Megan Crepeau

The casket of Chicago police officer Clifton Lewis is carried from the church on Jan. 5, 2012.

Cook County prosecutors accused of ‘misconduct … well beyond the tipping point’ in new motion related to 2011 slaying of off-duty CPD officer

December 20, 2022 at 4:07 p.m.

Cook County prosecutors used personal email addresses in communications with the Chicago Police Department to deliberately try to withhold evidence in the long-running case of an off-duty officer slain in...

R. Kelly turns himself in at 1st District police headquarters in Chicago on Feb. 22, 2019.

Still little movement in R. Kelly’s Cook County cases, but singer could be in attendance at arguments next month

December 13, 2022 at 3:22 p.m.

Close observers of R. Kelly's Cook County cases might have had a touch of deja vu Tuesday during the singer's latest hearing. Attorneys noted in court that Kelly's defense filed...

Two views of an animated video portraying Officer Jason Van Dyke and Laquan McDonald is shown to the jury during the trial for the shooting death of McDonald at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Sept. 25, 2018.

‘An intellect, a bully, and a great judge’: Courthouse leader Vincent Gaughan set to retire after handling Chicago’s biggest cases

November 27, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

During a rare pause in Courtroom 500 one recent morning, Judge Vincent Gaughan saw something he deemed outrageous: A spectator was sitting with his arms spread out on the back...

In wake of Chicago conviction, R. Kelly files motions for acquittal and new trial

November 16, 2022 at 4:22 p.m.

Disgraced singer R. Kelly filed a pair of motions in Chicago's federal court Tuesday seeking a new trial or an outright reversal of his conviction two months ago on child...

Still no movement in R. Kelly’s Cook County cases

November 14, 2022 at 2:27 p.m.

Two months after R. Kelly's second federal trial concluded, there has been no apparent movement in his Cook County cases. At a two-minute hearing before Judge Lawrence Flood on Monday,...

Judge wants CPD to turn over full documents in off-duty cop killing before ordering officers’ testimony

November 4, 2022 at 2:48 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Friday declined for now defense attorneys' request to make current and former Chicago police officers testify regarding allegations the department concealed evidence in the 2011...

Secret grand jury proceedings in R. Kelly’s Chicago case were briefly made public. Here are 5 things revealed in the filings

October 21, 2022 at 12:53 p.m.

A recent motion by attorneys for R. Kelly's former business manager, Derrell McDavid, did more than just seek government reimbursement of McDavid's legal fees — it also lifted the curtain...

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