Chicago Crime
Illinois carjacking bill falls short; organized retail crime measure more promising
Lawmakers have already unveiled a weak measure to combat crime in Illinois by creating a task force, with an added provision for new spending on...
Democrats offer another anti-crime proposal, this one on carjackings. Pritzker says ‘We are making progress’
SPRINGFIELD — Democrats who control the Illinois legislature on Tuesday continued searching for common ground on issues ranging from temporary tax...
Kim Foxx’s office to begin arguing to cut sentences no longer in ‘the interests of justice’
Cook County prosecutors will soon begin arguing in court that certain longtime inmates deserve more lenient sentences, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s...
Don’t downplay Chicago’s crime this year. It’s up 34 percent. – Wirepoints Quickpoint
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot this week touted a fractional drop in murders and a modest reduction in shooting incidents this year versus the same...
Streamwood police nab suspect with 11 warrants from 8 departments
A Glendale Heights man who authorities said had at least 11 outstanding arrest warrants from eight law enforcement agencies throughout the state...
CTA shootings are up 64%, sexual assaults are up 300%, and robberies are up 9% — but Chicago’s police superintendent says transit crime is down.
One year after CWB reported that violent crime was increasing dramatically on the CTA Red Line despite a sharp decline in ridership during COVID,...
Kim Foxx under fire for saying Jussie Smollett faced ‘kangaroo prosecution’
CHICAGO - After disgraced actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced Thursday to 150 days in jail for staging a hoax hate crime, Cook County State’s...
Crime increasing as EPD shrinks
Reported crime in Evanston has increased over the past four years as the size of the city’s police force has declined. That’s what’s shown in data...
With major crime up 34%, 95 more cops walk out the door; CPD is losing cops at “unsustainable” rate, alderman says
One month ago, we reported that CPD statistics showed reports of major crimes were up 24% in the first three weeks of the new year compared to the...
Our Chicago: Police deal with shootings, carjackings and theft as crime continues in city, suburbs
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Saying "enough is enough," President Joe Biden pledged on Thursday that the federal government would step up its fight against gun...
