1 day ago · CWBChicago is a reader-funded public safety news outlet focusing on crime and criminal court proceedings in Chicago.

3 days ago · CWBChicago was created in 2013 by five residents of Wrigleyville and Boystown who had grown disheartened with inaccurate information that was being provided at local Community Policing …

6 days ago · CWBChicago is a reader-funded public safety news outlet focusing on crime and criminal court proceedings in Chicago.

Jan 3, 2026 · The CTA must pay $3 million to a woman who killed and dismembered her North Side landlord after an Illinois appeals court ruled that a trial judge properly shielded jurors from learning …

On April 14, 2013, we debuted “Crime In Wrigleyville + Boystown (CWB),” with a mission to report on the crimes, statistics, and trends that—for whatever reason—the city refused to address.

Sep 23, 2024 · CWBChicago tracks incidents of people being found shot in areas previously served by ShotSpotter where the technology, had it not been dismantled, could have played a critical, helpful role.

Feb 9, 2025 · In a pair of warnings issued late last year, detectives linked a single burglary crew to at least 30 business burglaries in neighborhoods stretching from Beverly to Wicker Park to Jefferson …

Jan 9, 2026 · Three men were shot, one fatally, while sitting inside a pickup truck in a fast-food restaurant parking lot in the Gage Park neighborhood on Thursday night, according to Chicago …

A 28-year-old woman attempted to smuggle opioid-laced paper into the Cook County Jail during an inmate visit by concealing the toxic material inside her baby’s diaper while the child was wearing it, …

A group of Illinois legislators has voted to repeal the state's habitual criminal law which currently allows a life sentence for people upon being convicted of their third high-level felony like attempted murder, …