Crime and Public Safety – Page 45

Chicago police officers keep watch at the CTA Green Line train station at Damen Avenue and Lake Street in Chicago, Friday. Oct. 9, 2026, following a fatal stabbing of a CTA employee Thursday, afternoon. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Kenwood man charged with murder in fatal Green Line stabbing of CTA janitor, Chicago police say

By Tess Kenny

October 11, 2026 at 12:17 p.m.

A Kenwood man is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with Thursday’s fatal stabbing...

The sun sets over an 87th Street gas station on Oct. 10, 2026, near where a person was fatally stabbed last week. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Judge detains trans woman accused of fatally stabbing ‘bully’ on South Side

By Allison Kiehl

October 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Kelly Day, 32, faces a first-degree murder charge for the fatal stabbing on East 87th...

Girls from Gloria Kowalewicz's First Communion class walk beside her casket as it is wheeled out of St. Mary of Mount Carmel Church in Chicago on Nov. 16, 1960, following her funeral Mass. Gloria's parents, Edward and Esther Kowalewicz, follow close behind. Editor’s note: This historic print shows some hand painting in the background. (baiduhai historical photo)

Closing a 65-year-old cold case, CPD says 8-year-old girl was brutally murdered by a young Chicago cop

By Sam Charles

October 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

It was a crime that shocked the city and stayed a mystery for decades, but...

Greta Keranen and Jeffery Regnier walk out of the Will County courthouse Nov. 20, 2025. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Judge rules Kee business owners entitled to damages for sold assets

By Evy Lewis

August 12, 2026 at 4:44 p.m.

A Will County judge ruled Jeff Regnier and Greta Keranen are entitled to damages their...

FILE – Actor Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, arrive for an event on Dec. 17, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

New indictment alleges Nick Reiner was lying in wait before killing parents Rob and Michele Reiner

By Andrew Dalton

August 12, 2026 at 6:44 p.m.

A Los Angeles County grand jury has indicted Nick Reiner on murder charges in the...

The Chicago Police Department and the Civilian Office of Police Accountability have each opened investigations after a viral video surfaced purporting to show an off-duty CPD sergeant profanely threatening a group of teenagers and their families on the Southwest Side. (X)

CPD sergeant stripped of police powers after profane, threatening video surfaces

By Sam Charles

August 12, 2026 at 4:31 p.m.

The Chicago Police Department and Civilian Office of Police Accountability have both opened investigations after...

Adriane Moen sits in her Rock Island home on Aug. 11, 2026. Moen was granted a judgment in a federal court civil case against John Woolridge, formerly of Chicago, who allegedly trafficked her for sex. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

‘The most reprehensible possible’: Rock Island woman wins rare $50M judgment against alleged sex trafficker

By Madeline Buckley

August 12, 2026 at 4:18 p.m.

Adriane Moen won a $50 million judgement from her alleged sex trafficker in an unusual...

Federal agent Adam Saracco arrives for at the Maywood Courthouse on March 24, 2026. Saracco has pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor battery for throwing a protester to the ground. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

ICE agent pleads guilty to battering a protester at Brookfield gas station

By Madeline Buckley

August 12, 2026 at 3:57 p.m.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of...

Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks to the media at Northerly Island on Aug. 11, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Nonprofit CEO appealed to Mayor Brandon Johnson over city anti-violence grant, records show

By Alice Yin

August 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Latest revelations follow a Tribune report over former health commissioner's complaints that politically connected nonprofit...

An image from video depicts Demond Edwards being shot by a law enforcement agent after the officer attempted to place him under arrest during an undercover gun transaction in Country Club Hills on June 9, 2026. (Foutris Law Office)

Feds: Man shot by Chicago police officer during ATF gun sting in Country Club Hills had been misidentified

By Jason Meisner

August 11, 2026 at 8:29 p.m.

An unarmed man shot by a Chicago police officer during an ATF-led firearms sting in...

Chesterton Town Hall. (Jim Woods/for the Post-Tribune)

Duneland 911 dispatch running out of staff before shutdown

By Jim Woods

August 11, 2026 at 3:53 p.m.

Chesterton and Porter want to disband their combined police dispatch center by Sept. 1 because...

Comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish appears via Zoom during her DUI trial Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Fayetteville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Actor Tiffany Haddish avoids additional jail time after pleading guilty in Georgia traffic case

By Associated Press

August 11, 2026 at 3:22 p.m.

Actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish avoided additional jail time Tuesday when she pleaded guilty to...

Marimar Martínez listens to her attorney, Christopher Parente, testify about the day she got shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent during an Illinois Accountability Commission hearing at the Michael A. Bilandic Building in the Loop on April 28, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

10 criminal complaints filed with Chicago police stemming from Operation Midway Blitz

By Sam Charles

August 11, 2026 at 3:12 p.m.

The Chicago woman shot five times last year by a federal immigration agent was among...