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Judges toss rape conviction, accuse Lake County prosecutors of misconduct

May 14, 2019 at 2:21 a.m.

Appeals judges have reversed the conviction of a man accused of raping a woman in Highland Park and ruled that Lake County prosecutors committed misconduct by making improper remarks at...

Melissa Calusinski, shown in 2013 at Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, Ill.

Prosecutors seek to block new trial for day care center murder convict

May 23, 2019 at 11:16 p.m.

In a hotly contested murder case that has gained national attention, Lake County prosecutors are seeking to prevent an imprisoned former day care worker from getting a new trial in...

Officers patrol near Route 59 and Rollins Road in Fox Lake during a manhunt for three suspects in connection with the shooting death of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz on Sept. 1, 2015.

Cops at scene considered suicide in Gliniewicz death, documents show

June 11, 2018 at 4:54 a.m.

Officers who found the mortally wounded body of a Fox Lake police lieutenant immediately considered the possibility that he committed suicide, according to newly released records. After responding officers found...

Emanuel touts Tasers, training to cut Chicago police shootings

May 15, 2019 at 3:13 p.m.

Wading through a crisis that has engulfed the Chicago Police Department, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday rolled out his latest short-term steps, suggesting that arming more police with Tasers and...

LaTonya Jones, center, a daughter of Bettie Jones, is comforted by her father, Garry Mullen, as she holds a picture of her mother Dec. 27, 2015, outside the West Garfield Park apartment building where Bettie Jones was accidentally shot, fatally, by Chicago police the previous day.

Source: Chicago officer didn’t see 55-year-old neighbor before fatal shooting

May 25, 2019 at 1:42 p.m.

The Chicago police officer who last weekend shot a 19-year-old man and a 55-year-old mother of five told investigators he didn't see the woman until after she'd been accidentally shot,...

"We're trying to make a sincere effort here," said Mayor Wayne Motley, seen here on Aug. 17, 2015, of plans to have the Justice Department help improve the the police department's relationship with residents.

Feds to help Waukegan police repair strained relations with community

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

Department of Justice officials have agreed to intervene in Waukegan with the hope of improving relations between residents and the city's troubled Police Department, city officials said. The department's shortcomings...

Jondalyn Fields is seen Dec. 2, 2015, in her lawyer's office in Chicago. Her son, Keith MacNeice, died in a crash during a police chase in 2009.

Chicago police video hindered by errors, omissions

June 16, 2018 at 9:17 a.m.

After her teenage son died in a police-chase crash, Jondalyn Fields' lawyers asked the Chicago Police Department for the videos from their cars and along the route to try to...

Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Maria McCarthy speaks to the media on December 21, 2015, about the case of Donnie Rudd.

Judge denies bail for disbarred lawyer charged with killing wife in ’73

May 22, 2019 at 3:23 a.m.

As police in recent years investigated disbarred lawyer Donnie Rudd's potential ties to an unsolved 1991 homicide in Arlington Heights, they also raised questions about his possible involvement in the...

Man charged in ’73 killing of his wife in Chicago area

May 22, 2019 at 3:23 a.m.

More than four decades after a young bride from Hoffman Estates was said to have died in a car accident, police arrested her husband — a disbarred former Chicago attorney...

Buffalo Grove ex-cop accused of pot possession, official misconduct

May 23, 2019 at 11:14 p.m.

A former Buffalo Grove officer faces corruption and drug possession charges after she allegedly passed information about an undercover officer to a felon, according to court records. In October, Lauren...

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