Crime and Public Safety – Page 26

Feds warn of laser pointers after Hermosa man accused of pointing one at CPD helicopter

By Tess Kenny

October 9, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

Federal and local authorities are cautioning the public to keep laser pointers out of the...

The Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago is shown Feb. 12, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Former IDES contractor charged in $4.6 million COVID unemployment fraud scheme

By Jason Meisner

October 9, 2026 at 4:51 p.m.

Andrea Wellington, 35, was charged in an indictment made public in U.S. District Court on...

Two Hammond men face murder charges in Oct. 3 double slaying

By Post-Tribune

October 9, 2026 at 3:35 p.m.

A pair of Hammond men are accused fatally shooting two men in a Hammond alley...

Defendant Lindsay Clancy looks at the jury after Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial in Clancy’s murder trial on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

A mistrial is declared in the murder case against Lindsay Clancy. Here’s what could happen next

By Rebecca Boone

September 5, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.

The trial to decide if Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible when she strangled her three...

Officers work the scene where a 28-year-old man was fatally shot late Friday on the 7300 block of South Kedzie Avenue in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood during the Labor Day holiday weekend shortly after midnight Saturday Sept. 5, 2026 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Man fatally wounded Friday night in Chicago Lawn shooting

By Deanese Williams-Harris

September 5, 2026 at 12:25 p.m.

A 28-year-old man was fatally wounded Friday night during an argument on the Southwest Side...

9-year-old boy shoots, critically injures 13-year-old on South Side: police

By Tess Kenny

September 4, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.

A 9-year-old boy shot and critically wounded a 13-year-old boy on the city’s South Side...

Lindsay Clancy looks at jurors as Judge Sullivan asks them to start deliberations for a sixth day during her murder trial on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy case after jury deadlocks

By Mike Casey

September 4, 2026 at 10:01 p.m.

A judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial declared a mistrial Friday after jurors failed to reach...

A Flock camera sitting over a Highland Park, Illinois, city parking lot. The devices are cropping up increasingly in the news over privacy concerns, and their potential misuse. (Joe States/Pioneer Press)

Special prosecutor appointed in ex-Chesterton police officer Flock case

By Jim Woods

September 4, 2026 at 1:31 p.m.

LaPorte County Prosecutor Sean Fagan has been appointed as a special prosecutor to determine if...

Police tape surrounds a home Sept. 2, 2026, on the 22700 block of Brook Stone Court in Frankfort where officials said a 2-year-old was found unresponsive and later died at a hospital in an apparent domestic-related homicide. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Frankfort mother discussed Lindsay Clancy case before hanging 2-year-old son, prosecutors say

By Evy Lewis

September 4, 2026 at 3:18 p.m.

Corie Walsh, 40, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the death of...

Dolton police station (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Homicide roundup: Deaths reported in Dolton and University Park

By Evy Lewis

September 4, 2026 at 11:37 a.m.

Michael Moss, 43, was shot and killed in Dolton, and a man not publicly identified...

Josue Pire Hidalgo, center, relaxes with his children, Sebastian and Madison, at their Chicago home on Sept. 4, 2026. Pire Hidalgo was held in ICE detention in Indiana's Clay County Jail for 42 days after being arrested at an asylum appointment in mid-July. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago Public Schools custodian released from ICE: ‘It was 42 very difficult days for our family’

By Allison Kiehl

September 4, 2026 at 7:12 p.m.

ICE arrested CPS custodian Josue Pire Hidalgo the morning of July 17 for what he...

This photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Office shows some of the nearly $650,000 in stolen Nike merchandise recovered in Des Plaines last week by the sheriff's Organized Retail Crime Unit. (Cook County Sheriff's Office)

How $650,000 in stolen Nike shoes ended up in Des Plaines

By Charles Keeshan

September 4, 2026 at 8:40 a.m.

How did a truckload of Nike shoes en route to Dallas, before being boosted in...

FILE – Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) trainees practice shooting handguns at the indoor firing range at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) in Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fran Ruchalski, File)

ICE whistleblower warned of ‘unprecedented lowering of standards’ during hiring spree

By Ryan J. Foley

September 3, 2026 at 9:48 p.m.

ICE’s human resources division was making final job offers before preliminary vetting steps had been...