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Illinois cabbie uses deodorant to disarm attacker - The Guardian
ELGIN, Ill. (AP) â Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant. Elgin Deputy Police Chief Jeff Swoboda says ...
Chicago police say teen slain after Lawndale foot chase had aimed gun ... - Chicago Tribune
A Chicago police officer shot and killed a 16-year-old boy Thursday night when the teen pointed a handgun at an officer during a foot chase in the Lawndale neighborhood, authorities said. The teen was identified as Rakeem Nance of the 1900 block of ...
Vandals use explosives to blow up port-a-potty in Chicago lakefront ... - WQAD
CHICAGO (AP) — Police say someone has used an explosive device to blow up a port-a-potty in a North Side Chicago lakefront park. Chicago Police Officer John Mirabelli says no one was injured in the explosion early Friday morning and only the toilet ...
Man charged with attempted murder after shooting at Chicago cops ... - Chicago Tribune
An Oak Brook man was charged Friday with firing a gun at two Chicago police officers and ordered held in lieu of $450,000 bail. Brandon Myers, 34, of the 1700 block of West Butterfield Road was charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder ...
Port-a-potty explodes in Chicago lakefront park - KWQC
CHICAGO (AP) - Police say someone has used an explosive device to blow up a port-a-potty in a North Side Chicago lakefront park. Chicago Police Officer John Mirabelli says no one was injured in the explosion early Friday morning and only the toilet ...
Chicago crime down 10 percent so far this year - WLS
July 3, 2009 (CHICAGO) -- Chicago police say there was a 10.4 percent drop in total crime citywide in June compared to the same month last year. Officials say the city recorded fewer than 200 homicides in June, a 12.7 decrease from June 2008. Overall ...
Chicago homicides down 13 percent this year - Xinhua News Agency
CHICAGO, July 3 (Xinhua) -- homicides in Chicago decreased nearly 13 percent through June and the city saw a greater than 10 percent drop in overall crime, compared to the same time period last year, Chicago police announced Friday in a press release ...
Chicago homicide, overall crime rate down - Chicago Sun-Times
Homicides in Chicago have dropped 12.7 percent, and crime overall has fallen 10.4 percent in the first six months of this year, according to preliminary statistics released today by Chicago Police. When compared to the same period last year, crime ...
Police shooting classified as homicide - WLS
July 3, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A teenager was shot and killed by police Thursday night after an alleged home invasion and pursuit. Friday, the medical examiner revealed the teen was hit in his lower back and has now classified the case as a homicide ...
Chicago crime down 10% so far this year - KWQC
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say there was a 10.4% drop in total crime citywide in June compared to the same month last year. Officials say that at the end of June the city had recorded fewer than 200 homicides for 2009, a 12.7 decrease from June ...