4 teens held without bond in slaying of Chicago off-duty officer
Chicago police Officer Aréanah Preston was still in uniform when she parked her car after finishing a shift and walked toward her home. Three people then jumped out of a...
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16 years after a rapper was killed in a home invasion, the case is dogged by allegations of buried evidence and other problems
In Rolling Meadows in August 2006, two men burst into an apartment, ordered the six occupants to the floor, robbed them and, according to police and court records, shot a...
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx says she will not run for reelection
After more than six years marked by historic criminal justice reforms, controversy over her prosecutorial policies and the Jussie Smollett scandal, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said she won't...
Second of two ‘cartel wives’ married to twins who cooperated against El Chapo pleads guilty to money laundering
The wife of a Chicago drug trafficker who cooperated against Sinaloa boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman pleaded guilty Thursday, the second of two "cartel wives" accused of laundering millions of...
Court vacates convictions in 1999 murder case connected to disgraced ex-CPD Detective Reynaldo Guevara
Aixa Hernandez was a toddler when her father went to prison, convicted of murder in a 1999 shooting, but as an adult, she sat in a courtroom at the Leighton...
Federal judge sentences longtime political operative to probation in corruption probe
A federal judge on Wednesday lamented the pervasiveness of public corruption in Illinois as she ordered a one-year probation sentence for a longtime Chicago fire inspector and 14th Ward precinct...
Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted of killing 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, shot days after performing at Obama inauguration
An Illinois appeals court on Friday overturned the convictions of a man who was serving an 84-year sentence in the 2013 shooting death of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old honors student...
Cook County judges should be recused in case against former prosecutors accused of wrongdoing in Burge-connected Jackie Wilson case, judge rules
Cook County judges should be recused from hearing the case against two former Cook County prosecutors facing charges in connection with the wrongful conviction of a man who has said...
‘Mom’s been shot’: Family struggles with circumstances surrounding woman’s slaying
Tracey Showers drove to Jewel to pick up her daughter from work, and grabbed a loaf of bread and carton of orange juice for good measure. The pair rode to...
Judge denies request for bail from attorney for 18-year-old accused of killing Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso: ‘You were caught on scene red-handed’
An attorney for an 18-year-old man accused of shooting and killing a Chicago police officer earlier this month asked a judge Wednesday to set a reasonable bail, arguing that he...