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Gun case slated for Cook County’s restart of jury trials suddenly dropped, replaced with burglary trial

March 19, 2021 at 3:29 p.m.

Cook County prosecutors on Friday dropped charges against Ronald Montgomery, who had been scheduled for the county's first COVID-era jury trial next week. Montgomery was set to go to trial...

Sharone Mitchell, shown Feb. 22, 2021, has been officially approved as Cook County public defender.

Reform advocate Sharone Mitchell’s appointment as Cook County public defender made official

March 18, 2021 at 2:42 p.m.

The Cook County board on Thursday unanimously approved the appointment of attorney and reform advocate Sharone Mitchell Jr. as the next public defender. Mitchell, a former assistant public defender who...

‘Serial stowaway’ ordered held on $100,000 bail as lawyer blames TV news broadcast for latest airport case

March 18, 2021 at 1:09 p.m.

"Serial stowaway" Marilyn Hartman went to O'Hare International Airport for the first time in a year after she saw a TV news broadcast about her that triggered a regression in...

‘Serial stowaway’ charged again after latest arrest near O’Hare

March 17, 2021 at 12:25 p.m.

A Chicago-area woman with a long history of trying to sneak into airports and onto planes has been charged with escape from electronic monitoring after being arrested Tuesday near O'Hare...

After nearing a deal for probation, ‘serial stowaway’ is arrested again at O’Hare

March 16, 2021 at 8:10 p.m.

Two weeks after a judge rejected a plea deal that would have given her probation for attempting to sneak onto a flight at O'Hare International Airport, "serial stowaway" Marilyn Hartman...

The jury box in courtroom 500 at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Cook County’s first jury trial after COVID-19 closures set for Monday, as defendant’s lawyer calls it ‘publicity stunt’

March 17, 2021 at 11:59 a.m.

A gun case stemming from a 2019 arrest in South Shore is slated to be Cook County's first pandemic-era jury trial, officials confirmed Tuesday, though the defendant's own lawyer said...

Sharone Mitchell Jr., of the Illinois Justice Project, speaks before Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed HB 3653, a sweeping criminal justice and police reform bill, on Feb. 22, 2021, at Chicago State University.

Head of reform project chosen as Cook County’s next public defender

March 10, 2021 at 5:01 p.m.

The director of a prominent statewide criminal justice reform project is Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle's selection to be the county's next public defender, records show. Sharone Mitchell Jr.'s proposed...

Chicago police and firefighters salute as the casket with the remains of Chicago police Officer John Rivera arrives for a funeral service held at the Church of the Annunciata on March 29, 2019.

Homeless man convicted in death of off-duty Chicago cop sentenced to 65 years in prison

March 9, 2021 at 5:58 p.m.

A man with a long history of homelessness and mental illness was sentenced Tuesday to 65 years in prison for his role in a fatal 2019 attack on an off-duty...

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

New wrinkle in Jussie Smollett case, as prosecutors allege attorney has conflict of interest

March 9, 2021 at 4:05 p.m.

Jussie Smollett has chosen a new defense attorney to take the lead on his hot-button criminal case, but prosecutors alleged Tuesday that the new lawyer has a critical conflict of...

The Dreadhead Cowboy, aka Adam Hollingsworth, stands on his horse Prince on June 23, 2020, in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago.

Judge warns ‘Dreadhead Cowboy’ after Facebook posts where he claimed he was riding horses and swore at a prosecutor

March 9, 2021 at 6:09 p.m.

A Cook County judge castigated the "Dreadhead Cowboy" on Tuesday over Facebook posts showing him swearing at the prosecutor on his case and claiming — apparently falsely — that he...

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