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Criminal probe launched in case of lawyer who allegedly posed as judge

May 22, 2019 at 10:23 p.m.

The Cook County state's attorney's office said on Friday that it had begun a criminal investigation into an incident earlier this month in which a municipal court judge at the...

Georgia Utendhal comforts one of her granddaughters, whose 16-year-old brother was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer in the 8700 block of South Morgan Street in Chicago on July 5, 2014.

92 deaths, 2,623 bullets: Tracking every Chicago police shooting over 6 years

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

Every five days, on average, a Chicago police officer fired a gun at someone. In 435 shootings over a recent six-year span, officers killed 92 people and wounded 170 others....

Prison guard Sgt. Edward Bradley holds a painting by serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who was convicted in August 1982 in the sex slayings of 33 men and boys.

Rauner vetoes legislation to abolish room-and-board lawsuits against prisoners

May 15, 2019 at 3:51 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday used his amendatory veto power to rewrite a bill that would have ended the state's growing practice of suing prison inmates to recover the costs...

The jury box in courtroom 500 in the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago.

Sheriff’s deputy noted lawyer holding court, official says

May 22, 2019 at 10:21 p.m.

Mario Lozano knew something was not quite right. A 28-year veteran of the Cook County sheriff's office, Deputy Lozano had stepped out of Judge Valarie Turner's lower-level courtroom at the...

Judge removed after allegedly allowing lawyer to hear cases, wear robe

May 22, 2019 at 10:20 p.m.

A veteran Cook County Circuit Court judge allegedly allowed a lawyer who is running for election to the bench this fall to wear a robe and hear cases at the...

Family spokesman and activist Ja'Mal Green, left, and attorney Michael Oppenheimer join the family of Paul O'Neal on Aug. 5, 2016, at the headquarters of the police oversight agency to view the dashboard camera and body camera videos from the July 28 police shooting death of Paul O'Neal in Chicago.

Body cams give close-up, disturbing view of fatal police shooting

May 22, 2019 at 10:17 p.m.

Newly issued body cameras worn on the front of officers' vests provided a disturbing, close-up view of the tragic events and questionable decisions made when Chicago police fatally shot an...

A neighbor records the scene on his smartphone in the 7300 block of South Merrill Avenue on July 28, 2016, where police fatally shot 18-year-old Paul O'Neal during a confrontation.

Chicago police shooting video release reflects change in policy, not policing

June 11, 2018 at 9:17 p.m.

As Chicago officials continue to try to repair the political damage and distrust sown by past police abuses, disturbing new video that emerged Friday illustrates how much has changed in...

Laura de la Fuente talks about her late boyfriend, Esau Castellanos, who was shot and killed by police in March 2013. Police said Castellanos died during an exchange of gunfire, but an investigation revealed he had no gun.

In 702 shootings by Chicago police, zero federal civil rights charges filed

August 21, 2019 at 7:34 p.m.

Not long after two Chicago police officers shot and killed an unarmed Esau Castellanos after a brief car chase on the city's North Side, the FBI began a criminal investigation...

Six shootings by Chicago cops weren’t investigated, inspector general finds

May 22, 2019 at 10:16 p.m.

The agency responsible for reviewing all shootings by Chicago police officers has no record of having investigated six shootings in recent years, according to a critical report from the city's...

Cook County Judge William Hooks sharply assailed a Chicago police officer for his allegedly false testimony before throwing out the evidence. That prompted prosecutors to dismiss the charges against two drug suspects.

Chicago police officers’ credibility questioned by judges in at least 13 cases, defense attorneys told

June 10, 2018 at 10:12 a.m.

Cook County prosecutors recently notified defense lawyers in at least 10 criminal cases that a judge found the court testimony of a veteran Chicago police officer to be false, a...

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