Convicted burglar held in prison nearly five months too long
When Malik Erkins went to prison last June for breaking into two cars, he knew his exact release date: Dec. 28, 2014. But that date came and went with the...
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Illinois bill aims for local police to investigate college campus sexual assaults
When state Rep. David Harris learned about Northern Illinois University campus police botching a sexual assault investigation, he believed he had to act. The NIU case was one of a...
Prosecutor has message for victims of sexual assault at Notre Dame
The prosecutor on the University of Notre Dame's home turf has a message for victims of campus sexual attacks: Rather than go to university police, they should directly report sex...
Year after probation investigation ordered, no word on outcome
Cook County's Chief Judge Timothy Evans expressed outrage last spring upon hearing that the probation department had for years quietly teamed up with the FBI and others to conduct questionable...
Cook County probation official interfered in probe, witness says
A high-ranking boss at the center of an investigation into possible civil rights violations by Cook County's probation department allegedly interfered in the nearly yearlong inquiry, a key witness has...
Probation officers conspired with FBI, cops for illegal searches, suit claims
Cook County probation officers conspired with the FBI and Chicago police to conduct illegal and warrantless searches in an unchecked hunt for drugs and guns, according to accusations in a...
Sentenced to prison and sent home the same day
By the time Pedro Arenas pleaded guilty to a gun charge, he had already served his sentence. Still, Arenas was herded onto a heavily guarded Cook County sheriff's bus and...
The mileage Rep. Aaron Schock billed for personal SUV adds to legal woes
Rep. Aaron Schock's world travels have been well-chronicled by him on Instagram, and to his dismay, more recently by news reporters. There are photos of Schock dancing the tango with...
Rep. Aaron Schock’s problems could follow him after he quits Congress
Rep. Aaron Schock's resignation after six weeks of intense scrutiny over spending, travel and real estate deals marked a stunning fall for a politician once seen as a rising young...
Electronic monitoring spikes in Cook County
Cook County judges ordered record numbers of criminal defendants onto electronic home monitoring last year — a 70 percent increase that has eased overcrowding in the jail but has also...