Megan Crepeau

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

Two major federal trials in Chicago – R. Kelly’s next appearance before a jury and the ComEd case – delayed by courtroom availability issue

June 21, 2022 at 10:30 a.m.

R. Kelly's second federal trial will be delayed two weeks, a federal judge in Chicago announced Tuesday, since the ceremonial courtroom large enough to accommodate a multiple-defendant trial in the...

Ex-cop in North Avenue Beach encounter caught on viral video pleads not guilty

June 16, 2022 at 1:42 p.m.

The now-retired Chicago police officer charged in a North Avenue Beach encounter that went viral last year made his first court appearance in the case Thursday, when he pleaded not...

Lawyer for R. Kelly asks for mandatory minimum 10-year sentence on New York racketeering conviction

June 14, 2022 at 1:48 p.m.

The lawyer for R. Kelly has asked a federal judge to sentence the onetime R&B superstar to a mandatory minimum 10-year prison term for his conviction in New York on...

Former Chicago police officer charged in North Avenue Beach incident that went viral

June 14, 2022 at 7:32 a.m.

A former Chicago police officer caught on video last year grabbing and restraining a Black woman walking her dog after hours at North Avenue Beach has been indicted on felony...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx gives a victory speech as her husband, Kelley Foxx, listens at her election night headquarters in the Kinzie Hotel Nov. 3, 2020, in Chicago.

Police respond to domestic complaint at Kim Foxx’s home; no arrests made

June 10, 2022 at 8:08 p.m.

Police responded to a domestic-related incident at the home of Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx on Saturday, according to records from suburban police. Foxx's husband called 911 to report...

Former Detective Reynaldo Guevara hides his faces as he leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in 2018 during a trial in a suit accusing him and others of framing a man for murder.

Hernandez brothers stick to their stories in bid to get new murder trials, but Cook County prosecutors say that’s not enough

June 9, 2022 at 12:44 p.m.

For more than two decades, Juan and Rosendo Hernandez have maintained their innocence in the 1997 murder that sent them to prison — and identified former Detective Reynaldo Guevara, now...

In this June 6, 2019, file photo, singer R. Kelly pleads not guilty to 11 additional sex-related felonies during a hearing before Judge Lawrence Flood at Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago.

‘Justice requires truth and reconciliation’: Mother of victim in Logan Square killing maintains rare outlook as son’s accused killer is granted new trial

May 31, 2022 at 5:32 p.m.

Before her son's accused killer was sentenced, Maria Pike had an extraordinary message for the judge who was about to hand down a punishment to Arcadio Davila. Have mercy, Maria...

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