CRIME & SAFETY
Chicago man tried to lure and abduct minor in suburb, police say
COOK COUNTY - A Chicago man has been arrested for allegedly trying to lure and abduct a minor in the suburbs on Monday. Around 4:43 p.m., Cook County Sheriff's police officers responded to the 5000 block of South Long Avenue in unincorporated Stickney Township after receiving a report that a man driving a silver SUV had followed a minor and attempted to lure the child into his vehicle, a witness related to them.
Expert: Suburban man’s death decades ago raises ‘red flags,’ deserves closer look
Mary Ann Hayes was found dead in her north suburban home in 1996. Authorities determined that she died of a suicide. But a team of criminal justice experts is now pushing to reopen the case, claiming evidence shows she may have been killed. Those same experts say hers is not the only suspicious suicide in […]
Video shows CTA bus driver being attacked; head of transit union worries about safety
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A recent attack on a Chicago Transit Authority bus driver was caught on camera, and the head of the drivers' union said it was targeted.Keith Hill, president of Amalgamated Transit Union 241, is also worried about driver safety heading into summer.The video shows a CTA bus driver fighting someone as passengers looked on."The request of two dollars and 50 cents to ride the bus triggered an altercation," Hill said.The attack happened at 9:06 p.m. Friday of last week, police said.The person who was asked to pay and did not was not the man seen fighting the driver...
Man robbed, beaten in suburban Chicago parking garage
PARK RIDGE, Ill. (CBS) -- Police in Park Ridge were searching Tuesday for two men who brutally attacked and robbed a man in a parking garage.At 1:07 a.m. Tuesday, the victim was in the underground parking garage at 15 N. Summit Ave. in Uptown Park Ridge when two men wearing ski masks came up.One of the men sprayed him in the face with pepper spray, while the other had a knife in his hand, police said. Both men beat until he fell to the ground, police said.The robbers then took the man's wallet, police said.The victim said he was able to get up and run, but he then saw a light gray sedan chasing him. The car later fled the scene, police said.The man was taken to an area hospital by paramedics for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.Anyone with information is asked to call Park Ridge police at 847-318-5256.
Woman dead, 2 kids critical after crash near Calumet River
CHICAGO — A woman died and two children are in critical condition following a crash early Monday morning near the Calumet River. CPD said around 2:30 a.m., a woman was driving an SUV westbound in the 3000 block of East 106th Street when she struck a pole. The woman died as a result of her injuries.
Thieves caught on camera clearing out Northwest Side Chicago liquor store
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two booze bandits were caught on camera last week, clearing the shelves of tequila from a store in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.The theft happened at 10:26 p.m. this past Thursday at a liquor store in the 4800 block of West Fullerton Avenue. An employee watched helplessly as the masked thieves walked right out the front door with armloads of alcohol and cigarettes.Another theft happened at 10:40 p.m. on Wednesday of last week at a store in the 4800 block of North Milwaukee Avenue in Jefferson Park, and another still at 8:48 p.m. Saturday in the 4000 block of North Cicero Avenue near Six Corners in Portage Park.Police said the thieves used different types of force to make off with large quantities of cigarettes and bottles of alcohol in each incident.Only two thieves are seen in the video, but police said there are three. They are men ages 20 to 25 wearing gray hooded sweatshirts, blue jeans or light-colored pants, and black ski masks.Anyone with information should call Grand Central Area detectives at 312-746-7394, or submit an anonymous tip to cpdtip.com.
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