CRIME & SAFETY
Migrant has been arrested 7 times since arriving in Chicago, including twice in April
CHICAGO — Here’s another “New Neighbors Update,” a chance to share some recent troubles Chicago’s newest residents have encountered with the legal system. Yuehigor Fajardo Gonzalez, a 30-year-old Venezuelan migrant living at the Standard Club shelter in the Loop, was arrested on April 9 after shelter staff members allegedly found him in possession of a single 9-millimeter bullet at the security checkpoint.
20 years for man who sped from Chicago police in a hijacked SUV, leading to a crash that killed a mother of six in Lakeview
CHICAGO — It’s been nearly four years since Marcel Oliver led Chicago police on a high-speed pursuit across the city that only ended after a CPD squad car rocketed through a red light at a busy Lakeview intersection and killed the driver of an oncoming car. On Thursday, Oliver pleaded guilty to two felonies in exchange for a 20-year prison sentence.
Man charged with robbing Uber driver last month is now accused of 2 carjackings, including one ending with a woman shot
CHICAGO — A DeKalb man arrested last month after covert Chicago police officers allegedly saw him and four other men carjack an Uber driver while armed with an AK-47 has even more trouble to deal with. Prosecutors now say Renard McGee, 18, was part of a crew that carjacked...
So Many Are Searching for This Missing Black Woman — But Not Chicago Police
On the morning of April 2, Morgan Farley was wearing a brown wig, light blue jeans, a brownish jacket, and gym shoes while dicing a potato on the kitchen counter inside her Chicago home. She was preparing breakfast for herself as her father, Sam Farley, headed out the door for work.
Surveillance video shows 3 shooters open fire in deadly Back of the Yards mass shooting | EXCLUSIVE
Surveillance video obtained by ABC7 Wednesday shows three people opening fire on a family gathering over the weekend. The shooting killed a 9-year-old girl and left 10 other people injured.
‘The worst nightmare’: 2 of the kids shot during mass shooting in Chicago’s Back of the Yard remain in ICU
CHICAGO — Two of the youngest victims of the mass shooting near 52nd and Damen are still recovering at Comer Children’s Hospital. Their parents say the one and seven-year-old boys are doing a little better and remain in the ICU. The family says they were about the cut the cake at that party in Back […]
Search underway for 69-year-old man missing for over 2 weeks
CHICAGO — Police are asking for help in the search for a man who officers say has been missing for over two weeks. According to Chicago police, officers are searching for 69-year-old Carter Martin, who has been missing from the area of West 80th Street & South Wood Street, in the city’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood, since Thursday, […]
Man, 23, fatally stabbed on West Side
CHICAGO — A man was fatally stabbed on the city’s West Side, according to Chicago police. Police said officers responded to a person down around 4:17 a.m. Friday on the 1600 block of South Loomis in the Lower West Side neighborhood. Upon arrival, officers discovered a 23-year-old man on the ground with stab wounds to […]
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