Dan Hinkel

A man charged with a murder outside a pool hall in El Paso, Texas, was arrested Saturday afternoon in Skokie, prosecutors said. Local fugitive apprehension officers arrested Charles R. Jones,...

A Chicago man robbed a Radio Shack of $17,000 in merchandise, but police tracked him down quickly thanks to the global positioning equipment he stole, prosecutors said. Raymond Jefferson, 20,...

A family brawl ended with a Chicago man beating his brother-in-law over the head with a weed whacker, prosecutors said. Willie Garcia, 40, was arrested Saturday night, three weeks after...

Hoping to prevent bungled police probes and prosecutions like those that have plagued Illinois' legal system, state lawmakers mandated the creation of a class to certify officers as "lead homicide...

The most intensely scrutinized — and criticized — moments in former Waukegan police Detective Lou Tessmann's career came after he stepped into a room with Juan Rivera, a suspect in...

Hoping to prevent bungled police probes and prosecutions like those that have plagued Illinois' legal system, state lawmakers mandated the creation of a class to certify officers as "lead homicide...