Chicago police are alerting the Rogers Park community about a home invasion and sexual assault that happened in the West Ridge neighborhood in the early morning hours Thursday. Police said there was a home invasion Dec. 26 at a residence in the 6200 block of North Bell Avenue where a male entered a residence through a back door while a victim was asleep and sexually assaulted the victim, police said. He told the victim that other people were with him before he took belongings from the residence and exited through a back door, police said in a community alert. The […]
Day: December 27, 2024
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