Megan Crepeau

A farmer demonstrates how he draws opium paste from a poppy flower bulb in the mountains of Guerrero state in 2015.

Reputed leader of Mexican drug cartel charged and extradited to Chicago, federal prosecutors announce

May 27, 2022 at 7:55 p.m.

A reputed leader of a notoriously violent Mexican cartel has been extradited to Chicago and arraigned on charges that he trafficked heroin in the Chicago area and sent hundreds of...

Former Illinois State Rep. Luis Arroyo leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after being sentenced in his bribery case on May 25, 2022.

‘You were a corruption superspreader’: Judge sentences ex-state Rep. Luis Arroyo to 57 months in prison in bribery case involving sweepstakes machine bill

May 25, 2022 at 6:56 p.m.

Saying he needed to send a message on the cost of public corruption, a federal judge on Wednesday sentenced former state Rep. Luis Arroyo to nearly five years in federal...

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

R. Kelly’s sentencing in New York delayed … again

May 20, 2022 at 2:55 p.m.

A federal judge in New York on Friday granted a two-week delay in sentencing for R. Kelly after his lawyer said experts she'd hired had been unable to get access...

As R. Kelly’s Chicago trial nears, things get testy between defendants

May 18, 2022 at 9:11 p.m.

With less than two months to go until ex-R&B superstar R. Kelly and two of his former associates go on trial in Chicago, the sparks are starting to fly. But...

Man charged in spree of robberies in Lakeview and Lincoln Park area, including one that left former culinary student shot and severely injured

May 17, 2022 at 5:46 p.m.

A 19-year-old man "basically terrorized" the Lakeview and Lincoln Park area with a five-hour robbery spree culminating in the shooting of 23-year-old Dakotah Earley, reportedly a former culinary arts student...

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Reputed leader of Mexican drug cartel charged and extradited to Chicago, federal prosecutors announce

‘You were a corruption superspreader’: Judge sentences ex-state Rep. Luis Arroyo to 57 months in prison in bribery case involving sweepstakes machine bill

R. Kelly’s sentencing in New York delayed … again

As R. Kelly’s Chicago trial nears, things get testy between defendants

Man charged in spree of robberies in Lakeview and Lincoln Park area, including one that left former culinary student shot and severely injured

Attorney for R. Kelly asks for evidence in probe of singer’s leaked jail calls, wants former associate tried separately

17-year-old charged as adult, held on $250,000 bond in fatal shooting of fellow teen in Millennium Park

Acusan como adulto a adolescente por disparar fatalmente a jovencito en Millennium Park

Cook County prosecutors told not to subpoena witnesses for trial preparation as office revamps policies

R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago will kick off Aug. 1 after judge denies 3-month delay