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American Red Cross workers stand outside their office in honor of Chicago firefighter Daniel Capuano as a procession passes transporting his body on Dec. 15, 2015.

Chicago officials seek demolition of building where firefighter died

May 22, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

Citing a litany of alleged unsafe conditions, Chicago city officials are seeking to demolish a Far South Side warehouse where a firefighter died after falling into an open elevator shaft....

Chicago police monitor a prayer vigil in front of the Chicago Police Department headquarters in memory of Laquan McDonald and to call for a federal investigation into the case, Nov. 30, 2015.

Long inquiry before charges in Laquan McDonald shooting prompts scrutiny

May 22, 2019 at 9:00 p.m.

After a Chicago police officer shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in October 2014, authorities had prompt access to evidence extending well beyond what is available in many homicide investigations. Eyewitnesses, including...

Lake County officer sues over discipline after jail death, claiming bias

August 18, 2019 at 1:34 p.m.

Adding to the fallout from a Lake County Jail inmate's death following a scuffle with guards, a corrections officer involved in the incident claims in a new lawsuit that he...

Waukegan officials defend police but plan changes

June 16, 2018 at 11:44 a.m.

Confronting questions about their embattled Police Department, Waukegan officials cited changes they intend to make while defending the city's officers and the agency's current leadership. Top city officials have stayed...

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.

Man sues Fox Lake, claims Gliniewicz, investigators targeted him

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

An African-American man is suing the village of Fox Lake and the estate of the late police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, alleging that the officer harassed him and that Lake...

Gliniewicz’s personnel file shows troubled tenure on Fox Lake police force

May 23, 2019 at 11:10 p.m.

The Fox Lake police officer who died in a suicide staged to look like a murder had a troubled history at the department, including suspensions and allegations of sexual harassment...

Officials: Fox Lake cop killed himself because he feared discovery of crimes

August 21, 2019 at 5:58 p.m.

Upending the portrayal of Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz as a hero tragically cut down in the line of duty as he neared retirement, authorities on Wednesday said the Fox Lake...

Chris Blanks, an area activist, addresses the Waukgean city council on Nov. 2, 2015 about a recent baiduhai article that highlighted problems within the city of Waukegan and its police department.

In Waukegan, Police Department draws critics, supporters

June 16, 2018 at 12:20 p.m.

Waukegan residents and city officials voiced concern over the city's Police Department at an occasionally charged City Council meeting Monday night. On Sunday, the Tribune detailed the department's exceptional record...

Juan Rivera, center, is greeted by his brother and mother on Jan. 6, 2012, after his release from Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill. Rivera received $1 million for every year he spent wrongfully imprisoned for the 1992 rape and murder of 11-year-old Holly Staker. Waukegan and its insurers were responsible for the largest share of the settlement.

Waukegan police have history of wrongful convictions, abuse allegations

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

Angel Gonzalez was perplexed when a police officer pulled him over in downtown Waukegan on a summer night in 1994, ordered him out of the driver's seat of his Cadillac...

Timeline: Wrongful convictions in Waukegan, Lake County

June 15, 2018 at 12:32 p.m.

Lake County prosecutors and Waukegan police have repeatedly sent men to prison who later won their freedom with DNA evidence indicating their innocence. No police agency in Illinois, other than...

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