Crime and Public Safety – Page 29

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...

Pamela Cisneros (inset) was fatally shot by NYPD officers after refusing to drop two knives she was swinging as she approached them in Times Square Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, at Seventh Ave. and W. 43rd St. in Midtown Manhattan. (Courtesy of Jorge Disla; Obtained by NYDN)

Times Square stabber killed in NYPD shooting struggled with mental illness for decades, family says

By Roni Jacobson

September 2, 2026 at 7:56 a.m.

The stunned family of Times Square stabber Pamela Cisneros says she had a decades-long history...

Lindsay Clancy reacts to the jury saying they cannot reach a verdict during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

What happens next if the jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial can’t reach a verdict?

By Dave Collins

September 2, 2026 at 9:59 p.m.

A Massachusetts jury plans to deliberate for a fifth day Wednesday on whether Lindsay Clancy...

FILE – Tyler Robinson, who is accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, sits beside defense attorney Kathryn Nester during a hearing in 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, on Jan. 16, 2026. (Bethany Baker/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

Judge sends Charlie Kirk murder case to trial with defendant facing potential death penalty

By Hannah Schoenbaum

September 1, 2026 at 7:35 p.m.

The murder case against the Utah man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk last...

Shirley Pollion-Hines speaks during a news conference at the Romanucci & Blandin law firm in Chicago, on Sept. 1, 2026, about a lawsuit filed on behalf of the estate of her grandson, Dominique Pollion, shown in a photo behind her, who was stabbed and killed while riding in a CTA train. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Family of man fatally stabbed on Blue Line in January sues CTA, security contractors

By Tess Kenny

September 1, 2026 at 5:52 p.m.

The family of a man fatally stabbed while he slept on a Blue Line train...

This image made from video provided by WABC shows NYPD officers on the scene after a woman brandishing two large knives was shot by officers in Times Square in New York, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (WABC via AP)

Woman killed in Times Square stabbing worked for Bank of America

By Jennifer Peltz

September 1, 2026 at 5:02 p.m.

The woman killed in a random stabbing in Times Square was Erin Piacenti, 32, a...

Glenwood Pysher III, watches as pallbearers carry a casket containing the remains of his son Glenwood “Bubba” Pysher IV who was killed by police, in Pottstown, Pa., Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Pennsylvania police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in killing of college student

By Tassanee Vejpongsa

September 1, 2026 at 4:10 p.m.

A Pennsylvania police officer who fatally shot a 22-year-old college student that had ended up...

Families who used South Chicago Chapel and Bohemian National Cemetery to handle the remains of deceased loved ones gather outside the closed funeral home for a vigil Aug. 30, 2026, in the South Deering neighborhood. Over 50 decomposing bodies were discovered earlier in the month at the funeral home and cemetery. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Maggots, rat feces and a body in a bathroom: Records detail decrepit conditions at South Side funeral home

By Olivia Olander

September 2, 2026 at 4:21 p.m.

On Aug. 3, state investigators inspecting the notorious South Chicago Chapel were confronted with an...

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)

Prosecutor: Porter County officer misused Flock cameras three times

By Amy Lavalley

September 1, 2026 at 2:32 p.m.

An officer with the Porter County Sheriff’s Department who misused the county’s license plate reader...

Volunteers pass out flyers at 54th Street and Drexel Avenue near Washington Park in Chicago on Sept. 1, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson at Washington Park to condemn ‘absolutely unacceptable’ mass shooting

By Alice Yin

September 1, 2026 at 5:27 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday condemned the weekend’s mass shooting in Washington Park, saying the...

Madison Russo, 25, right, and her father leave the Cook County courthouse in Rolling Meadows on Sept. 1, 2026. Russo, a former employee of Encore Memory Care who authorities say unlawfully recorded residents at the South Barrington facility while they were naked, pleaded not guilty to the charges. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

Bartlett woman, 25, pleads not guilty to taping patient at South Barrington memory care facility

By Barbara Vitello

September 1, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

A former employee of an Encore Memory Care facility in South Barrington pleaded not guilty...