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Chicago police Detective Dante Servin listens during his trial on manslaughter charges at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on April 9, 2015. Servin is on trial for the March 2012 fatal shooting of Rekia Boyd.

After acquittal, prosecutors defend decisions in fatal police shooting

May 25, 2019 at 12:57 p.m.

Cook County prosecutors on Tuesday staunchly defended their charging decisions of a Chicago police detective for a fatal off-duty shooting after a judge abruptly acquitted the officer Monday moments before...

Anger follows acquittal in rare trial of Chicago cop

May 25, 2019 at 12:57 p.m.

In a stunning, abrupt end to the first trial in years of a Chicago police officer for a fatal off-duty shooting, a Cook County judge acquitted the veteran cop Monday...

DNA links suspect to attack of off-duty female Chicago cop

May 22, 2019 at 7:47 p.m.

A rape suspect was linked by DNA to a daylight attack on an off-duty Chicago police officer who was jogging in a Northwest Side park but was able to fight...

Chicago police Detective Ed Heerdt mimics the actions that Detective Dante Servin took, as described to Heerdt during his investigation of the March 2012 shooting death of Rekia Boyd.

Defense begins case in trial of Chicago cop in fatal off-duty shooting

May 22, 2019 at 7:47 p.m.

A Chicago police officer on trial for the fatal off-duty shooting of an unarmed woman at first said he opened fire after a man pointed a gun at him but...

Ex-Chicago City Hall clerk pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $750,000

May 22, 2019 at 7:45 p.m.

A former low-level City Hall clerk who embezzled nearly $750,000 in Chicago permit fees faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to theft and tax evasion...

Businessman who bribed Cook County commissioner gets 3 years in prison

May 22, 2019 at 7:45 p.m.

A federal judge offered a short civics lesson Tuesday as he sentenced a business owner for bribery, saying many politically connected players continue to have a "skewed" view of corruption...

Key witness re-enacts shooting at off-duty cop’s manslaughter trial

August 18, 2019 at 7:13 p.m.

A Chicago police detective on trial for involuntary manslaughter watched Monday as Cook County prosecutors asked a key witness to re-enact the final moments before the off-duty officer opened fire...

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Police ride elevator with suspect they say about to dispose of woman’s body

May 22, 2019 at 7:43 p.m.

Chicago police stumbled upon a homicide scene after a chance encounter with a woman's alleged killer on an elevator ride up to the victim's Northwest Side apartment to tell her...

Witness to fatal shooting says off-duty cop ‘was trying to kill all of us’

May 22, 2019 at 7:42 p.m.

Moments after an off-duty Chicago police officer stopped his Mercedes sedan to call out four people for being too loud in his West Side neighborhood on a warm March night,...

Trial to begin Thursday for Chicago police detective in fatal shooting

August 18, 2019 at 7:11 p.m.

With a national debate raging over police use of force, a rare event takes place Thursday at Cook County's main criminal courthouse: the trial of a white Chicago police detective...

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