Man attempts to sexually assault elderly woman in Humboldt Park
Police said just before 7 p.m., a man grabbed the woman in the area of West Pierce and Central Park Avenue while she was searching for an item in her car.
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Police said just before 7 p.m., a man grabbed the woman in the area of West Pierce and Central Park Avenue while she was searching for an item in her car.
"It has torn me apart. My grandmother doesn't deserve this!"
Area 5 Detectives are investigating.
An elderly woman was brutally attacked in a parking garage near the Magnificent Mile Tuesday, all for her purse.
Officers say three male offenders entered her home, took out a knife, and restrained the woman with duct tape.
"She has Alzheimer's disease and she also has diabetes. She's been without medication for two weeks."
An elderly woman found wandering early Tuesday in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side has been identified and reunited with her family.
The elderly man said he had just cashed the $5,000 check at Grand Victoria Casino, 250 S. Grove Ave., and was playing the slots when 34-year-old Sean Sheppard walked up to him and struck up a conversation, according to Elgin police.
The victim and her 45-year-old son noticed a series of unauthorized withdrawals from the woman's bank account over several months, police said.
A parolee is wanted for allegedly breaking into an elderly woman's home Sunday in northwest suburban Rolling Meadows during a ruse burglary and battering the resident, police said.
The incident happened at 12:45 a.m. near 75th Street and the curve at Route 34. The woman was traveling westbound in her Cadillac sedan when it hit a median, crossed over eastbound lanes and rolled over into a ditch.
Ethel Baskins, of the 900 block of West 51st Street, crashed a vehicle into a tree in the 1300 block of North Harlem Avenue about 8:15 a.m.
A woman who apparently was in the wrong place at the wrong moment is in the hospital, with a gunshot wound to the back suffered while driving in the Brighton Park neighborhood.
The woman was reported in the water near the Orleans Street bridge just before 1 a.m., fire officials said. Crews arrived at the scene in about two minutes. The water temperature was about 50 degrees.
McHenry County Sheriff's police said they were notified at about 7:15 a.m. that a driver had spotted a body in the snow along the 11500 block of Hemmer Road in unincorporated McHenry County near Huntley.
The elderly victim told police she was walking to the Church of the Nazarene at 1501 S. Linneman Road in Mount Prospect about 6 a.m. Sunday when the attack occurred.
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The purported victim, a 68-year-old woman from Homewood, told authorities she was accosted by about a dozen African American men while walking in the 700 block of North Michigan around noon Wednesday in front of Saks Fifth Avenue.
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An elderly woman was hospitalized Monday after she was attacked by a man who stole her car in the parking lot of a southwest suburban Walgreens.
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A judge in Chicago has set bond at $350,000 for a robbery suspect accused of dragging an 80-year-old woman for a block in his car after she refused to let go of her purse.
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Arlington Heights police and fire crews responded to the motel after a guest services employee called to report that someone entered the lobby bleeding after being shot.
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The South Side warehouse has more than 200 employees, according to the union that represents 75 members.
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Preliminary information indicated several people knocked on the second-floor door of a room and confronted two sleeping occupants, including the man, who exited the room and was shot by one of the aggressors, according to police.
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The man city records document as the owner of the alley declined several requests for an interview, but could be seen repeatedly driving a forklift through CBS News Chicago's shot.
Neighbors in Bronzeville say it is an ongoing problem, and they have serious safety concerns.
Arlington Heights police and fire crews responded to the motel after a guest services employee called to report that someone entered the lobby bleeding after being shot.
For Saturday, dry conditions with beautiful sunny skies are expected in Chicago, followed by heavy rain on Sunday.
Clyde Scott is the founder of Focused on Fashion. He said he loves photography, fashion, and God, and he's found a way to combine them into something beautiful.
The man city records document as the owner of the alley declined several requests for an interview, but could be seen repeatedly driving a forklift through CBS News Chicago's shot.
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