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Midlothian man gave firearm to brother who had revoked FOID card: police
By Fredlyn Pierre Louis
CHICAGO - A 22-year-old
Midlothian man has been charged after investigators say he gave a firearm to his brother, who was not legally allowed to possess one.
On April 1, Cook County Sheriff’s Police recovered a gun from Jordan Mathews, 22, of Robbins, and was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
Investigators then traced the gun to the original purchaser, who was identified as Jaleel Gordon.
Gordon allegedly gave the gun to his brother, Mathews, knowing that Mathews had a revoked FOID card and could not legally possess a firearm, officials said.
Missing girl, 13, last seen Saturday in suburban Elk Grove Township
By FOX 32 Digital Staff
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Angela Chacon-Escobedo
ELK GROVE TOWNSHIP - The Cook County Sheriff s Office is asking for the public s help in locating a missing 13-year-old girl.
Angela Chacon-Escobedo was last seen Saturday around 7 p.m. leaving her home in the 7500 block of Elmhurst Road in unincorporated Elk Grove Township.
The teen is described as standing 5-foot-1, weighing 130 pounds, having brown hair, brown eyes, an olive complexion and a left nose piercing. She was last seen wearing a black sweater, black pants and white shoes.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call 911, the Cook County Sheriff s Police at 708-865-4896, or the Cook County Sheriff s Office Non-Emergency number at 847-635-1188.
Chicago police: Carjackings see dramatic decline, murders and shootings continue to outpace 2020
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Below is a breakdown of those statistics:
Carjackings in Chicago
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) says the decline
in carjackings comes after the department announced the addition of 40 officers and four sergeants to its Vehicular Hijacking Task Force in January.
The task force was created to reduce the number of carjackings citywide.
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The department says as a result, there has been a 55 percent drop in carjackings since January.
CPD says the numbers of carjackings have been trending downward since the beginning of the year.
Dixmoor woman, 25, reported missing
By Sun-Times Media Wire
Briana Butler was last heard from Friday when she called her mother to say she was taking an Uber home from work, and that her ex-boyfriend was following the vehicle, the Cook County sheriff’s office said.
Uber, however, said they have no record of Butler ever ordering a ride, and her employer said Butler called in sick the day before and was not at work, according to the sheriff’s office.