by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 24, 2022 | Chicago Crime
A 15-year-old is facing nearly two dozen counts of burglary and theft, including a felony charge, after allegedly targeting several Chicago Ulta stores, the city’s top cop announced Friday. Chicago Police Supt. David Brown announced the arrest Friday during a...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 3, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime, National News
Baltimore’s woke mayor’s calls to defund the police have come back to haunt him after the city’s notoriously high murder rate climbed again in 2021. Charm City saw 337 homicides last year, up from 334 in 2020, and well above the 290 that the...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 3, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois News
Chicago has recorded nearly 800 criminal homicides just before the New Year’s Eve holiday, according to police, marking a small increase over last year and a more than 60% increase from 2019. “We all know this has been a challenging year here in the city of Chicago,”...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Dec 22, 2021 | Chicago Crime, Chicago Suburban Crime
COOK COUNTY, Ill. — While Chicago gets most of the attention when it comes to crime concerns, nearby suburbs are also seeing a significant surge in carjackings, shootings and murders. WGN Investigates analyzed homicide data from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Dec 22, 2021 | Chicago Crime
CHICAGO (CBS) — It looks like a scene from the “Fast and the Furious” movies, but it’s real – drivers were recently seen on video pulling dangerous stunts right on the Eisenhower Expressway. If you’re wondering how it was allowed to happen, so are we. CBS 2’s Jermont...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Dec 18, 2021 | Chicago Crime
Chicago is a crime spree in progress. Homicides in Cook County have topped 1,000, nearly 800 of them in Chicago. A stroll in the park or a trip to the grocery is a journey into harm’s way as accused murderers, violent gun offenders, armed robbers, and muggers are let...
