Megan Crepeau

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

Chicago witnesses stay at center of R. Kelly’s New York racketeering trial as singer’s lawyers — and fans — are eager to sow doubt

August 19, 2021 at 7:27 p.m.

They arrived outside the Brooklyn courthouse at daybreak Thursday, a small clutch of devoted R. Kelly fans determined to get seats for the second day of testimony at his federal...

‘He took my virginity’: First witness in R. Kelly trial confronts singer and testifies she had sex with him at 16 after they met at Cook County courthouse

August 19, 2021 at 10:38 a.m.

Half her lifetime ago, Jerhonda Johnson Pace was a teenage R. Kelly superfan, a member of his MySpace fan club, so devoted that she went to the Cook County Criminal...

R Kelly’s federal conspiracy trial in New York gets underway as prosecutors say case is ‘about a predator’ while defense says girls ‘came to him’

August 18, 2021 at 12:24 p.m.

Prosecutors in Brooklyn on Wednesday told a federal jury that R&B star R. Kelly's highly anticipated trial is "about a predator" who used his fame to entice girls, boys and...

Chicago police officers watch the procession of police vehicles leading the ambulance carrying the body of a fellow officer as it arrives at the Cook County medical examiner.

Police Superintendent David Brown says it’s ‘an outrage’ judge ordered release of man accused of supplying pistol used to kill officer

August 12, 2021 at 5:15 p.m.

Chicago police Superintendent David Brown late Wednesday issued an angry statement against a federal judge's decision to release the man accused of making a straw purchase of the gun used...

Praise for slain Chicago police Officer Ella French pours in as her death continues to roil city

August 11, 2021 at 9:10 p.m.

Four days after the fatal on-duty shooting of Chicago police Officer Ella French and the wounding of her partner, shock waves of sorrow and anger were being felt from city...

Prosecutors detail slaying of Chicago police Officer Ella French as brothers charged in the case are ordered held without bond

August 10, 2021 at 6:14 p.m.

It started routinely enough Saturday night, prosecutors said: A typical traffic stop for expired license plates, near a nondescript West Englewood viaduct. It ended in chaos and tragedy: A Chicago...

Hugo River, agente especial de Norfolk Southern, ante un altar improvisado en honor a la oficial de policía de Chicago Ella French, en la cuadra 6300 de South Bell, el martes 10 de agosto de 2021. French fue asesinada a tiros mientras estaba de servicio.

Los hermanos acusados ??de matar el fin de semana a una agente de policía de Chicago quedan detenidos sin derecho a fianza

August 10, 2021 at 3:41 p.m.

El hombre acusado de asesinar a tiros de la policía de Chicago Ella French, y su hermano, quien fue acusado de huir con el arma, se encuentran detenidos y sin...

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