Rosemary Sobol
Assistant City Editor
The afternoon armed robberies and shooting occurred 15 minutes apart on Aug. 1 in the 3200 block of North Kildare Avenue and the 1800 block of North Sawyer Avenue.
Michelle Bringham worked in accounting when she wrote checks to a fake vendor and used another employee’s signature stamp on checks, according to the Illinois attorney general’s office.
The remains of a 56-year-old Wilmette man were spotted about 5 p.m. Wednesday by a person who was paddleboarding, police said.
A person was refusing to leave the house in the 5400 block of West Walton Street Wednesday morning, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.
The situation unfolded late Thursday in the 2200 block of West Carmen Avenue after a woman was shot in her jaw, according to police.
The 33-year-old ATF agent was in the 900 block of North Michigan Avenue early Thursday when two gunmen took his property, Chicago police said.
The deputy, 33, was inside a home in the 11400 block of South King Drive when she heard a person trying to gain entry through a window around 4 a.m., Chicago police said.
Three people were taken to hospitals, including two who were critically injured during the apartment fire at 2112 N. Marmora Ave.
A “boat distress” call was received at about 3 a.m. Friday during a burst of wind and high waves. The body of Briana Joy Burden, 20, of Dunning, was recovered several hours later.