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A man once charged with multiple hate crimes in an alleged anti-Semitic attack at DePaul has pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor. Prosecutors dropped seven felonies.

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DePaul attack case ends with misdemeanor plea and probation
A suburban man who faced a slate of hate crime and felony battery charges tied to an alleged anti-Semitic attack on the DePaul University campus, resolved the case this week by pleading guilty to a si...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Three Venezuelan migrants face armed robbery charges for allegedly following three women into a Buena Park apartment building and robbing them at gunpoint.

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Venezuelan migrants robbed 3 women at gunpoint in Buena Park, prosecutors say
Three Venezuelan migrants are charged with robbing three women at gunpoint inside a Buena Park apartment building, according to Chicago police and court records.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Police say a man attending a Pilsen birthday party became enraged over not being able to find his phone and shot two people.

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Man opened fire at Pilsen birthday party after losing his phone: prosecutors
A man accused of shooting two guests during a late-summer birthday party in Pilsen allegedly opened fire because he was furious about not being able to find his phone, according to prosecutors.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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65 years in prison for murdering a man who bumped into his friend at a gas station.

But he could be in prison even longer: He’s picked up 12 more felony cases while in jail, mostly for allegedly attacking corrections workers.

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65 years in prison for murdering man who bumped into his friend
A South Side man who was 17 when he gunned down a stranger after a brief shoulder bump outside an Avalon Park gas station in 2021 has been sentenced to 65 years in prison, concluding a case that stret...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Ten work vans.

Two days.

One burglary crew.

CPD is asking for tips.

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Tool thieves hit 10 work vans across the North Side
Chicago police have issued a community alert following a string of early morning and evening burglaries targeting work vans across the North Side this week.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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A second man has been sentenced to 9+ years in prison for a Rogers Park bank robbery that netted him and his partner less than $10,000.

Police tracked the crew down within minutes thanks to a hidden GPS device.

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Federal judge slaps man with 9-year sentence for Rogers Park bank robbery
A second man has been sentenced in a violent Rogers Park bank robbery that netted less than $10,000 but left terrified customers and employees scrambling for safety.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Recognize these geniuses?

CPD says they’re the people who attacked, robbed and stabbed a man aboard the Red Line on Thanksgiving morning.

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Cops seek 3 in Thanksgiving Day stabbing, robbery aboard Red Line
Chicago police on Friday released surveillance images of three people wanted for stabbing and robbing a man aboard a Red Line train at the 47th Street station on Thanksgiving morning, hoping the publi...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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CPD says this van intentionally struck and dragged a man in Morgan Park. He died from his injuries. Police are looking for the van and the person who drove it.

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Driver in fatal hit-and-run intentionally struck man, dragged him through Morgan Park: report
A driver intentionally struck a 45-year-old man during a confrontation in a Morgan Park parking lot last week, dragged him beneath the vehicle, and fled the scene, Chicago police said.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Officials say a couple’s trip to Africa went up in smoke at O’Hare when agents found their luggage stuffed with 143 pounds of pot.

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Trip to Africa derails at O’Hare when agents finds 143 pounds of pot in couple’s bags
Two United Airlines passengers flying from San Francisco to Gambia experienced an unexpected delay in Chicago when U.S. Customs agents allegedly found 143 pounds of marijuana in their luggage during a...
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November 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Police say burglars broke into a firefighter’s Dodge Charger on Thanksgiving morning, then flashed guns when firehouse members walked outside and approached.

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Auto thieves point guns at firefighters outside Avondale firehouse
A crew of auto thieves pulled guns on three Chicago firefighters who confronted them as they broke into a fire department member’s car outside an Avondale firehouse on Thanksgiving morning, according ...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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He’s charged with attacking and robbing a man on the Red Line as the victim rode the train to work.

Prosecutors say he kicked, punched, and beat the victim with a meat tenderizing mallet.

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CTA robber beat victim with meat tenderizer: prosecutors
A 36-year-old man accused of beating and robbing a Red Line passenger with a metal meat tenderizer has been ordered detained. Prosecutors say he assaulted the commuter while already on pretrial releas...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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If you really need to hide your gun somewhere, maybe a child’s diaper bag isn’t the best place to stash it.

A 1-year-old boy is recovering after the pistol that this man allegedly kept inside a diaper bag fired during a diaper change.

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1-year-old shot when gun hidden in diaper bag fires during diaper change: prosecutors
A 21-year-old man accidentally shot a 1-year-old boy while changing his diaper in a South Shore apartment earlier this month, police say, after a gun he kept inside the child’s diaper bag became tangl...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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A man was shot and killed in Garfield Ridge on Thanksgiving night. No one called 911 for ten minutes and the area no longer has ShotSpotter coverage (Thanks, Brandon!).

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Shooting victim dies after lying unresponsive in the street for 10 minutes because nobody called 911
A man was shot and killed in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood shortly before midnight on Thanksgiving, but no one called 911 for about ten minutes after the gunfire, according to Chicago police. The ne...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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A Logan Square man who drove his Ford F150 into a group of picnickers during a 2021 birthday gathering has been sentenced to 9½ years.

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Logan Square man gets 9½-years for driving truck into picnickers
A Logan Square man who warned a neighbor to “watch what I’m going to do” moments before driving his pickup into a group of picnickers in 2021 was sentenced to more than nine years in prison on Wednesd...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Prosecutors say he shot a concealed carry holder on the Red Line — while he was *supposed* to be home on an ankle monitor.

He was on the streets even though the chief judge’s electronic monitoring office knew he was repeatedly violating the program, records show.

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Man who shot Red Line passenger was supposed to be home on electronic monitoring, officials say
A man accused of shooting a concealed carry holder on the Red Line this summer was supposed to be confined to his home under one of the Cook County Chief Judge’s electronic monitoring programs, but he...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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A man was stabbed during a robbery aboard a Red Line train at 47th Street on Thanksgiving morning.

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Red Line passenger stabbed during robbery on Thanksgiving morning
A man was stabbed during a robbery aboard a Red Line train at the 47th Street station on Thanksgiving morning, according to Chicago police.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Three more armed robberies hit Lakeview from late Wednesday into early Thanksgiving morning.

The cases are identical to a growing pattern of holdups in the neighborhood and nearby Lincoln Park.

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4 more people robbed at gunpoint in Lakeview East, bolstering concerns about surging holdup sprees
A string of three robberies on Wednesday night into the early hours of Thanksgiving is adding to growing concerns that an armed robbery crew is taking root in Lakeview and Lincoln Park. The overnight ...
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November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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CPD says multiple car break-ins have hit Lincoln Park just as Zoo Lights crowds begin to fill the area.

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Car break-ins surge as Zoo Lights crowds flock to Lincoln Park
A wave of car break-ins hit Lincoln Park last week in an area that draws large nighttime crowds heading to Zoo Lights at Lincoln Park Zoo, according to a Chicago police community alert.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Chicago cops arrested three burglars who broke into the Saks Fifth Avenue on the Mag Mile early on Thanksgiving morning.

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Thanksgiving heist goes cold: Cops gobble up 3 late-night burglars at Mag Mile department store
Three men in police custody on Thanksgiving morning are probably wondering how their “early bird gets the Gucci” approach to holiday shopping collapsed so spectacularly. Chicago cops arrested the trio...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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CPD says this is the man who opened fire in the Loop, killing 14-year-old Armani Floyd and injuring another victim. Investigators are asking for tips.

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Video shows gunman in the Loop attack that left a 14-year-old dead.
Chicago police have released surveillance footage of the gunman investigators believe is responsible for murdering a teenage boy and injuring a man in the Loop last Friday night.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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The family of the woman set on fire aboard a Blue Line train last week has gone public with her identity as they launch a GoFundMe to help secure her long-term recovery needs.

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In new GoFundMe campaign, family identifies CTA fire attack victim for the first time
For the first time since a woman was brutally set on fire while riding a Blue Line train in the Loop, her family has gone public with her name and photos in a GoFundMe campaign.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Exclusive: 2 Venezuelan migrants, ages 14 and 16, attacked and murdered a homeless man in the Loop over the weekend, prosecutors say.

A third migrant, also 14, is charged with robbery.

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2 Venezuelan migrants, ages 14 and 16, murdered a homeless man in the Loop, officials say
Three Venezuelan migrants, all juveniles, were part of a group that attacked, murdered, and robbed a homeless man in the Loop over the weekend, according to prosecutors and a Chicago police report.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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A man who went on a cross-town robbery spree while on an ankle monitor has been given a 5 year sentence.

Coincidentally, his alleged accomplice (left) escaped electronic monitoring earlier this month and remains on the loose.

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Man gets 5 years for going on cross-town robbery spree while wearing ankle monitor
A man who went on a cross-town robbery spree while wearing an ankle monitor has been given a five-year sentence. His alleged accomplice, coincidentally, is at large after escaping from electronic moni...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Gunmen robbed 4 women in Boystown overnight.

The holdups occurred during two separate incidents just a few minutes apart.

The cases look a lot like a spree that hit the area earlier this month.

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Gunmen rob 4 women in Boystown
Four women were robbed in two incidents minutes apart in the Boystown neighborhood early Tuesday morning, according to Chicago police. Officers said both holdups involved armed men who targeted pedest...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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He has 13 previous felony convictions dating back to 1995.

He just picked up his 14th for murdering a store clerk during a robbery.

His sentence? 20 years.

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Man with 13 prior felonies gets 20 years for killing store clerk
A Cook County judge has sentenced a man with a decades-long felony record to 20 years in prison for murdering a grocery store clerk during a robbery last year.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM