Longtime Chicago DJ charged after fatal Lake Shore Drive crash
A longtime Chicago DJ was drunk and driving more than 90 mph when he lost control of his black Lexus on Lake Shore Drive and flipped over on a frozen...
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Judge approves first test of cameras in a Cook County courtroom
A judge on Tuesday cleared the way for the first test of cameras inside Cook County criminal courtrooms. Judge Timothy Joyce ruled that the news media will be allowed to...
Wrana case: An unlikely place for a fatal encounter with police
Outfitted with a walker, green recliner and photos of its sole occupant's late wife, Room 206 of the Victory Centre assisted-living facility seemed an unlikely place for a fatal encounter...
Officer’s trial in death of Wrana, 95, ends with prosecutor holding shotgun
Holding the shotgun used to shoot John Wrana Jr. with beanbag rounds, a Cook County prosecutor on Friday pretended to fire the weapon in the courtroom, pulling the pump handle...
‘I was afraid,’ testifies cop on trial in death of WWII vet
A Park Forest police officer took the witness stand Thursday in his own defense, telling a judge he fired beanbag rounds from a shotgun at an elderly man wielding a...
Prosecution expert: Cop’s beanbag shots in vet’s death unnecessary
The expert at the heart of the prosecution case against a Park Forest police officer testified Wednesday that the veteran cop acted recklessly by firing five beanbag rounds from a...
Testimony begins in trial of officer for death of World War II vet
A Park Forest police officer's trial got underway Tuesday in a packed courtroom, with his lawyer defending the shooting of a knife-wielding World War II veteran with beanbag rounds and...
Trial begins Tuesday for Park Forest cop charged in World War II vet’s death
Was Park Forest police Officer Craig Taylor acting out of a reasonable fear for his life or recklessly when he shot five beanbag rounds inside an assisted-living facility, killing a...
Hadiya killing: Police shed light on investigation of 2013 shooting
Less than 24 hours after Hadiya Pendleton was slain while taking shelter from the rain in a South Side park, an officer from the cold-case homicide squad handed lead detective...
Sex offender charged with assaulting 4-year-old girl on CTA bus
A convicted sex offender who had just completed his required weekly registration with Chicago police boarded a CTA bus outside police headquarters and sexually assaulted a 4-year-old girl sitting with...