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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Would-be robber flees after police involved shooting at hot dog stand

An armed masked man trying to rob a hot dog stand apparently didn’t see a uniformed off-duty Chicago police officer at another window and the two exchanged gunfire Monday afternoon on the Far South Side.

15 couples involved in sham marriages: Feds
Love and marriage: in Cook County, it's an institution you can disparage. In at least 15 cases, nuptials in the county were a complete sham, a component of an immigration scheme run in part by traffic court employees who were trying to make money on the side, federal prosecutors say. Allegedly at the helm was Maria F. Cruz, 49, formerly of Chicago. Cruz, a onetime traffic court worker, doubled as a fake wedding planner extraordinaire -- driving people to their weddings and even snapping the wedding pictures.

Cops: Fake fed flashed fake badge outside theater
A Hyde Park man was accused of pretending to be a federal agent after he allegedly approached patrons entering the Goodman Theatre and flashed a badge to a cop.

Accused killer's alleged victim tells of brutal rape, beating
A 54-year-old woman allegedly attacked by accused serial killer Andre Crawford testified Monday, describing how her hooded assailant savagely raped, stabbed and repeatedly struck her with a two-by-four, then left her under a mattress in an abandoned South Side building.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Woman testifies about brutal attack in Crawford case
County workers among 10 charged in marriage scams
$80K bond for man charged with planting fake explosives
Man orders sandwiches, then robs suburban Subway
Motorist charged with elbowing cop who pulled him over
Man indicted in teen girlfriend's beating death
$350K bond for woman charged in sexual assault of girl
Body found floating in Lake Michigan
Police find more than 900 grams of heroin inside SUV
Robbers use concrete slab to break into Wicker Park boutique
Pattern emerges in Rogers Park robberies
Man outside Goodman arrested for impersonating federal agent

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Woman charged with sexual assault of female relative
Motorist shot in head, crashes into South Side church
Man fatally shot in Dolton
Woman held at Cook County jail dies
Teen shot at birthday party in Joliet Township
Man shot on Near North Side

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Son accused of pushing down wheelchair-bound mom, 80, robbing her
Chicago cop accused of stealing $600,000 from fellow sergeants
Ironworkers charged with beating 67-year-old at gym
Bond hiked in Andrews taping
Drug charges filed in North Side shooting, crash
3 charged with robbing victims lured via Web site
Police association to look into alleged skimming
Feds here link 15 to Mexican drug cartel
Robber in Park Ridge trips over cigarette butt
Barrington police say they busted man of 1,000 fake IDs

Friday, November 20, 2009

President accused of stealing from police sergeants' union
Cops fatally shoot knife-wielding man
Cops posing as 'customers' nab three in Craigslist crime wave
Barrington man charged with making hundreds of fake IDs
Man charged with fatal shooting at Denny's restaurant
Girl, three men beat man with baseball bat
FBI seeking suspect who killed man over rent money
250 kilos of cocaine, $8M seized in Mexican drug cartel bust
Car stolen while woman loads groceries
Veteran killed trying to make VFW deposit
Police: School bus driver showed sex videos to kids

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Midlothian VFW commander dies after attack
Correctional officer charged with smuggling pot into jail
DNA hit leads to life sentence for convicted sex offender
Witness, dye trail lead cops to Zion robbery suspect
Teen fatally shot near Southeast Side bus stop
Man charged with attempted murder of cop in 2008
Columbia College professor charged with transporting child porn
Authorities seek man wanted in '98 murder
Police seek three attackers in sexual assault of girl, 11
Thousands of child porn images found on computer: Feds
Robbers strike Rogers Park pizzeria
Winnetka woman carjacked on West Side, three held
Motorist arrested after struggle with cop during traffic stop
Two captured, one sought in Northwest Side shooting
Two men wounded in South Side shooting

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Niles motorist who crashed notches 3rd arrest of month
Police: Woman charged for Tinley Park hate crime
Aurora babysitter convicted for assaulting child
Cabbie charged with public indecency, assault
2 wanted in hair salon robbery, shooting
Murder investigation tied to case of clerk's bribe
Cops nab suspect who fled with $2 after 4 robberies
Man critically injured in Lincoln Square shooting
Man slain in West Side shooting

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Cook Co. mom pleads guilty to 5-year-old daughter's death
Subpoena issued in Circuit Court clerk bribery case
State has good shot at Gitmo inmates: officials
Boy, 16, shot in South Shore gang related attack
Fight about bedtime leaves 7-year-old hospitalized
Blue van sought in Englewood slaying

Monday, November 16, 2009

Death row: Now what?
Rod Blagojevich's brother wants separate trial
State Rep. Collins robbed at gunpoint on South Side
CPS board chairman's death ruled a suicide
Durbin: Gitmo plan opponents play on fears
Driver charged with reckless homicide in double-fatal crash

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Man shot, but dies after hit-and-run on South Side
CPS beefing up force of traveling security officers
Missing 9-year-old found safe with grandmother
Man charged after girl, 3, hit in head with brick
2 shot -- one fatally -- on South Side

Saturday, November 14, 2009

18-year-old accused of shooting at cops
Urlacher sought leniency for 'father figure' Vrdolyak
Suit over Jewish doorpost symbol hangs in there
Teen shot in South Shore drive-by
Teen dressed as a woman to rob bank, police say
Man stabbed in forehead in West Town
Brick thrown through car window seriously injures 3-year-old
Alleged hate crime probed in Tinley Park

Friday, November 13, 2009

Brighton Park man charged in Lincoln Park murder denied bond
Did Dugan kill even more?
Child pornography warrant ends in $27,000 marijuana bust
Former Water Management found guilty of bribe
Loyola student recants rape story
Man fatally shot at South Side bus stop
Man found shot in leg on Kolin Ave.
Businessmen attacked, robbed in Oak Lawn

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Dugan sentenced to death in Nicarico girl's death
Five Chicago residents accused in Ohio robberies
CTA bus driver injured when gunfire hits bus on South Side
Norwood Park firefighter charged with forgery and theft
Ryan sorry for putting 2 on Death Row in Nicarico murder
Police nab man who shot man on NW Side
Teen girl wounded in South Side shooting
Shoplifter nabbed on Mag Mile
Alarm scares off Mia Francesca restaurant burglars
Crime 101: Chances of being a statistic

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Dugan sentenced to death for '83 murder of Nicarico girl
Brief standoff ends safely in Uptown
Father charged in death of South Side baby girl
Body recovered in water near Loyola campus
$1M bond for woman charged in murder of Elgin teen
Michigan man arrested after calling 911 for a ride home
Suburban link probed after home of police official burglarized
Jurors weigh Dugan death penalty case
Off-duty officers fires shots in Bridgeport; nobody struck
Assailant shoots motorist in head in Hamilton Park
Far South Side residents affected by Hammond, Ind., gas leak

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Shotgun lands off-duty fire department lt. behind bars: police
Police officer's pet tracks alleged thief
Ald. Stone ally on trial for vote fraud
Grisly details come out in Crawford murder trial
Couple burglarized home while kids were in van, police say
Gov. Quinn defends plan to release up to 1,000 inmates
Jurors deliberating on life in prison or death in Dugan trial
Student sexually attacked at Northwestern, alert issued
North Sider's DVDs linked to Danish terror plot
Alleged home invader shot dead by resident on SW Side
Clean getaway for four who try for diamonds but only take shampoo

Monday, November 9, 2009

Man steals bubbly from Whole Foods, prompting 63rd arrest
Police investigators too educated?
Woman accused of stabbing boyfriend over bounced check
Man allegedly bites off part of girlfriend's ear
CPS student fatally shot in Lawndale, two others injured
Teen arrested for robbery after jumping from roof to roof
Man stabbed by girlfriend's son, 10, charged with domestic battery
Man shot dead while driving on South Side
Man steals bubbly on North Side, prompting 63rd arrest
Police seek missing local musician, writer

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Man accused of biting off part of girlfriend's ear during fight
Man fatally shot in Lincoln Park
3 men, 1 woman shot in lot on Near North Side
Police: Trash, not baby, found in garbage can
Man fatally stabbed, allegedly by girlfriend
Man stabbed by girlfriend's son, 10, on South Side
Man shot during robbery in Lake View
Man fatally shot on South Side

Saturday, November 7, 2009

4 charged in lottery scam targeting elderly Hispanics
Aurora man who robbed 16 banks caught again in Kentucky
Fourth teen charged in Fenger beating
Buffalo Grove police charge alleged fire, police impostors
Three teens shot at Southeast Side party
Shooting outside of Burbank bar leaves man in critical condition
Two men shot in West Englewood
19-year-old shot in legs in Englewood
Prosecutors: Correctional officer stole from inmates entering jail
Cubby Bear attacker was 'laying in wait'

Friday, November 6, 2009

4 'main offenders' in Fenger beating now charged, Weis says
Armed robber attacks Cubby Bear manager
Naperville businessman charged with bribing 'city agent'
Weis: Chicago cops stick to LIDAR guns
Woman sexually assaulted in Lincoln Park alley
Dugan among very worst in psychopathic traits: expert
Cops say paint on stroller backs up mom
GM exec pleads guilty in kickback scam
4th teenager charged in beating death

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Suspects held without bail in slaying of DePaul student
Brian Dugan expressed remorse for killing girl
Cops recover truck with 1,250 cases of stolen liquor
Second guilty plea in Chicago bank teller's killing
Gang member stabbed by rivals at Cook County Jail
Woman charged for driving into house with toddler in car
Man charged with murder in fatal crash involving police
Teen girl dies two weeks after Cicero shooting
Burge seeks trial delay, citing cancer
Man murdered in Humboldt Park
Two arrested after stolen truckload of booze found on South Side

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Cops: Party ejection led to murder of DePaul student
Judge sentences Degorski to life
West Side man arrested in beating death of teen mom
Three shot trying to detain South Shore burglary suspect
Feds tie Chicago terror suspect to India plot
'I turned into Mr. Hyde from Dr. Jekyll:' Dugan
City inspector caught on tape: 'I'm completely fabricating'

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

CTA mother: 'Miraculous' daughter survived
Deliveryman pistol-whipped, robbed of food and cash
Suspect in burglary gives judge middle finger, gets 6 months
Hit-and-run driver kills bartender: Rachel 'will be sorely missed'
Brother thwarts man’s attempt to lure, kidnap girl in park: police
Male stabbed during Southwest Side robbery

Monday, November 2, 2009

Bystander killed at party
Woman charged with causing death of infant
Shooting at Halloween party leaves DePaul student dead
Ex-con charged with running down Cook County deputy at jail
$1M bond set for teen charged in Halloween shooting
Little Village man slain near Malcolm X College
Austin neighborhood youth supervisor slain on West Side
Pregnant woman shot trick-or-treating
CTA commuter robbed at gunpoint on train
Accomplished DePaul student killed at Humboldt Park party
Charges filed against suspect charged with lighting man on fire
Police chase ends in crash, four in custody
Gang-related attack in Englewood leaves man dead

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Man charged in murder of his wife
Bullet strikes pregnant woman trick or treating on NW Side
Woman struck, killed in hit-and-run accident on North Side
Woman fatally shot, teen wounded at West Side party
Man dead, woman injured in Humboldt Park shooting

Saturday, October 31, 2009

No bond for man accused of murdering sister-in-law
Bond set for four men in Bridgeport kidnapping
Mother and daughter found slain in Gary
Four men charged in South Side drug-related kidnapping
One dead, one wounded in shooting outside West Side party
Man shot by group who wanted him out of their 'area'
Judge OKs testimony on Dugan brain 'deficiencies'
Jail worker accused of smuggling marijuana

Friday, October 30, 2009

Husband accused of plotting murder to cover up brother's rape of wife
Threatening note puts Naperville school on 'soft lockdown'
Police capture suspects involved in drug-related kidnapping
Woodlawn fight culminates with man stabbing brother

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Murder charges filed in McClendon slayings
Two children wounded in gang crossfire in Morgan Park
City plans to prosecute those lying about police misconduct
Businessman accused of defrauding investors out of $28M
Husband charged in murder of woman found in shot trunk
Sting nets over 100 people on drug, gun, prostitution charges
Terror suspect duped by friend, lawyer says
Police: Man accidentally shoots mother during fight with sister
Suspicious package in Loop rendered safe
Starkesia Reed's killer sentenced to 150 years in prison
Police review board urged to give reasons for decisions
Disturbance in liquor store ends with customer, employee shot

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

$1M bond for man charged with harming infant
Two children shot in South SIde drive-by
Chicago terror suspect claims he was 'duped' by friend
Not guilty pleas entered for teens in McClendon murders
Targeted Danish cartoonist feels safe, but angry
Fenger student charged with concealing a homicide
Two dead, two injured in Englewood shooting
South Side drive-by leaves 18-year-old dead
Humboldt Park man charged with stabbing on S. Side
Man accused of touching sleeping womens' legs pleads not guilty
One dead, two hurt when chased vehicle hits tree
2 accused of stealing from mourners' cars at cemetery

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Former fugitive Maday ordered held without bond
Terrorism suspect a heroin smuggler with striking eyes
Deputy U.S. marshal gets four years in prison in mob case
Body of woman found in trunk
20 stitches for guard slashed by Theraflu-stealing shoplifter
Motorist over twice the legal limit plows into fire truck: police

Monday, October 26, 2009

17-year-old sitting in car killed by robber
Nightclub patron describes shooting of Tank Johnson's bodyguard
Suburban bank to plead guilty to conspiracy
Chicago cops told to Taser suspects in the back
Services held for CLTV host's parents
Chicago student shot, killed
Rev. Sharpton joins Fenger parents to spotlight violence
Man found dead at Northwest Side police lockup
Pedestrian who ran out of gas hit by semi, knocked into ditch
Austin shooting claims life of man
Two armed robberies reported in Rogers Park
Motorist fatally shot in head on West Side
Man fatally stabbed in South Holland domestic





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