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Judge calls man who raped elderly woman ‘pure evil,’ hands him 90-year sentence

May 22, 2019 at 11:41 p.m.

A suburban man who was convicted of sexually assaulting an elderly woman after breaking into her home was sentenced Friday to 90 years in prison. Frank H. Mendez, 53, of...

Streamwood man guilty of sexual assaulting teen relative who became pregnant

May 10, 2019 at 5:40 a.m.

A Cook County jury took less than an hour Wednesday to convict a registered sex offender from Streamwood of sexually assaulting a teenage relative who became pregnant. The jury found...

Registered sex offender goes on trial, accused of impregnating teen girl

May 22, 2019 at 11:40 p.m.

A registered sex offender from Streamwood faces life in prison if convicted of charges that he sexually assaulted a teenage relative and got her pregnant, Cook County authorities said. The...

William J. Martin is shown Feb. 22, 1967, before the Richard Speck trial in Peoria.

Prosecutor in 1966 nurses murder case dies at 80

June 3, 2018 at 8:23 a.m.

Fifty years ago, a young, dedicated Cook County prosecutor named William J. Martin convinced a jury to send a man to the electric chair for the killings of eight student...

Ex-teacher pleads guilty to electronic harassment of high school student

May 22, 2019 at 11:39 p.m.

A high school teacher and coach who was accused of sending suggestive text messages to a 16-year-old student had pleaded guilty to electronic harassment. Panagiotis "Peter" Georgitsis resigned from Buffalo...

Jose A. Jaimes-Jimenez has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in connection with a chainsaw attack in Arlington Heights, police say.

Man attacked with chainsaw was dating suspect’s estranged wife, prosecutor says

May 8, 2019 at 3:03 p.m.

A man accused in a near-fatal chainsaw attack targeted the victim because he was dating the man's estranged wife, prosecutors said Wednesday. Jose A. Jaimes-Jimenez, 27, waited outside his wife's...

Christopher Clingingsmith enters the Rolling Meadows courthouse after being charged in 2017 with his 15th DUI and possession of a fraudulent drivers license, on Jan. 9, 2018. He is out on a $400,000 bail bond.

Man arrested after hit-run crash has 16 prior DUI convictions, prosecutors say

May 22, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.

A man with 16 DUI convictions on his record has been charged with drunken driving again after fleeing from a crash and handing officers a phony license, authorities said. Christopher...

Ex-NU cop sentenced to 4 years in prison for child porn conviction

May 22, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

A former Northwestern University police officer was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday for taking pornographic photographs of two underage girls. Ronald Godby, 54, of Mount Prospect, will also...

Prosecutor: Suspect in motel shooting says victim ‘challenged my manhood’

May 22, 2019 at 11:27 p.m.

A man charged with murdering his cousin in a suburban motel told authorities that the shooting happened after the victim "challenged my manhood," prosecutors said in court Wednesday. Deon H....

Man guilty of sexually assaulting woman, 97, in apartment break-in

May 22, 2019 at 11:26 p.m.

A Mount Prospect man has been convicted of breaking into an apartment at an assisted living complex and sexually assaulting and beating a 97-year-old woman. Frank Mendez, 53, was found...

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