody in connection with the fatal stabbing of a homeless man in the Loop on Sunday morning, according to a law enforcement source.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
6 people, including 4 juveniles, are being questioned in the murder of a homeless man in the Loop on Sunday, per a source.
No charges filed, but the case is expected to draw significant media coverage if some or all of the suspects end up being charged.
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No charges filed, but the case is expected to draw significant media coverage if some or all of the suspects end up being charged.
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Prosecutors say rapper 4 Block Lil Mari tried to carjack a woman in South Shore.
He shot her, they say.
And she shot him, too.
Oh, and he was already on pretrial release for allegedly having a machine gun.
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He shot her, they say.
And she shot him, too.
Oh, and he was already on pretrial release for allegedly having a machine gun.
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Rapper 4 Block Lil Mari got shot by concealed carry holder during botched carjacking, officials say
A south suburban teenager who raps under the name “4 Block Lil Mari” has been jailed after prosecutors accused him of shooting a woman during a botched South Shore carjacking that ended with the victi...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Prosecutors say rapper 4 Block Lil Mari tried to carjack a woman in South Shore.
He shot her, they say.
And she shot him, too.
Oh, and he was already on pretrial release for allegedly having a machine gun.
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He shot her, they say.
And she shot him, too.
Oh, and he was already on pretrial release for allegedly having a machine gun.
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Chicago’s weekend violence tally doubled compared to last year.
Five killed. Twenty-three wounded.
The shootings that followed this year’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony in the Loop drove the increase.
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Five killed. Twenty-three wounded.
The shootings that followed this year’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony in the Loop drove the increase.
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Chicago sees 100% spike in weekend violence, driven by Christmas tree lighting chaos
Five people were murdered, and 23 others survived gunshot wounds across Chicago over the just-ended weekend, according to preliminary police reports. That’s a 100% increase over the same weekend last ...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Chicago’s weekend violence tally doubled compared to last year.
Five killed. Twenty-three wounded.
The shootings that followed this year’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony in the Loop drove the increase.
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Five killed. Twenty-three wounded.
The shootings that followed this year’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony in the Loop drove the increase.
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Once sentenced to death for a triple murder in Joliet, he won a new trial and was released after 24 years.
He reinvented himself as an advocate for reform in the Chicago Police Department.
Now he’s jailed in Milwaukee, accused of sexually assaulting a child.
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He reinvented himself as an advocate for reform in the Chicago Police Department.
Now he’s jailed in Milwaukee, accused of sexually assaulting a child.
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Once on death row, CPD reform activist is charged with sexually assaulting child in Milwaukee
A man who once sat on Illinois’ death row for killing three Latin King gang members in Joliet is back behind bars, this time in Wisconsin on allegations that he had sexual contact with a child under 1...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Once sentenced to death for a triple murder in Joliet, he won a new trial and was released after 24 years.
He reinvented himself as an advocate for reform in the Chicago Police Department.
Now he’s jailed in Milwaukee, accused of sexually assaulting a child.
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He reinvented himself as an advocate for reform in the Chicago Police Department.
Now he’s jailed in Milwaukee, accused of sexually assaulting a child.
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Retired Riverside Chief Tom Weitzel survived being shot on duty in 1987. For years, he’s been pushing Congress to make the on-duty murder of an officer a federal crime. He's written to senators and presidents. Only one wrote back. But his campaign isn’t slowing down.
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Retired suburban chief was shot on duty in 1987. Now he wants federal investigators on every cop-killing case
Retired Riverside Police Chief Tom Weitzel has spent 15 years pushing Congress to classify the on-duty murder of a police officer as a federal crime, a campaign shaped by his own experience surviving ...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Retired Riverside Chief Tom Weitzel survived being shot on duty in 1987. For years, he’s been pushing Congress to make the on-duty murder of an officer a federal crime. He's written to senators and presidents. Only one wrote back. But his campaign isn’t slowing down.
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He has 13 previous felony convictions dating back to 1995.
He just picked up his 14th for murdering a store clerk during a robbery.
His sentence? 20 years.
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He just picked up his 14th for murdering a store clerk during a robbery.
His sentence? 20 years.
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Man with 13 prior felonies gets 20 years for killing store clerk
A Cook County judge has sentenced a man with a decades-long felony record to 20 years in prison for murdering a grocery store clerk during a robbery last year.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
He has 13 previous felony convictions dating back to 1995.
He just picked up his 14th for murdering a store clerk during a robbery.
His sentence? 20 years.
cwbchicago.com/2025/11/man-...
He just picked up his 14th for murdering a store clerk during a robbery.
His sentence? 20 years.
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Chicago cops who complete special training will be able to file some felony gun charges on their own, backed by body-camera evidence and watch commander approval.
Current procedures require officers to wait, sometimes for hours, to get a prosecutor’s OK.
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Current procedures require officers to wait, sometimes for hours, to get a prosecutor’s OK.
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Chicago cops will soon file many gun charges without having to wait for a prosecutor's approval
Chicago police officers will now be allowed to file certain felony gun possession charges directly without waiting for a prosecutor to approve the case, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office annou...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Chicago cops who complete special training will be able to file some felony gun charges on their own, backed by body-camera evidence and watch commander approval.
Current procedures require officers to wait, sometimes for hours, to get a prosecutor’s OK.
cwbchicago.com/2025/11/chic...
Current procedures require officers to wait, sometimes for hours, to get a prosecutor’s OK.
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A man was found stabbed to death outside a Loop restaurant this morning.
He is the neighborhood’s 2nd murder victim of the weekend and the 4th of the year.
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He is the neighborhood’s 2nd murder victim of the weekend and the 4th of the year.
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Man found stabbed to death outside Loop restaurant early Sunday
Chicago police opened a homicide investigation Sunday after a man was found stabbed to death outside a Loop restaurant early in the morning.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A man was found stabbed to death outside a Loop restaurant this morning.
He is the neighborhood’s 2nd murder victim of the weekend and the 4th of the year.
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He is the neighborhood’s 2nd murder victim of the weekend and the 4th of the year.
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A man who shot a 16-year-old near the Magnificent Mile and then tried to escape via a Red Line train pleaded guilty to attempted murder yesterday.
Sentence? 8 years.
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Sentence? 8 years.
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Man gets 8 years for shooting 16-year-old near the Mag Mile
A man received an 8-year sentence on Thursday after pleading guilty to attempted murder for shooting a 16-year-old boy near the Magnificent Mile last year.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A man who shot a 16-year-old near the Magnificent Mile and then tried to escape via a Red Line train pleaded guilty to attempted murder yesterday.
Sentence? 8 years.
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Sentence? 8 years.
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