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Release of murder suspect, still on lam, has agencies pointing fingers

May 22, 2019 at 11:09 p.m.

Days after a man awaiting trial on murder charges was mistakenly released on parole, the Cook County Sheriff's Office says it will no longer send convicted defendants who still have...

Woman faces up to life in prison for torture killing of young granddaughter

May 22, 2019 at 11:09 p.m.

An outraged Cook County judge on Thursday convicted a woman of the 2013 murder of her granddaughter, saying she found overwhelming evidence that the killing was "exceptionally brutal" and that...

‘I hate this life’ – Slain girl’s journals focus of grandmother’s murder trial

May 22, 2019 at 11:09 p.m.

In a rainbow-striped journal she'd scrawled her name on in pink marker, Gizzell Ford wrote about her love of school — the fun she had jumping rope, dressing up for...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx on Dec. 5, 2016.

Foxx agrees to release of inmates unable to post bonds of up to $1,000 cash

May 22, 2019 at 11:08 p.m.

In another sign of growing political momentum for bail reform, Cook County prosecutors will no longer oppose the release of some detainees held on nonviolent offenses simply because they cannot...

Amtrak police Officer LaRoyce Tankson, inset, has been charged with first-degree murder in a fatal shooting while he was on dutyin the 300 block of South Canal Street on Feb. 8, 2017.

After officer charged, Amtrak shooting detailed: Cop ‘assumed a crouched firing stance’

May 22, 2019 at 11:06 p.m.

An Amtrak police officer just 18 months on the job was charged with first-degree murder for fatally shooting an unarmed man fleeing after being stopped over his suspected possession of...

Cook County prosecutors drop cases against 4 men in 1995 double murder

May 22, 2019 at 11:05 p.m.

Charles Johnson was driving with his close friend Larod Styles last week when their attorneys called with life-changing news. After more than 20 years, Cook County prosecutors had agreed that...

Suit alleges IPRA investigator leaked confidential records on Chicago cop

May 22, 2019 at 11:05 p.m.

Two years into a bitter child custody battle, Chicago police Officer Emily Hock said she became fearful after her son's father seemed to have an uncanny knowledge of her daily...

Chicago police Officer William Pruente, center, leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building with family and supporters Dec. 7, 2016.

Chicago cop given probation for lying at court hearing in drug case

May 22, 2019 at 11:04 p.m.

A Cook County judge spared a Chicago police officer from prison Friday despite his conviction for perjury, saying he had already suffered enough with the loss of his job, pension...

4 charged in attack on disabled teen live on Facebook plead not guilty

August 21, 2019 at 10:07 p.m.

Four people charged with hate crimes for kidnapping and attacking a teen with mental disabilities live on Facebook video pleaded not guilty Friday during a brief arraignment. Assistant public defenders...

Lee Zoldan, left, president of the Chicago Loop Synagogue, and Gary Rosenberg, interim rabbi and ritual director, speak at a news conference in front of the synagogue in downtown Chicago on Feb. 5, 2017.

$150K bail for Chicago man charged with hate crime in Loop synagogue vandalism

May 22, 2019 at 11:04 p.m.

A Chicago accountant identified by a tipster as a "white supremacist" was charged with a felony hate crime after his fingerprints were found on swastika stickers placed outside a Loop...

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