He was arrested 3 times in 5 weeks before violent Loop robbery attempt, officials...
The system had three chances to stop Alex Cusick. Each time, he was released. On the fourth arrest, prosecutors say, he escalated from stealing restaurant tip jars and hopping a CTA turnstile to violently trying to rob a woman in the Loop. Cusick, 28, was arrested three times in five...
Chicago man charged after assault rifle found during traffic stop
CHICAGO - A Chicago man was arrested after authorities said they found an assault rifle, drugs and open alcohol during a traffic stop earlier this month. According to the Cook County Sheriff's Office, deputies stopped a red Nissan Sentra around 9:40 p.m. on Sept. 10 near Chicago Avenue and Dearborn Street after the car
Man Found Shot Dead on West 117th Street in West Pullman, Police Say
800 Block of W. 117th St. — Reported Location of Fatal Shooting. A man was found shot to death Monday morning on the 800 block of West 117th Street in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood, police said. Officers responding to the scene found him suffering from multiple gunshot wounds throughout his body, and he was prono
Illinois orthopedic surgeon and practice founder dies at 72
Eugene Bartucci, MD, an orthopedic surgeon who founded Elmhurst Orthopedics, died Aug. 28 at age 72, according to an obituary in the Chicago Tribune. Dr. Bartucci earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine and completed his residency there in 1986. He spent 45 years in medici
Man, 49, shot during argument on Chicago’s South Side: CPD
Police say a 49-year-old man was involved in an argument with an unknown person who pulled out a gun and shot the victim three times.
U.S. Citizen Lands in Hospital After Immigration Agents Detain Him
Federal agents on Sunday reportedly injured a U.S. citizen, who ended up at the hospital for his injuries. The Guardian reports that local police officers in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, were called to the scene of an argument between two people at 10 a.m. Upon their arrival, they found a man on the ground
Milwaukee Public Schools fills hundreds of teacher vacancies by recruiting laid-off Chicago educators
MILWAUKEE — One month into the new school year, Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) still has 51 teaching vacancies left to fill. Over the summer, MPS expanded its recruitment efforts to Chicago, where hundreds of teachers were recently laid off. The district held a two-day recruitment fair in Wrigleyville over...
2 injured in Loop hit-and-run, Chicago police say
Two people were injured in a hit-and-run crash in the Loop Monday morning, Chicago police said.
Evanston resident injured in encounter with federal agents, police investigating
Evanston police are investigating after a resident was hurt in an encounter with federal law enforcement agents. A community activist who tracks ICE activity provided a video to ABC7.
Couple robbed police dispatcher while she was trapped in car wreckage, prosecutors say
A veteran Chicago police dispatcher was pinned inside her wrecked car, with nine broken ribs and two fractured vertebrae, when a man climbed into the back seat and stole her driver’s license and credit cards, prosecutors say. The man’s girlfriend then got into the front seat and began patting the injured victim’s waist
