A man suspected in a Saturday morning Wicker Park bank robbery slit his throat with a box cutter as police were moving in to arrest him, sources said.

Published by NBC 5 on July 5, 2008.

A 17-year-old from the 900 block of N. Hamlin was arrested on charges of battery after an incident that allegedly occurred on the 3200 block of N. Clark at 3:30 a.m. on June 19, police reports say.

Published by Lake View Booster on July 3, 2008.

About 12:45 p.m., a man was found shot in the leg on the sidewalk near 1344 N. Pulaski Rd., Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 3, 2008.

...victim sprinted to a nearby gas station and called police. Patrolling officers found Espino at North and Rockwell and placed him under arrest. The victim positively identified him and he was transported to...

Published by Chicago Journal on July 3, 2008.

A 17 year old from the 900 block of N. Hamlin was arrested on charges of battery after an incident that allegedly occurred on the 3200 block of N. Clark at 3:30 a.m. on June 19, police reports say.

Published by Skyline on July 3, 2008.

Woman sexually assaulted at Division and Humboldt

Published by Chicago Journal on July 3, 2008.

The crash happened just before 2 a.m. near West Augusta Boulevard and North California Avenue, Wood District police said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 2, 2008.

Two people -- both in serious to critical condition -- were injured in the crash at 1000 N. California Ave. at 1:46 a.m., according to Fire Media Affairs Cmdr. Will Knight. One of the victims was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and the other went to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Knight said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 2, 2008.

Two people were seriously injured early Wednesday in a crash in the Near Northwest Side Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 2, 2008.

A motorcyclist was killed late Monday in a collision in an intersection in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 1, 2008.

Rafael Marquez, 27, collided with a car on his motorcycle just before midnight at Grand and Chicago Avenues, authorities said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 1, 2008.

The crash happened about 11 p.m. Monday near the intersection of West Chicago and West Grand avenues, according to police News Affairs Officer David Banks.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 1, 2008.

Authorities hadn't confirmed the identity of the body, but the NBC affiliate in that area told NBC5 that people at the scene believed it was 27-year-old Robert Hosty Jr., a teacher at Roberto Clemente High School who was visiting his family's Michigan cottage when he vanished June 16.

Published by NBC 5 on June 30, 2008.

After a four-day hospital stay, Josue Torres, 8, is recuperating at home from two bullet wounds suffered in a June 23 shooting in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, his mother said Sunday.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 30, 2008.

The blinds were closed, and no one was home at 2910 W. Warren Blvd. in East Garfield Park one frigid January afternoon. Four Cook County Sheriff’s deputies were parked outside. In his hand, one deputy held a court order to evict the owner, Kevin Rice, who had fallen several months behind on his mortgage payments and lost the rental property in foreclosure.

Published by Chicago Reporter on June 30, 2008.

Hosty was a teacher at Roberto Clemente High School.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 30, 2008.

The Chicago Police Department pointed out that the stepfather is a known gang member in the Humboldt Park neighborhood and has a long and recent arrest record. Feliciano is on parole for arson, and his rap sheet includes drug charges, burglaries and assaults.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 28, 2008.

Attorney Robert Habib, who is Perez's boss and considers her a good friend, released the letter two days after Weis made his remarks about the Monday evening wounding of Perez's son, Josue Torres Jr., as he sat in a van in the 1100 block of North Spaulding.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 27, 2008.

Torres was shot in an apparent drive-by shooting earlier this week in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 27, 2008.

On Tuesday, Josue was shot in the groin and abdomen while he was sitting with his family in a parked van in Humboldt Park. He endured a three-hour surgery at Stroger Hospital and is expected to be released in the next day or two, Habib said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 27, 2008.

Attorney Robert Habib, who is also Perez's boss and considers her a good friend, released the letter two days after Weis made his remarks about the Monday evening wounding of Perez's son, Josue Torres Jr., who was shot as he sat in a van in the 1100 block of North Spaulding.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 26, 2008.

Josue Torres Jr.'s stepfather, Carlos Feliciano, had just stepped out of a van the boy was in Monday when the shooting started in the 1100 block of North Spaulding. Josue was shot several times in the abdomen.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 26, 2008.

On Tuesday, even Supt. Jody Weis had had enough, and pointed out that the parents of an 8-year-old boy who was shot on in Humboldt Park were to blame.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 26, 2008.

Josue, who just completed 2nd grade at Lafayette Elementary School in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, was seriously wounded about 9:45 p.m. Monday when gunmen opened fire on a parked van in which he was sitting with his family in the 1100 block of North Spaulding Avenue, authorities said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 25, 2008.

Last week, Melvin Barlow, 27, was critically wounded by police at Linden Playground in the city's Humboldt Park neighborhood. Charlisa Bryant said she knew Barlow and saw the shooting. "The police just came up and grabbed at the gate and started shooting," said Bryant. "That's probably why he ran. He probably had a gun on him& The cops didn't know he had no gun."

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 25, 2008.

A still-and-box alarm was called about 6:50 p.m. for a fire at the store, 3401 W. Chicago Ave., and upgraded to a 2-11 at 7:28 p.m., according to Fire Media Affairs Assistant Director Eve Rodriguez.

Published by NBC 5 on June 25, 2008.

"He said, 'I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I'm going to miss my family if I die'," Josue's mother, Jessica Perez, recounted Tuesday from her child's bedside. Police described as gang-related the shooting at 1150 N. Spaulding Ave., and said they were investigating whether the boy's father was the intended target.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 25, 2008.

"He said, 'I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I'm going to miss my family if I die'," Josue's mother, Jessica Perez, recounted Tuesday from her child's bedside. Police described as gang-related the shooting at 1150 N. Spaulding Ave., and said they were investigating whether the boy's father was the intended target.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 25, 2008.

An extra-alarm blaze that destroyed a Family Dollar store on Chicago's West side Tuesday may have been intentionally set, witnesses told investigators with the Bomb and Arson Unit. The fire broke out about 6:50 p.m. at the one-story business in the 3400 block of West Chicago Avenue, in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, Chicago Fire Department spokeswoman Eve Rodriguez said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 25, 2008.

Josue, who just completed 2nd grade at Lafayette Elementary School in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, was seriously wounded about 9:45 p.m. Monday when gunmen opened fire on a parked van in which he was sitting with his family in the 1100 block of North Spaulding Avenue, authorities said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 25, 2008.

Josue, who just completed 2nd grade at Lafayette Elementary School in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, was seriously wounded about 9:45 p.m. Monday when gunmen opened fire on a parked van in which he was sitting with his family in the 1100 block of North Spaulding Avenue, authorities said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 25, 2008.

Josue is a second grader at Lafayette Elementary School, 2714 W. Augusta Blvd., according to Chicago Public Schools spokesman Malon Edwards.

Published by Fox News Chicago on June 24, 2008.

An eight-year-old boy was wounded in drive-by shooting while sitting in a parked van with his parents near Humboldt Park on the West Side Monday night in a gang-related attack. The shooting occurred at 9:53 p.m. at the 1100 block of North Spaulding Avenue. The boy was transported to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he was in good condition, according to Harrison District police. The boy was not believed to have been the target.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 24, 2008.

An 8-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting near Humboldt Park Monday night. The boy was sitting in parked van with his parents in the 1100-block of N. Spaulding when a car drove by and a man inside started shooting.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 24, 2008.

An eight-year-old boy was wounded in drive-by shooting while sitting in a parked van with his parents near Humboldt Park on the West Side Monday night in a gang-related attack. The shooting occurred at 9:53 p.m. at the 1100 block of North Spaulding Avenue. The boy was transported to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he was in good condition, according to Harrison District police. The boy was not believed to have been the target.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 24, 2008.

An eight-year-old boy is out of surgery and in stable condition after being shot last night in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Published by Fox News Chicago on June 24, 2008.

The shooting occurred at 9:53 p.m. at 1150 North Spaulding Ave. The boy was transported to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he was in good condition, according to Harrison District police. The boy was not believed to have been the target.

Published by NBC 5 on June 24, 2008.

The shooting occurred at 9:53 p.m. at 1150 N. Spaulding Ave., according to Harrison District police. The boy was not believed to have been the target.

Published by Fox News Chicago on June 24, 2008.

The shooting occurred at 9:53 p.m. at 1150 N. Spaulding Ave., according to Harrison District police. The boy was not believed to have been the target.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 24, 2008.

An 8-year-old boy was wounded Monday night in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood when gunmen fired shots into a van he was sitting in with his mother and sped off, officials said. The boy, who was hit at about 9:45 p.m. in the 1100 block of North Spaulding Avenue, was taken to Norwegian American Hospital in serious but stable condition and then transferred to Stroger Hospital, according to police and hospital officials.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 24, 2008.

Jose Torres was in the parked van in the 1100 block of North Spaulding Avenue around 9:45 p.m. when a passing black-colored car with tinted windows fired shot into the vehicle, authorities said. The boy was hit in the lower body and driven to Norwegian-American Hospital and then transferred to Stroger Hospital.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 24, 2008.

Josue Torres was seriously wounded about 9:45 p.m. Monday in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood when gunmen fired shots into a parked van in which he was sitting with his parents in the 1100 block of North Spaulding Avenue, authorities said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 24, 2008.

About 10:10 p.m. Saturday, two men in a car were shot in the 4500 block of West Jackson Boulevard, police said. Fredrene Brown, 23, of the 1000 block of N. Springfield Ave., was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital at 11:23 p.m. Saturday, the medical examiner’s office said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 23, 2008.

At about 7:20 p.m. Friday, 35-year-old Juan Torres was found unresponsive on the street in the 1300 block of North Campbell Avenue with gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen, police said. Torres was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 7:50 p.m. Friday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

Published by NBC 5 on June 23, 2008.

Over in Humboldt Park, Angelica Sanchez registered her two kids, 7-year-old Diana Rodriguez and 9-year-old Kevin Rodriguez, for All Kids insurance.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 23, 2008.

About 7:20 p.m. Friday, 35-year-old Juan Torres was found unresponsive on the street in the 1300 block of North Campbell Avenue with gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen, police said. Torres was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 7:50 p.m. Friday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 23, 2008.

Robert Hosty was last seen wearing blue-striped pajama pants, an orange T-shirt with "blame rob" text across the chest in white lowercase type and a green White Sox baseball cap. Hosty, who is about 6 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 210 pounds, has curly brown hair and brown eyes. Hosty is a teacher at Roberto Clemente High School. His family lives in River Forest. He is the nephew of Illinois Sen. John J. Cullerton.

Published by NBC 5 on June 23, 2008.

About 10:10 p.m. Saturday, two men in a car were shot in the 4500 block of West Jackson Boulevard, police said. Fredrene Brown, 23, of 1004 N. Springfield Ave., was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital at 11:23 p.m. Saturday, the medical examiner’s office said.

Published by Fox News Chicago on June 23, 2008.

About 7:20 p.m. Friday, 35-year-old Juan Torres was found unresponsive on the street in the 1300 block of North Campbell Avenue with gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen, police said. Torres was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital of Cook County at 7:50 p.m. Friday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 23, 2008.

About 10:10 p.m. Saturday, two men in a car were shot in the 4500 block of West Jackson Boulevard, police said. Fredrene Brown, 23, of 1004 N. Springfield Ave., was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital at 11:23 p.m. Saturday, the medical examiner's office said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 23, 2008.