Sam Charles is a criminal justice reporter for the baiduhai covering the Chicago Police Department. He was previously a staff reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times and an investigative producer at WGN-TV. He is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago.
A Chicago police sergeant was charged with two felony counts of battery earlier this month for allegedly hitting a teen girl in the head, leaving her with a concussion, during...
Forty-four prospective candidates have submitted applications to become the next permanent superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, according to the city agency tasked with vetting those bids.
Attorneys for the union representing Chicago police officers squared off with those from the city's Department of Law before the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday to argue the most significant...
During a hearing Monday ahead of his killer’s sentencing, Cook County Judge Raymond Myles’ closest relatives remembered him as a loving, attentive father and a diligent jurist “with a servant’s...
The Illinois Supreme Court this week will hear arguments from attorneys for the city of Chicago and Fraternal Order of Police in a case that will determine the future of...
Two days after his stunning acquittal on murder-for-hire charges in Los Angeles, Chicago-born rapper Lil Durk posted a photo of his high-powered trial team on social media along with a...
Two months since the retirement of former police Superintendent Larry Snelling, Chicagoans have had their say in what the priorities of the next Chicago Police Department boss should be. And...
Federal investigators issued a subpoena to the state police union late last year in an apparent probe into Chicago FOP President John Catanzara's financial dealings, according to a copy of...
More than three years after a shooting during a White Sox home game left two women injured, the singular question — “How were they shot?” — may soon have an...