Category: Crime and Public Safety

A 26-year-old driver was in good condition after his car flipped over during a vehicle accident overnight in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly before 3:30 a.m . Friday, the victim was headed south in the 2500 bock of South Ashland Avenue in a Honda SUV when he struck a 2005 Ford sedan that flipped over on its roof. The driver of the sedan was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was listed in good condition. The driver of the SUV  refused medical help at the scene.    

A ride-share driver was carjacked Thursday night by his passengers who led police on a pursuit before they were caught and arrested, Chicago police said. Shortly after 10:30 p.m., a 44-year-old ride-share driver was dropping off two passengers in 7400 block of South Wabash Avenue when they pulled out handguns and forced him out of his 2017 Dodge Journey, police said. The carjackers drove off but were caught in the 9200 block of South Greenwood Avenue after a pursuit by involving Chicago police and Illinois State troopers. Detectives were investigating.    

Vicente Colores-Chalmers sat on the floor of the Leighton Criminal Courthouse Thursday afternoon and pulled up a September 2018 video of his fiancee, Shane Colombo, on his phone. Colombo had just walked into a condo the couple had purchased in Evanston for the first time, and sent Colores-Chalmers a video of himself there, laughing and saying hello. About two hours after he sent the video to Colores-Chalmers, Colombo, 25 and an incoming doctoral student at Northwestern University, was shot to death in Rogers Park. Instead of coming to Chicago to celebrate a dissertation defense and graduation, his family returned to […]

Five people in Chicago have been hit with federal charges in California alleging they were contracted to kill rapper Quando Rando in Los Angeles due to his suspected involvement in the 2020 slaying of rival artist King Von.

A 16-year-old girl was charged with armed robbery of a 26-year-old man on CTA property in the East Pilsen neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly before 9 p.m. on Oct. 13, the girl robbed a man by knife point in the 2000 block of South Archer Avenue and made off with the man’s belongings, police said. Police said the robbery happened on CTA property. The girl was arrested Wednesday in the 5100 block of South Wentworth Avenue after she was identified from a community alert as one of the robbers. She was scheduled to appear at a detention hearing Thursday in […]