Crime and Public Safety – Page 30

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...

An investigator with the Indiana State Police photographs a gun next to an evidence marker on Gateway Boulevard near Ind. 49 and the Indiana Toll Road exit following a shooting in Chesterton, Indiana, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Following the shooting, Porter County officials called for consolidating 911 dispatch. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

It’s the last call for the Chesterton/Porter police dispatch center

By Jim Woods

September 1, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

The two dispatchers just before 6 a.m. Tuesday went on the air to deliver an...

Last defendant could face 30 years in 13-year-old’s gang-linked Gary killing

By Meredith Colias-Pete

September 1, 2026 at 8:50 a.m.

Elijah Porter, 24, of Merrillville, pleaded guilty last week to aggravated battery, a Level 3...

Duane Davis sits at the defense table during a break in closing arguments during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, in Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Steve Marcus/Pool Photo via AP)

What to know about the evidence that led to a conviction in Tupac Shakur’s killing

By Jonathan Landrum Jr.

September 1, 2026 at 7:34 a.m.

Here’s what to know about the case of the killing of Tupac Shakur, the evidence...

Jeffrey Fields holds an off-limits and do not enter sign from the city of Chicago that he found hidden above a window during a vigil, Aug. 30, 2026, outside South Chicago Chapel where over 50 decomposing bodies were discovered earlier in the month in the South Deering neighborhood. Fields cousin Shawnese Shannon was cremated by Planet Green Crematory who’s also listed as an owner of South Chicago Chapel. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

City files suit against South Chicago Chapel: ‘Immensely unsanitary situation’

By Tess Kenny

September 1, 2026 at 7:25 a.m.

The city of Chicago is suing South Chicago Chapel weeks after dozens of mishandled human...

Mayor Christina Neitzke-Troike speaks at a Homer Glen Village Board meeting Nov. 12, 2025. (Gary Middendorf/for the Daily Southtown)

Homer Glen suspends use of Flock cameras amid misuse allegations

By Michelle Mullins

September 1, 2026 at 12:31 p.m.

Homer Glen suspended its Flock camera license plate reader program after a Will County sheriff’s...

Kristen Fisher looks at her wedding ring from her late husband Bernard “Skip” Fisher while at the Levin and Perconti law office in Chicago, Aug. 31, 2026. Fisher alleges that her late husband was videotaped nude while in the care of Encore Memory Care in South Barrington. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Ex-caregiver charged with sharing videos on Snapchat of nude residents at memory care home in South Barrington

By Robert McCoppin

August 31, 2026 at 8:16 p.m.

A former caregiver took and shared photos of nude residents at Encore memory care facility...

Duane Davis stands during a break in closing arguments during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, in Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Steve Marcus/Pool Photo via AP)

Jury convicts a man of first-degree murder for the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur

By Jonathan Landrum Jr.

August 31, 2026 at 7:35 p.m.

A jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap...

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 randomly stabs 2 people in New York City’s Times Square, killing 1, then is killed by police

By Associated Press

August 31, 2026 at 7:24 p.m.

A woman randomly stabbed two people in New York City’s Times Square, killing one woman,...

Debris from a party is left behind on Aug. 30, 2026, near the 5400 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in Washington Park after an overnight mass shooting left one person dead and more than a dozen others injured on Chicago’s South Side. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Victims recovering from late-summer mass shooting in Washington Park as police look for answers

By Caroline Kubzansky

August 31, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.

15 shot in Washington Park in what ultimately became the largest mass shooting Chicago has...

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after testifying on Oct. 28, 2025, about a temporary restraining order on use of force. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Bovino was under internal investigation by Border Patrol when he retired, newly released records show

By Gregory Royal Pratt

August 31, 2026 at 6:29 p.m.

Former Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino retired while under internal investigation for his conduct during...