CRIME & SAFETY
Missing pregnant teenage Chicago girl found, police say
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 15-year-old pregnant girl who had been missing since Thursday has been found safe, Chicago Police say. On Friday evening, Chicago Police asked for help from the public in finding Lezly Martinez, who had been missing for more than a day. Lezly had last been seen at 4:39 p.m. Thursday in the 7200 block of South Troy Street in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the city's Southwest Side. Police said Lezly is eight months pregnant.No further information was immediately available.
Chicago-area man arrested for THSB robbery
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - Terre Haute Police have arrested the suspect of a bank robbery earlier this month. The robbery happened on April 12 around 10:30 a.m. at The Hometown Savings Bank on Ohio Street in downtown Terre Haute. Police said an unknown suspect robbed the bank at gunpoint...
Unlicensed dentist charged after leaving Schaumburg patients with fake braces
CHICAGO (CBS) – A woman posing as a dentist was arrested in Schaumburg after customers complained she gave them fake braces and, in one case, a patient had a chipped tooth after a visit.Police investigated and charged the so-called dentist with a crime after a CBS 2 investigation.It was not Monica Davis' first run-in with the law. CBS 2 reported how she was arrested in January by police in Nevada for similar allegations: that she was doing work on people's mouths without a dental license.Davis turned herself into Schaumburg police. Investigators charged her with practicing medicine without a license, a...
CPD: Man shot 20 times, killed in Greater Grand Crossing
CHICAGO — A man was shot 20 times in Greater Grand Crossing early Friday morning and died. Officers responded to a shots fired call just before 2:35 a.m. in the 200 block of West 72nd Street. A man, whose age was not provided, was found on the ground unresponsive. Chicago police said he sustained 20 […]
Dexter Reed Update: Chicago Police Shooting Ruled A Homicide, Reed Family Files Federal Lawsuit For 96 Rounds Of Excessive Force
On March 21, 2024, Dexter Reed, a 26-year-old Black man, became yet another name on the long list of those fatally shot by police. As BOSSIP previously reported, during a traffic stop on Chicago’s West Side for a seatbelt violation—police shot at Reed 96 times. Now, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office ruled Reed’s death a homicide, and the family has filed a federal lawsuit for one of this year’s most shocking cases of police violence.
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