Boy, 13, charged with carjacking woman at Southwest Side gas station
Police say he was identified as the person who carjacked the victim, 34, at a gas station on Tuesday, in the 6400 block of West Archer Avenue.
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Police say he was identified as the person who carjacked the victim, 34, at a gas station on Tuesday, in the 6400 block of West Archer Avenue.
A 14-year-old boy is charged in the shooting death of a man on the city's Southwest Side last year.
The vehicle took off and was last seen headed south on Laporte Avenue from 47th Street.
The vehicle took off and was last seen headed south on Laporte Avenue from 47th Street.
Chicago police are asking for the public's help in locating a missing man last seen on the city's Southwest Side.
Chicago police issued an alert Sunday of a growing string of car thefts and armed robberies on the city's West and Southwest Sides.
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Mario Fuentes, 34, was last seen in the 3500 block of West 61st Place on Jan. 10.
The offender was placed into custody and charged with one felony count of robbery, police said.
Each of the related incidents happened during the month of January in the Garfield Ridge, Clearing, and West Lawn neighborhoods.
The teen was placed into custody and charged with one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm.
The suspected ended up getting into a horrific crash miles away.
The crimes started Wednesday with the latest one happening Friday morning.
A 16-year-old boy is facing multiple charges after carjacking a dozen people within several hours back in August on the city's South and Southwest Sides.
The crimes happened Tuesday during the morning hours between 2 a.m. and 10 a.m.
The victim was carjacked and pistol-whipped, according to police.
The crimes happened during the hours of 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.
The teens, ages 14 to 17, were arrested by the Vehicular Hijacking task Force on Thursday.
The teen was in a parked car in the 6000 block of South Pulaski Road when a Subaru sport-utility vehicle pulled up and someone inside shot him.
The suspect
In these incidents, unknown suspect(s) would gain entry into homes and take property from inside, police said.
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Twenty-three nights with temperatures below zero, and snow falling every other day for months; many Chicagoans remember the winter of 2013-2014 as a long and difficult one. And there is one reason why this winter could be similar – a massive area of record-warm ocean water thousands of miles away called "The Blob."
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The 2025-2025 Chicago winter could be the city's coldest and snowiest in years, all thanks to a weather phenomenon thousands of miles away called "The Blob."
A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other aggressive steps against protesters.
An Elgin police officer has been placed on administrative leave following a social media post about immigration enforcement.
The Chicago Department of Transportation has closed three bridges across the Chicago River for reconstruction. With the impact on traffic near downtown, rush hour has drivers seeing red.
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One person is in custody after stealing a private ambulance in Niles, Illinois, Tuesday afternoon.
