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A Chicago homeless man, known as the ‘Walking Man,’ has died nearly seven months after he was set on fire while sleeping on the street.

Two Chicago cousins who a prosecutor says stored over $2 million worth of pot in a storage locker were found out for one simple reason.

Nearly 40 people were robbed by armed groups over the weekend in Chicago’s near west and north sides, according to police.

A Chicago man allegedly attacked a woman before stealing her vehicle on September 24 and officials are trying to identify him.

A pregnant woman who was robbed at knifepoint waited around an hour for Chicago police to respond before she ended up finding the suspect herself, CWB Chicago reported.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) security team was involved in a shooting after witnessing an attempted robbery on an elderly man in the city’s Northwest Side.

Three thieves were seen driving two stolen vehicles through an auto repair door in Chicago on security camera footage.

Chicago Police have issued community alerts to residents who live near Wrigley Field after four individuals were temporarily kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint over the weekend.

A Chicago sex offender recently arrested for allegedly touching two women inappropriately was freed hours later on his own recognizance. The accused man has a long history of sexual misconduct dating back to 2017.

A 15-year-old girl was victimized Friday along the Chicago River bank as residents continue suffering from rampant crime.

A convicted sex offender is accused of attempting to kidnap a woman and committing aggravated battery against two other women in Chicago on Sunday morning, according to police. Less than 24 hours before the alleged attacks occurred, the suspect was released by a judge on his own recognizance after failing to register as a sex offender.

A three-year-old boy has died after being allegedly pushed by his aunt into Lake Michigan off Chicago’s Navy Pier.

A Chicago felon who was recently arrested for driving a stolen motor vehicle was already on bail for three other cases, including for driving a stolen vehicle.

Surveillance footage appears to show a woman allegedly showing her three-year-old nephew into Lake Michigan off Navy Pier, according to the sources with the Chicago Police Department.

Chicago police grappled with Mexican Independence Day crowds over the weekend, which caused problems for 911 callers.

A Chicago restaurant manager was injured in a drive-by shooting in the West Loop on Friday night and the victim is furious at officials in the Democrat-controlled city.

A man was arrested Monday for attempting to kidnap and buy off a five-year-old girl in front of her mother in Chicago, according to police.

A man is accused of trying to kidnap a five-year-old girl and attempting to buy her from her mother Thursday in Chicago.

Two men from the Southside of Chicago were arrested Thursday for allegedly carjacking a 74-year-old man at gunpoint.

A Chicago man whose murder sentence was commuted by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in 2021 was recently arrested for allegedly stealing a van belonging to the city of Kenosha, CWB Chicago reported.

An individual who allegedly pushed a man off a CTA platform onto a rail line in Chicago was arrested twice later that day.

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) took between 20 and 30 minutes to respond to a horrific hit-and-run crash that left three people dead and two people injured.

Several women reportedly faced charges after an off-duty officer was targeted in the Boystown area of Chicago on Friday.

The president of the Chicago police union stands with GOP candidate Darren Bailey for governor of Illinois as the city faces a pressing crime wave.

A Chicago Police Department supervisor reportedly told officers on Saturday to end pursuit of a vehicle used by suspects in an apparent murder that had occurred minutes before, according to radio transmissions.

A Chicago Police officer was in “grave” condition after possibly trying to commit suicide on Saturday, the news coming as the department grappled with recent loss.

Hundreds gathered outside Christ Medical Center on Friday to cheer Chicago Police Officer Danny Golden, 31, who was released from the hospital after being paralyzed in an off-duty shooting.

A man in Chicago’s Uptown area has been accused of throwing a naked woman to her death from an apartment window on Wednesday.

Three 19-year-old suspects face multiple charges for attacking and hurling fireworks at Chicago Police Department vehicles after a large group of cars performed donuts.

The suspected shooter who opened fire on a July 4 Parade in Highland Park, Illinois, and killed at least six and wounded 24 more, has been arrested by Chicago law enforcement. 

Prosecutors charged a man on Wednesday who allegedly chained and raped a woman twice in the attic of an abandoned south-side Chicago home over the course of four days.

A naked woman attacked a Chicago police officer before stealing his patrol car and running him over, said Police Superintendant David Brown.

Cameron Bowman, 31, of Chicago was sentenced to two years probation after he stole more than half a million dollars in change from his former employer “while working as an armored car driver,” CWB Chicago reports.

Police in Chicago are looking for a suspect who set fire to a 75-year-old homeless man, widely known as “Walking Dude,” early Wednesday.

Chicago police launched an investigation once a woman was reportedly discovered handcuffed and chained to the wall of an abandoned house on Saturday.

A woman has been charged with felony looting for an incident in Chicago that occurred the same day as a riot in the Summer of 2020.