The man lifted his sweatshirt to show what appeared to be a gun after the homeowner found him malingering in his garage, OLPD says.
The 38-year-old Joliet man posted online ads soliciting "dates" for a woman he employed as a sex worker, Cook County Sheriff's Office said.
The suspect remains hospitalized with injuries related to a horrific crash that critically injured two children in Bridgeview, police said.
Bridgeview cops said a man swiped a Bedford Park police car and carjacked a mail truck before crashing into a car at 87th St. and Roberts.
A possibly intoxicated woman suffered a serious leg injury after she crashed into the former View Restaurant, Bridgeview police said.
Two men who died in a basement fire in Oak Lawn have been identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner.
Two employees of Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions were brandishing guns outside the business before the shooting occurred, police said.
The federal grant will enable Oak Lawn police to continue conducting traffic and seat belt enforcement patrols during high risk periods.
Over the 12 years Arnoldo Jimenez spent running, Burbank police and the FBI never stopped fighting to bring justice for Estrella Carrera.
The Oak Lawn man led police on a high-speed chase and was caught after he crashed into another car. Officers found a 9mm gun, police said.
The convicted felon and recent parolee is facing attempted carjacking and possession of a machine gun charges, Oak Lawn police said.
Arnoldo Jimenez, 43, fled the U.S. in May 2012 after he was tied to the stabbing death of his Burbank bride, FBI said.
The driver was charged with driving too fast for conditions and a Scott’s Law violation, according to police.
"This is your wake-up call," judge tells a 19-year-old man for his alleged role in a crash that killed a father and injured his daughter.
Oak Lawn police said the vehicle that was struck slammed into a vacant oil change business in a crash that left a man dead early Tuesday.
Oak Lawn police wrote a total of 249 citations for occupant restraint, child safety seat, speeding and impaired driving during the holidays.
Police believe a report of gunfire inside Chicago Ridge Mall may have been a device mimicking a gunshot that forced an orderly evacuation.
Witnesses reported hearing a loud boom followed by several people, possibly juveniles, running for the exits, Chicago Ridge police said.
DUI enforcement patrols will be highly visible in Oak Lawn during the Christmas holidays through Jan. 2.
The shooting left one driver with a graze wound, with gunfire striking a car full of teens in the McDonald's drive-thru, prosecutors said.
Oak Lawn police wrote 150 tickets during the Thanksgiving 2024 traffic safety campaign, which included 146 seat belt citations.
Neighbors were awakened by two large booms as Burbank police searched a home, where two men were charged with multiple narcotics offenses.
The former state employee was ordered to pay restitution after she allegedly received over $20,000 in fraudulent PPP loans.
The shots are believed to have been fired from another vehicle that was in traffic on Cicero Avenue Thursday evening, Oak Lawn Police said.
The armed crew wore 'Uncle Bobby' and 'Slenderman' masks in the Jawahir and Jerusalem heists during their multi-state crime spree, FBI said.
Oak Lawn police will be cracking down on scary impaired driving and seatbelt scofflaws during Halloween festivities through Nov. 1.
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The Chicago man is accused of spray-painting dozens of vehicles with "BLM" and "Crack" in Oak Lawn, Alsip, Worth, Chicago Ridge and Palos.
The man approached the teen sitting in her parked car while wearing a ski mask and ordered her out of the car at gunpoint, OLPD said.
Randall Glass, 18, was shot at an unsanctioned party attended by hundreds of students early Sunday morning during ISU homecoming weekend.
Emad Elayyan was arrested in Chicago Ridge on Class X felonies for the robberies of Jawahir and Jerusalem jewelry stores, police said.
A witness tells Patch what it was like inside the Oak Lawn 7-Eleven store during a brazen takeover robbery.
Five men burst into an Oak Lawn 7-Eleven store Friday, ordering customers and employees to the floor and stealing their cash, OLPD said.
Child sexual assault material depicting children under 13 had been uploaded from the Kik app and shared from the man's phones, police said.
A repeat registered sex offender in Oak Lawn was placed on home confinement following a pretrial hearing on child pornography charges.
Oak Lawn police officers issued 95 citations and made 4 arrests, stopping 75 vehicles between Aug. 1-Aug. 15 in special STEP enforcement.
A rollover crash involving a semi and two vehicles shut down 95th Street at Keeler early Tuesday morning, news reports said. .
Teen's attorney claims three of the four shots were warning shots because the victim and his friend had tried to kill his client before.
Chicago Ridge police say there is no active shooter threat and the shooting is believed to be an isolated incident.
The woman was apparently stabbed near the fuel center in the Sam's Club parking lot in Hodgkins. No charges announced for three in custody.