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It was created in 2013 by five Chicagoans who had grown disheartened with inaccurate information that was being provided at local Community Policing meetings. Our mission is to provide original public safety reporting with better context and greater detail than mainstream media outlets. CWB Chicago is a reader-funded public safety news outlet focusing on crime and criminal court proceedings in..
CWB Chicago
4h ago
A woman accused of using U.S. Postal Service master keys to commit eight mailroom burglaries at apartment and condo buildings has been sentenced to probation.
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CWB Chicago
4h ago
Prosecutors say a man wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet for a pending gun case fired a shot at a witness while trying to rob a victim on the West Side.
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CWB Chicago
7h ago
A federal judge has tossed out the lawsuit filed by a Chicago man who claimed Wendy's was negligent for not providing security at a Fuller Park restaurant where he got shot in the restaurant's drive-thru.
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CWB Chicago
7h ago
Armed men robbed at least six businesses and seven of the businesses customers, and exchanged gunfire with one of the businesses' owners during a four-hour crime spree across the north and northwest sides on Thursday night, according to Chicago police.
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CWB Chicago
7h ago
A man accused of randomly attacking women in the downtown area, including one he robbed on a subway platform, threatened to have his mom beat up the cops who arrested him, Chicago police officers say
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CWB Chicago
19h ago
A man who allegedly carjacked a woman in Logan Square and then tried to carjack another woman as he ran from Chicago cops who were chasing him has been handed a five-year prison sentence.
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CWB Chicago
19h ago
Smash-and-grab burglars busted through the front windows of a Far North Side jewelry store on Sunday evening, getting away with merchandise worth an estimated $500,000. A passing motorist stopped to record the burglary on his phone.
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CWB Chicago
19h ago
A Chicago man was sentenced this week to nine years in federal prison for robbing an undercover federal agent who was trying to buy a gun from him in Bronzeville.
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CWB Chicago
19h ago
A four-time convicted felon has been jailed as a safety risk after prosecutors said he opened fire on a South Side fast food restaurant drive-thru window because his order was not ready.
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CWB Chicago
1d ago
A group of armed robbers who robbed five people in Bucktown last Thursday morning returned to the neighborhood for an encore performance yesterday.
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