Riverside
Boy, 8, Finds And Turns In Package Of Money In Riverside
No one has come forward yet for a package of cash found by an 8-year old boy this week in west suburban Riverside.
Man Charged With Hurling Racial Slurs In Road Rage Incident
Authorities have charged a southwest suburban man with hurling racial slurs and spitting at a woman and her son in a road rage incident.
West Suburban Police: Gangs Are Being Pushed Into Our Towns
West suburban police are complaining about what they call the toothpaste effect – gang members being squeezed out of Chicago and into their communities.
Escaped Wisconsin Inmate Could Be Headed To Riverside
Police in west suburban Riverside are on the lookout for a former resident who escaped a Wisconsin jail last month.
Riverside Police Seek Man Who Followed 10-Year-Old Girl To School
Police are searching for a man who may have followed a 10-year-old child to school Wednesday afternoon in west suburban Riverside.
Harvey Cop Charged With Driving Drunk In West Suburbs
An off-duty Harvey police officer was arrested for driving drunk early Tuesday after he allegedly crashed into a stationary vehicle in west suburban Riverside.
Driver Dead After SUV Rollover Crash In Riverside
A west suburban man is dead, after a sport-utility vehicle he was driving crashed and rolled over at the junction of two residential side streets in Riverside.
Police: Riverside Woman Made Up Rape Story
A Riverside woman said she was raped near a Metra station last week, setting off a massive police search and putting a neighborhood in fear.
Neighbors Pray For Riverside Rape Victim
A sexual assault less than a block from the Metra train station in Riverside last week has left neighbors feeling on-edge.
Cops Nab Burglar Who Left Pic Of Himself On Laptop
A burglar who stole a laptop computer from a west suburban home last month and gave police a pretty good lead — a photo of his face taken by the computer — has been arrested.
Note About Bad Dream Mistaken For Bomb Threat On Metra Train
A man on a Metra train Monday night was only trying to ease his fears about a bad dream he had, but the note he passed to the train conductor was mistaken for a bomb threat.
Cops: Suspect Left Pic Of Himself On Stolen Laptop
A burglar who took a laptop computer from a west suburban home may have unknowingly given police a pretty good lead — a photo of his face taken by the computer.
Man Arrested 99 Times Cops Plea, Gets 18 Months In Prison
A Chicago man arrested for the 99th time when he was caught using his 3-year-old child as a ruse to beg for money pleaded guilty at his indictment hearing Monday and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Riverside Police Arrest North Side Con Artist In Hiding For 2 Years
Police in Riverside arrested a con man over the weekend, who they say has been in hiding around the Chicago area for two years.
Habitual Arrestee Uses 3-Year-Old As Begging Prop
A Chicago man was arrested for the 99th time Wednesday and charged with drug possession after allegedly using his 3-year-old child as a ruse to beg for money in west suburban Riverside.
Police: Man Stabs Himself During Fight With Girlfriend
A west suburban man who stabbed himself during a drunken fight with his girlfriend Wednesday is also facing domestic battery charges.
Thieves Steal Air Conditioners From Riverside Post Office
Thieves walked off with two air conditioning units at the post office in Riverside over the weekend.
Many Communities Plagued With Flooding After Weekend Storms
Over the weekend, some Chicago area residents were merely kept awake by a severe round of storms.
Man Douses Loose Dog With Gasoline
A west suburban man who called police to report an unleashed dog at a park Tuesday was later arrested for allegedly pouring gasoline on the animal and threatening to set it on fire, police said.
Police Search For Driver Who Hit Boy In Riverside
Riverside Police are now working with a description given by a witness of the hit-and-run driver and vehicle, which struck a child who was riding a bicycle near a school earlier this week.
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- Man Charged With Videotaping Women In Hospital WashroomA poorly secured cell phone in a west suburban hospital washroom that a man had allegedly set up to secretly videotape women in the toilet area was discovered by a woman when the phone fell to the washroom floor on Friday. She alerted police, who then arrested and charged a 49-year-old Franklin Park man with unlawful videotaping.156
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- 3 Dead, 8 Shot In Citywide ViolenceThree men were killed and at least eight other people were wounded in violence around the city since Friday night.167
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