Key witness in Bucktown bat-beating trial gets 22 years
Moments after Marcy Cruz was sentenced Thursday to 22 years in prison for her role in one of Chicago's most notorious muggings, her father told reporters that she was paying...
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Woman found guilty in ’08 shooting death of police officer
The family of Chicago police Officer Richard Francis dropped their heads Wednesday night as they heard a jury convict a woman with a reported history of mental illness in his...
Man guilty in fatal beating of boy on his 4th birthday
A Cook County jury convicted a mother's boyfriend Monday in the beating death of her 4-year-old child less than two hours after a prosecutor described the murder as a "sadistic...
Man guilty in fatal beating of boy on his 4th birthday
A Cook County jury convicted a mother's boyfriend Monday in the beating death of her 4-year-old child less than two hours after a prosecutor described the murder as a "sadistic...
Mother’s boyfriend guilty in beating death of child on his 4th birthday
A Cook County jury convicted a mother's boyfriend Monday in the beating death of her 4-year-old child less than two hours after a prosecutor described the murder as a "sadistic...
Guilty verdict in Bucktown bat-beating trial
A Cook County jury convicted Heriberto Viramontes today in connection with a baseball bat beating in which a Northern Ireland exchange student suffered severe head injuries and her friend was...
Lawyers in baseball bat attack say victim erred on attacker’s race
Attorneys for the man accused of brutally beating and robbing two young women in Bucktown attempted Wednesday to convince jurors their client was misidentified as the attacker, calling five police...
Bat-beating trial jurors hear defendant’s jailhouse recordings
In recorded phone calls from the Cook County Jail played for jurors Tuesday, the man on trial in a brutal 2010 Bucktown beating and robbery admitted he attacked the women...
Lawyers in baseball bat attack say victim erred on attacker’s race
Attorneys for the man accused of brutally beating and robbing two young women in Bucktown attempted Wednesday to convince jurors their client was misidentified as the attacker, calling five police...
Lawyers in baseball bat attack say victim erred on attacker’s race
Attorneys for the man accused of brutally beating and robbing two young women in Bucktown attempted Wednesday to convince jurors their client was misidentified as the attacker, calling five police...