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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Luis Uribe, charged in a series of robberies and sexual assaults of sex workers in Chicago's northwest suburbs, is shown in a photo in a court document allegedly meeting with a witness at a seafood buffet. (U.S. attorney's office)

‘He is the perfect mark’: Lawyer for Border Protection agent accused of raping, robbing sex workers alleges setup

September 9, 2026 at 5:50 p.m.

Prosecutors told a federal jury Wednesday a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent used his badge and his gun to burst into hotel rooms and rob and rape four Chinese...

Border Patrol agent goes on trial on lurid charges of raping and robbing Chinese sex workers

September 8, 2026 at 6:14 p.m.

Tuesday lawyers picked a jury as Luis Uribe went on trial on a federal indictment charging him with 10 counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, and one...

Jawad Fakroune is charged with beating and extorting a Chicago restaurateur in 2024 over a $1.5 million loan. This surveillance image allegedly shows Fakroune entering an Italian restaurant in New York City on Dec. 18, 2024, after federal agents went to arrest him at an apartment and he fled nearly naked out the back door. The circle annotation is contained in the court filing. (U.S. attorney's office)

Fraudster who posed as drug lord’s son pleads guilty to bilking millions from basketball player, romantic partners

September 3, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.

A man convicted of threatening to kill a restaurateur has pleaded guilty to funding his lavish lifestyle by bilking millions of dollars from investors.

Former FBI supervisory agent Yen Yung leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Sept. 2, 2026, after admitting he kept top secret government documents dealing with terrorism and national defense at his home after retirement. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Ex-FBI agent admits taking top secret defense documents, government Blackberry phones

September 3, 2026 at 2:02 p.m.

More than six years after he was charged, a former FBI special agent who once worked in Chicago’s organized crime division admitted in federal court that he took sensitive government...

No grand jury issues in Border Protection agent’s sexual assault case, judge says

September 2, 2026 at 6:49 p.m.

A judge ruled Wednesday there was no evidence of any inappropriate grand jury conduct by prosecutors in the case of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent charged with robbing...

Federal agents use tear gas as people protest immigration enforcement activity in Chicago's Brighton Park on Oct. 4, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Judge ‘hesitant’ on where to draw the line in lawsuit over immigration enforcement tactics

September 2, 2026 at 6:22 p.m.

With the anniversary of Operation Midway Blitz less than a week away, the militarized tactics of immigration agents that roiled Chicago last fall were once again front and center in...

Dr. Anosh Ahmed, then chief operating officer of Loretto Hospital, at the hospital in Chicago on April 30, 2020. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

‘Nice to see you here in the flesh’: Ex-Loretto Hospital exec pleads not guilty, as lawyer hints at plea deal

August 31, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.

Anosh Ahmed's not guilty plea to a 15-count fraud and money laundering indictment finally set the legal clock ticking toward a trial, more than two years after he left Chicago...

With no mention of reputed mob ties, shadow owner of storied Grand Avenue bar strikes unusual deal

August 28, 2026 at 8:29 p.m.

Robert "Bobby" Dominic has spent a lifetime on Grand Avenue, but always seemingly behind the scenes.

Dr. Anosh Ahmed, former chief operating officer at Loretto Hospital, on April 30, 2020. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Indicted ex-Loretto Hospital exec to remain behind bars on fraud charges after return to US

August 29, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

After two years overseas, living at large in Dubai and then detained in a Serbian jail, former Loretto Hospital executive Anosh Ahmed is back in custody in Chicago to face...

Tommy Schaefer, right, and Heather Mack, both of Chicago, arrive for their trial at Denpasar's district court in Bali, Indonesia, on April 9, 2015. Schaefer and Mack were on trial for the murder of Mack's mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, whose badly beaten body was found in a suitcase in the trunk of a taxi outside an upscale hotel in August 2014 on the resort island of Bali. (Firdia Lisnawati/AP)

Judge denies bond bid by Heather Mack’s boyfriend in Bali suitcase murder

August 27, 2026 at 3:50 p.m.

A federal judge on Thursday denied Tommy Schaefer's long-shot bid for release pending trial on charges he helped his then-girlfriend Heather Mack bludgeon her mother to death at a vacation...

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