Crime and Public Safety – Page 6

The Porter County Courthouse in downtown Valparaiso. (Amy Lavalley/Post-Tribune)

Court records: Wife turns Portage husband into police for alleged child porn

By Post-Tribune

October 6, 2026 at 12:05 p.m.

A Portage man has been charged with two felonies after his wife found explicit images...

Multiple agencies responded to reports of a shooting Sept 30, 2026, at Oakbrook Center in Oak Brook. (James C. Svehla/for the baiduhai)

Woman charged with attempted armed robbery tied to shooting at Oakbrook Center

By Susan Sarkauskas

October 5, 2026 at 5:18 p.m.

A woman has been charged with attempted armed robbery in connection with a deadly shooting...

Former Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton, center, arrives at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Oct. 23, 2025, to be arraigned on federal charges of fraud stemming from the time Horton was in charge of the school district. On Oct. 5, 2026, Horton pleaded guilty to three of the 16 charges he faces to lower the length of his sentence. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Former Evanston D65 Superintendent Devon Horton changes plea to guilty in federal kickback case

By Claire Murphy

October 5, 2026 at 11:39 p.m.

Prosecutors said ex-D65 Supt. Devon Horton's guilty plea to the three felony counts will likely...

Southland crime: Spell-casting extortion reported in Oak Lawn, more

By Dennis Sullivan

September 30, 2026 at 11:01 a.m.

South suburban crime reports taken from police and court reports and news releases.

Then-Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling chats with Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability Vice President Angel Rubi Navarijo as protesters disrupt the end of a CCPSA monthly meeting at Kelly College Preparatory High School on April 2, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

CPD oversight body beset with division over follow-up to Operation Midway Blitz

By Caroline Kubzansky

September 30, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The primary city agency mandated to act as a civilian-oriented check on Chicago police was...

People walk by Deering Meadow on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston on March 31, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Man accused of drawing Nazi hate symbols at Northwestern University sentenced to seven years

By Claire Murphy

October 2, 2026 at 4:36 p.m.

At the time of his Feb. 12 arrest, Hussain admitted to defacing Northwestern's property. This...

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

‘Goonie’ gang leader gets life in federal prison for spate of murders, shootings that terrorized Englewood

By Jason Meisner

September 29, 2026 at 5:06 p.m.

On Tuesday, more than three years after he was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, Romeo Blackman...

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 charged with battery after viral confrontation on Southwest Side

By Sam Charles

September 29, 2026 at 5:24 p.m.

A Chicago police sergeant was charged with two felony counts of battery earlier this month...

Caleb Flynn, left, sits next to Emily Smith, right, one of his attorneys on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in the Miami County Court of Common Pleas in Troy, Ohio. (AP Photo, Pool)

Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn convicted of fatally shooting his wife

By John Seewer

September 29, 2026 at 3:19 p.m.

A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol” was convicted of murder...

Trial opens for man accused of gunning down ex-wife on Hammond street

By Meredith Colias-Pete

September 29, 2026 at 1:21 p.m.

Allen Oscar Woods, 41, of Hammond, formerly of Houston, is on trial this week, charged...

Pigeons fly past garbage sitting outside of an apartment building in the 5500 block of West Melrose Street in Chicago on Feb. 1, 2023. The body of Regina Michalski was found in a freezer on the property Jan. 30, 2023. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Chicago woman who hid mom’s body in garage freezer charged with Social Security fraud

By Jason Meisner

September 29, 2026 at 3:56 p.m.

A Chicago woman who left her dead mother’s body in a freezer has been charged...

DeKalb County man sentenced to 12 years in prison for attempted murder of 71-year-old family member

By Aurora Beacon-News

September 29, 2026 at 10:40 a.m.

The man agreed to the sentence in exchange for pleading guilty to attempted first-degree murder,...

New York Giants center fielder Willie Mays, running at top speed with his back to the plate, gets under a 450-foot blast off the bat of Cleveland Indians first baseman Vic Wertz to pull the ball down in front of the bleachers wall in the eighth inning of Game 1 of the World Series at the Polo Grounds in New York on Sept. 29, 1954. (AP)

Today in History: Willie Mays makes ‘the catch’

By Associated Press

September 29, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Sept. 29, 1954, Willie Mays of the New York Giants made a running, over-the-shoulder...