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

Jussie Smollett lawyers say recording mistake, which captured witness talking to attorney, points to conspiracy

August 7, 2020 at 1:19 p.m.

Chicago police investigating the Jussie Smollett case apparently inadvertently taped 37 seconds of a private conversation between a key witness and his lawyer last year — a tape that has...

Man charged with shooting Chicago police officer undergoing psychological evaluation

August 6, 2020 at 4:16 p.m.

A man apparently suffering a mental health episode shot 17 rounds from the top floor of a Lawndale greystone toward police officers below, hitting one officer in the thigh, prosecutors...

Man initially believed to be driver in fatal shooting of 10-year-old girl in Logan Square is now charged as the gunman

August 6, 2020 at 4:13 p.m.

A reputed gang member came to rival territory and opened fire on a group of adults gathered outside, wounding none of them but killing a 10-year-old girl watching TV in...

U.S. Attorney John Lausch, right, departs after announcing charges in a federal gang investigation at a July 29 news conference with Chicago police.

Federal push in Chicago begins to show up in new gun cases, some bypassing Cook County prosecutors

August 7, 2020 at 12:24 p.m.

Early one morning last week, a Chicago police sergeant spotted a red Pontiac stopped at an intersection in the Gresham neighborhood as traffic signals cycled from red to green and...

A ComEd headquarters building is shown on July 17, 2020, in the 3400 block of North California Avenue in Chicago.

ComEd pleads not guilty in federal bribery case; prosecution to be deferred for three years

August 5, 2020 at 12:16 p.m.

ComEd pleaded not guilty to an expansive federal bribery charge Wednesday during what will likely be its final court hearing until 2023. The plea was a formality, since the company...

Flowers are left on a memorial during a vigil for 7-year-old Natalia Wallace.

2nd man charged with being gunman in July 4 shooting ambush that killed 7-year-old Natalia Wallace

August 4, 2020 at 6:07 p.m.

The second of three gunmen who fired shots on a West Side block over the July Fourth holiday, killing 7-year-old Natalia Wallace, was held without bail on first-degree murder charges...

Jalisa Ford sits on the ground on Aug. 1, 2020, while rubbing the walkway where her 9-year-old son, Janari Andre Ricks, was fatally shot while playing with friends at the Cabrini Green rowhouses the previous evening.

Man charged, held without bail in shooting death of 9-year-old Janari Ricks ‘went hunting’ before mistakenly killing child, prosecutors say

August 4, 2020 at 4:05 p.m.

Before limping through a Cabrini-Green alley and allegedly firing shots that killed a 9-year-old boy, Darrell Johnson "went hunting," prosecutors said Tuesday — peering through a fence and into courtyards,...

Bystanders watch as Chicago police officers investigate a shooting outside the Grand Central police station on July 30, 2020.

Chicago police station attack that left officer in coma, several others injured began after suspect allegedly kept gun hidden during arrest

July 31, 2020 at 5:09 p.m.

A surprise attack at a Northwest Side police station that left one officer in a coma and several others injured began after a carjacking suspect "squirmed and shielded his body"...

Morning exchange of gunfire at Chicago police station leaves 3 officers and a suspect injured

July 31, 2020 at 8:25 a.m.

Three Chicago police officers and a suspect in a carjacking were injured in an exchange of gunfire outside a Northwest Side police station Thursday morning, apparently after the suspect concealed...

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

R. Kelly lawyers say seizure of sensitive bank records a ‘fishing expedition’

July 30, 2020 at 4:08 p.m.

Lawyers for indicted singer R. Kelly filed a motion Thursday accusing federal prosecutors of embarking on a "harassing fishing expedition" by seizing the sensitive banking records of a major Chicago...

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