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$750K bail for man accused of attacking children at Near North Side school playground

May 22, 2019 at 11:03 p.m.

A St. Louis man is accused of walking into a Near North Side playground and battering four children and a school administrator, authorities said. Tasewell Dugger, 46, of the 9200...

Suspect in death of popular Mag Mile drink server appears in court

May 22, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

A Chicago man suspected of knocking out a Mag Mile drink server in a downtown street minutes before a cab driver accidentally ran over and killed the unconscious man nearly...

Officer Van Dyke’s lawyers again seek to dismiss charges in Laquan McDonald killing

May 23, 2019 at 7:58 p.m.

The grand jury that indicted a Chicago police officer for Laquan McDonald's killing was wrongly told that police officers tampered with audio and video recordings of the shooting, an attorney...

Judge’s secrecy shrouds case of Chicago cop charged with killing Laquan McDonald

May 23, 2019 at 7:58 p.m.

The longtime Cook County judge overseeing the first-degree murder case against Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke has talked tough on transparency. At a recent hearing, Judge Vincent Gaughan scolded...

Neighbors and news media members walk through an apartment Jan. 5, 2017, in the 3300 block ofWest Lexington Street, where police say four people held and beat an 18-year-old man with mental disabilities.

Teens in Facebook Live attack indicted, lawyers call case ‘sensationalized’

August 18, 2019 at 2:24 p.m.

Moments after Cook County prosecutors announced indictments against four people on charges of attacking a teen with mental disabilities live on Facebook video, the county's public defender blasted "sensationalized" media...

Public schools dean charged with sexually assaulting eighth-grader over 8 months

May 22, 2019 at 10:59 p.m.

A Chicago Public Schools dean sexually assaulted a 14-year-old student repeatedly at her South Side school starting last spring after she was sent to his office for disciplinary problems, Cook...

Off-duty cop charged with first-degree murder released on bond

May 22, 2019 at 10:58 p.m.

A veteran Cook County judge on Thursday ordered a Chicago police officer charged with fatally shooting an unarmed man to be freed on a so-called I-bond and electronic monitoring, an...

Officer Jason Van Dyke approaches the bench at a hearing Aug. 4, 2016, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago.

Chicago cop asks that charges over Laquan McDonald’s killing be dropped

May 23, 2019 at 7:58 p.m.

Attorneys for the Chicago police officer charged in Laquan McDonald's killing sought Tuesday to have the criminal case dismissed, arguing that Cook County prosecutors improperly used officers' statements to build...

4 ordered held without bail in alleged hate-crime attack streamed live on Facebook

August 21, 2019 at 9:36 p.m.

One day after a chilling live Facebook video made headlines, four suspects appeared in a packed Cook County courtroom Friday to face hate crime charges alleging they beat and tortured...

Brutal Facebook Live attack brings hate-crime charges, condemnation from White House

August 21, 2019 at 9:35 p.m.

Already garnering unwelcome attention for its spiraling gun violence, Chicago was thrust into the national media spotlight Thursday as hate crime charges were filed against four kidnapping suspects accused of...

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