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Emergency medical workers take Ariel Roman to an ambulance outside the Red Line CTA station and State Street and Grand Avenue after a shooting on Jan. 28, 2020.

Chicago police officer who shot man in CTA Red Line station in 2020 is hit with criminal charges

August 5, 2021 at 6:05 p.m.

It was a shooting by a police officer in a busy CTA station downtown last year, scattering Red Line commuters at rush hour and leaving the Chicago Police Department to...

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2020, image from Chicago Transit Authority video provided by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, police officers attend to Ariel Roman, bottom right, after he was shot by Chicago police in a subway station in Chicago. Chicago Police officer Melvina Bogard, who shot Roman, an unarmed man, in the back as he tried to escape capture by running up an escalator last year has been charged with felony aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct, prosecutors said Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. (Chicago Transit Authority via AP File)

Policía que le disparó a pasajero de tren fue acusada de cargos criminales

August 5, 2021 at 12:16 p.m.

Una oficial de la policía de Chicago que disparó contra un hombre en una plataforma de la CTA de la Red Line a principios del año pasado fue acusada de...

Former Chicago alderman Proco "Joe" Moreno arrives at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on July 16, 2021.

Former Ald. Proco ‘Joe’ Moreno pleads guilty in DUI case

August 3, 2021 at 11:24 a.m.

Former Ald. Proco "Joe" Moreno on Tuesday pleaded guilty to DUI and speeding after being charged late last year with drunkenly crashing into several cars on a posh Gold Coast...

Jussie Smollett defense attorney Nenye Uche, center, speaks alongside Smollett's legal team outside the the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Aug. 2, 2021, in Chicago.

Jussie Smollett’s new legal team addresses media for the first time, promises court fight

August 2, 2021 at 5:08 p.m.

Jussie Smollett's legal team used a news conference Monday to blast the actor's prosecution in Cook County as "character assassination" and a waste of resources, and said they have proof...

Actor Jussie Smollett speaks to Judge James Linn after his sentence is read on March 10, 2022, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Leading lawyer for Jussie Smollett can remain on case, judge rules, but can’t question two key witnesses

July 30, 2021 at 4:11 p.m.

A top defense lawyer for Jussie Smollett will be allowed to stay on the actor's defense team but cannot cross-examine two key witnesses against him, a Cook County judge has...

Altar en memoria de las víctimas de tiroteo Gyovanny Arzuaga, de 24 años, y Yasmin Pérez, de 23, en la esquina de W. Division St. y N. Spaulding Ave., en Humboldt Park en Chicago.

Extraditan a acusado de matar a un joven padre en festejo puertorriqueño

July 29, 2021 at 3:09 p.m.

Un residente de Chicago acusado de matar a tiros a un joven padre después del desfile del Día de Puerto Rico el mes pasado, comparecerá en la corte el viernes...

Isolina Aviles stops to say a prayer at a memorial to shooting victims Gyovanny Arzuaga, 24, and Yasmin Perez, 23, on June 22, 2021, at the corner of West Division Street and North Spaulding Avenue in Humboldt Park in Chicago. The Cook County medical examiner's office says 23-year-old Yasmin Perez died Tuesday, June 22. Her death came three days after 24-year-old Gyovanny Arzuaga was shot in the head and killed following a Puerto Rican Day parade in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Court appearance delayed for man charged in shooting death of young father at Puerto Rican Day parade

July 29, 2021 at 3:30 p.m.

A Chicago man charged in the fatal shooting of a young father after last month's Puerto Rican Day parade is now expected in court Friday after being extradited from California...

Lightfoot, fire commissioner slam decision to allow Chicago firefighter charged with sexual assault to return to work duties

July 28, 2021 at 6:55 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday blasted the Chicago Fire Department for its handling of a firefighter who was recently charged with sexual assault and allowed to return to work. A...

Lawrence Oliver at a meeting of the Illinois Reform Commission in Chicago in 2009.

Former federal prosecutor named to investigate conduct of State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office in Wilson case

July 28, 2021 at 3:53 p.m.

A onetime federal prosecutor and former top lawyer for Boeing was appointed Wednesday as special prosecutor to look into potential wrongdoing by Cook County prosecutors in the case of Jackie...

Former Chicago Ald. Proco "Joe" Moreno arrives at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on July 16, 2021.

His political star faded, former Chicago Ald. Proco ‘Joe’ Moreno pleads guilty to obstructing justice

July 16, 2021 at 10:29 p.m.

Former Chicago Ald. Proco "Joe" Moreno, who once made his name as the so-called hipster alderman, pleaded guilty Friday to obstructing justice and giving a false report to authorities after...

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