7 armed robberies in 2 hours ends with pursuit by CPD helicopter and ground...
We’ve learned many new details about an armed robbery spree that, with the help of the Chicago Police Department helicopter, ended with four men in custody last week. Two of the accused men have already spent time in prison for previous robberies. Altogether, prosecutors and police have linked the...
Carjacker, busted after high speed chase and crash, gets nearly a decade in federal...
A federal judge has sentenced a Chicago man to nearly a decade in prison for a 2022 armed carjacking in West Town that led to a high-speed police chase that ended in a crash. Allen Clay, 23, pleaded guilty to carjacking and using a firearm during a violent crime, court records show. U.S. District Judge Robert Blakey...
Man, woman get hypothermia after stranded in Lake Michigan 7 hours, say life jackets...
Two Chicagoans stranded in Lake Michigan for seven hours lived to tell their tale.
Chicago Man Extradited, Charged With Killing 3 Concrete Workers Over $2,300 Dispute
CHICAGO — A 32-year-old Chicago man is facing three counts of first-degree murder after authorities say he fatally shot three construction workers over a payment dispute involving $2,300 — then fled to Mexico. Vilmer Alcaraz, the accused, was extradited back to Chicago last week and is now being...
3 seriously injured in shooting at park in Englewood, Chicago police say
Three people were shot and seriously injured Wednesday evening inside a park on the city's South Side, police said.
5 killed after South Shore train hits vehicle in Gary, police say
Five people were killed after a South Shore train struck the vehicle there were in, Gary police said.
Employee injured in fire at food ingredient manufacturing company in Bedford Park
Video shows as flames shot out of the plant on Thursday morning in the south suburbs.
Chicago music producer says thousands in cash, jewelry stolen during home invasion on North...
From making hits with Chicago rappers like G Herbo to now dealing with an apparent burglary, a music producer spoke exclusively with ABC7 about how a simple mistake cost him thousands of dollars in cash, jewelry, and merchandise.
Chicago man steals fire chief’s marked SUV for joyride, skips court
Cops arrested a man after he allegedly stole a Chicago Fire Department battalion chief’s fully-marked SUV from a firehouse near the Magnificent Mile and went on a joyride to Edgewater. Aaron Johnson, 49, was arrested on April 1 but went home from the police station that evening with instructions...
Chinatown casino shuttle robbery suspect is charged with second attack
The man accused of robbing a victim after he stepped off a casino shuttle bus in Chinatown earlier this year is now charged with mugging another person in the neighborhood that same day. Willie Greenwood, 27, walked up behind a 48-year-old man as the victim walked near 23rd Street and...
