Man Charged With Vandalizing Police Cars On Lower Wacker Drive
Patrick Vaughan, 24, has been charged with one count each of felony criminal damage to government property and felony possession of a controlled substance.
Patrick Vaughan, 24, has been charged with one count each of felony criminal damage to government property and felony possession of a controlled substance.
A southern Illinois man is facing more than 20 charges in a string of hate-fueled acts of vandalism over the Memorial Day weekend.
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Red paint was splattered on the statue in Arrigo Park, and the words "mass murderer" and "decolonise" [sic] were sprayed on the sidewalk.
Someone spotted three males defacing the statue at 12:05 a.m. Saturday in the 800 block of South Loomis, according to Chicago Police.
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Rachel Tuszynski, 29, has been charged with a hate crime, threatening a public official, criminal damage to property, and more.
Police found the graffiti – described as "anarchist symbols and swastikas" – Wednesday morning at Roger Claar's residence.
Owner of a Ravenswood art installation is looking for the suspects who vandalized the piece.
Stuart Wright, 32, also must seek treatment for his diagnosed schizophrenia, according to court records and his lawyer.
It started three weeks ago with a statue of the Virgin Mary, in an outdoor area known as the grotto.
Elwood Police are investigating vandalism to a monument honoring lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veterans in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.
Naperville Police are searching for someone spray painted an anti-Semitic message on the sidewalk outside Schmaltz Deli on Sunday.
A rock had been thrown through the window, and the word "gentrifier" sprayed on the brick wall beside it, First Ward Ald. Joe Moreno says.
Stuart Wright, 31, was charged with a hate crime for allegedly smashing the window of a downtown synagogue and putting swastika stickers on its doors in early February. Three months earlier, he alarmed members when he visited a Pilsen church, one that was a target of racist vandalism six times in 2016.
The director of a Chicago area Jewish cemetery said he is taking extra precautions following vandalism of Jewish cemeteries in Saint Louis and Philadelphia.
A Pilsen man accused of putting swastika stickers on the doors and breaking a window of a synagogue in the Loop last week has been released from the Cook County Jail after he posted bond Friday.
Caretakers found trash, a broken sign, a missing section marker and more around the site. The vandals have not been caught.
Stuart Wright was charged with a hate crime and criminal damage to property for allegedly placing several swastika stickers on the front doors and smashing a front glass window at the synagogue, 16 S. Clark St., early Saturday.
The suspect was described as a white male wearing dark clothing and a dark face mask.
A 60-year-old man has been charged with vandalizing the front doors of a Pilsen church earlier this week.
It was the sixth time the church has been targeted. But this time, the church was prepared. WBBM's Steve Miller reports.
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All were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.
Late Monday, no one was in custody.
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Police said the victim had gotten into a fight with the shooter, who shot him in the chest and hip.