A 43-year-old taxi driver in Metairie, La., was in his cab during the early morning hours of Aug. 21 when a man approached and pointed a gun at him while demanding money. The cab driver, fearing for his life, shot the assailant multiple times, killing him. Sheriff’s office investigators said the suspect was likely the [...]
The total of privately owned guns in the United States is estimated to have passed 500 million after gun sales for the month of October were the third-highest on record. A year-over-year increase in gun sales for October 2023 signaled a new landmark for private gun sales in the United States. Ammoland reported approximately 1.33 [...]
CHICAGO — A man has been charged in the attack that critically injured a woman on Michigan Avenue. Bruce Diamond, 52, is facing one felony count of aggravated battery with great bodily harm. Diamond, who police say did not know the victim, allegedly launched a 3-foot javelin-like log at the woman’s head Monday afternoon in [...]
CHICAGO — A reward up to $150,000 has been offered following the robbery of a USPS letter carrier on the West Side. A USPS carrier was working in the 900 block of North Francisco at around 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Read more...
CHICAGO — Three armed carjackings were conducted after drivers were boxed in late Tuesday night on the North Side. A man was driving in the 4400 block of North Lincoln Avenue at around 11:10 p.m. when a black and silver sedan approached and blocked him in. Read more...
Newly released video captured part of an hour-long police pursuit of an armed robbery suspect that led over two dozen police cars on a chase on Interstate 94 that ended in Gurnee. Norbert Thigpen, 36, of Burbank, was wanted in connection with an armed robbery that occurred around 5:30 p.m. Saturday at a CVS store [...]
A woman was attacked by two suspects who robbed her, threw her to the ground and battered her while she was putting her young child into the car in Waukegan. The Waukegan Police Department responded around 6:04 p.m. Saturday to the 1700 block of Ash Street for a report of an aggravated robbery. Read more...
Prosecutors say a man committed an unprovoked violent attack on a Metra conductor and then repeatedly punched a second Metra conductor who tried coming to the aid of the first in Waukegan. Jonathan Raygoza, 28, of Chicago, was charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, two counts of aggravated assault on a transit employee, [...]
A convicted felon has been arrested after prosecutors say he opened fire on a group of women standing near a car outside of an apartment building in Waukegan. Travis K. Cherry, 31, of Waukegan, was charged with four counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm and one count of felon in possession of a weapon. [...]
A judge has denied pre-trial release for a man accused of committing an armed robbery before leading police on an hour-long pursuit on Interstate 94 through Lake County that ended in Gurnee. Norbert Thigpen, 36, of Burbank, allegedly robbed a CVS store near 87th Street and Cicero Avenue in Chicago around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, according [...]
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