Crime and Public Safety – Page 28

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...

Batavia woman sentenced to eight years in prison for 2023 DUI crash that killed two, prosecutors say

By Aurora Beacon-News

September 3, 2026 at 11:41 a.m.

Melissa J. Hill, 58, pleaded guilty in June to two counts of aggravated DUI in...

Former FBI supervisory agent Yen Yung leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Sept. 2, 2026, after admitting he kept top secret government documents dealing with terrorism and national defense at his home after retirement. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Ex-FBI agent admits taking top secret defense documents, government Blackberry phones

By Jason Meisner

September 3, 2026 at 2:02 p.m.

More than six years after he was charged, a former FBI special agent who once...

Chicago police work in the left field seats after a reported shooting at the White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field on Aug. 25, 2023. (Kaarin Tisue/baiduhai)

Civil trial in White Sox bleachers shooting set for January

By Sam Charles

September 3, 2026 at 1:48 p.m.

More than three years after a shooting during a White Sox home game left two...

Will County sheriff's deputies are investigating a shooting outside this home on the 200 block of Dellwood Avenue in Lockport Township. (Elena Tittel/Daily Southtown)

31-year-old mother killed, man injured in Lockport Township shooting

By Elena Tittel

September 3, 2026 at 4:27 p.m.

A 31-year-old woman was killed and an adult male injured Wednesday in Lockport Township after...

Lindsay Clancy and attorney Kevin Reddington watch as Judge William Sullivan tells the jury to keep discussing a possible verdict after jurors said for a second time they couldn’t agree whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Judge sends Lindsay Clancy jury home for the day as foreperson says they’re deadlocked over 1 juror

By Leah Willingham

September 3, 2026 at 4:22 p.m.

The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial was expected to keep trying to reach...

Police respond to a shooting Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in downtown Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

2 people killed and suspect is dead in downtown Minneapolis shooting

By Tim Sullivan

September 3, 2026 at 6:29 a.m.

Gunfire could be heard throughout a downtown Minneapolis apartment building as police responded to an...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Luis Uribe, charged in a series of robberies and sexual assaults of sex workers in Chicago's northwest suburbs, is shown in a photo in a court document allegedly meeting with a witness at a seafood buffet. (U.S. attorney's office)

No grand jury issues in Border Protection agent’s sexual assault case, judge says

By Jason Meisner

September 2, 2026 at 6:49 p.m.

A judge ruled Wednesday there was no evidence of any inappropriate grand jury conduct by...

Federal agents use tear gas as people protest immigration enforcement activity in Chicago's Brighton Park on Oct. 4, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Judge ‘hesitant’ on where to draw the line in lawsuit over immigration enforcement tactics

By Jason Meisner

September 2, 2026 at 6:22 p.m.

With the anniversary of Operation Midway Blitz less than a week away, the militarized tactics...

Lindsay Clancy reacts to news that a woman was arrested for recording images of the jury at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Deadlocked jury in Lindsay Clancy trial goes home after a fifth day without a verdict

By Michael Casey

September 2, 2026 at 4:23 p.m.

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial said for a second time they were unable...

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)

2-year-old Frankfort boy dead, mother hospitalized, in ‘domestic related homicide,’ police say

By Evy Lewis

September 2, 2026 at 5:16 p.m.

Frankfort police say a 2-year-old boy found in a Frankfort home on Brook Stone Court...