Crime

Crime

Two men critical, 1-year-old in an uninvolved car grazed in the head on S. State

A male child, 1, sustained a graze wound to the head while inside a silver SUV sitting in the parking lot of a store on the other side of the intersection from the location of the gunfire.

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North suburban Chicago police seek teen in fatal shooting of Melanie Yates

Police believe the Zion teen is “actively working to avoid apprehension." He is described as 5 ft. 5 inches tall, 135 lbs. with brown eyes and black hair.

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Federal Agents seize private plane and 100 kilos of cocaine in River North and Gold Coast

Federal agents did not place a value on the bust but, according to the UNODC, as of 2019 (the latest stats available) and depending on the purity of the substance, estimates of the wholesale value would be approximately $2.9m - $4 million with a street value near $8 million.

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Brothers charged with running fencing operation out of suburban Chicago stores

Authorities alleged the brothers knowingly purchased stolen electronic devices and other merchandise, re-packaged the items, and then shipped them to re-sellers out of state and overseas.

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Man shot and killed, woman injured at popular Bronzeville bar

Just after midnight, a man stepped on a 27-year-old woman's shoe in a bar. That act lead to a verbal altercation. That altercation resulted in a 25-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman being shot. The man died from his injuries.

Chicago Journal

Man charged in murder of Yarianna Wheeler, pregnant woman found in Lake Michigan

Robert Drummond, 21, of the 4300 block of South Berkeley Avenue in Chicago, was taken into custody by Chicago Police and charged with first-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old pregnant woman, Yarianna Wheeler.

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4 year old shot in South Chicago neighborhood

The boy was reportedly in a car seat in the back of a black KIA Soul vehicle in the 8300 block of South Saginaw in the South Chicago neighborhood when multiple gunmen approached the vehicle and fired inside.

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Major drug trafficker sentenced to 20 years for supplying heroin on Chicago’s West Side

A leader of a drug trafficking organization that operated on the city's West Side was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Evidence against the group in their federal indictment included a famous "line around the corner" for heroin and other drugs.

Chicago Journal

Federal Jury convicts former City tow truck driver of sex trafficking several children

Former City of Chicago tow truck driver, Lennie Perry, 47, was convicted on all seven counts of sex trafficking he faced. The conviction carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison, and a maximum of life.

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Chicago officer charged in death of husband, also an officer

Jacqueline Villasenor, 39, was charged with one felony count of involuntary manslaughter and was scheduled to appear in bond court Friday.

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Chicago woman who assisted in killing mom in Bali arrested on arrival at O'Hare

FBI agents took Heather Mack, 26, into custody on her arrival at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Wednesday morning.

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Woman charged in Halloween morning murder of 22-year-old female

Police had identified her as the person who shot and killed a 22-year-old female in the 7600 block of S. Morgan at approximately 10:30 a.m. the morning of October 31, 2021.