Wheeling Crime
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Police: Teen charged after fleeing scene of suspected street race in BartlettApr 05, 2022 1:00 am - Bartlett police officers called to investigate a report of several vehicles setting up a street race early Saturday arrested a 16-year-old boy on charges of fleeing or a...
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'Phone a friend': Cook County sheriff, Northbrook police partner on crisis intervention programApr 01, 2022 5:30 am - In a way, there is now a social worker in every Northbrook police squad car. A new partnership with the Cook County sheriff's Treatment Response Team is bolstering the p...
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Former Skokie flight attendant charged with possession of child pornographyApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - A flight attendant who prosecutors say had cloud storage accounts containing more than 50,000 files of child sexual abuse material was ordered held on $10,000 bail and c...
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Smollett will serve jail time in protective custodyMar 11, 2022 12:00 am - Actor Jussie Smollett will be held in protective custody at Cook County jail - alone in a cell monitored continuously by cameras and guards - while serving his sentence ...
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Why a Kane County judge was livid with top prosecutor and public defenderFeb 11, 2022 4:30 am - A Kane County judge took the county's top prosecutor and public defender to the woodshed last week, accusing them of violating a defendant's rights by getting his guilty...
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ABC 7: How Wordle text helped save Lincolnwood woman from hostage situationFeb 11, 2022 12:00 am - Lincolnwood police said the online word game Wordle played a role in saving an 80-year-old woman from a hostage situation, ABC 7 Chicago is reporting. According to polic...
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Republicans cite SAFE-T Act as reason Chicago man not charged with murderFeb 09, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois House Republicans on Wednesday continued a push to repeal a criminal justice reform bill passed one year ago, citing the law as the reason a Chica...
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54 more cases linked to corrupt ex-cop to be tossedFeb 01, 2022 12:00 am - Nearly 50 more people will have their convictions thrown out after prosecutors in Chicago said Tuesday they're working to right the wrongs of a former police sergeant wh...
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Public might not get to see report on bribery allegationsJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - The Cook County Board of Review hired a high-profile Chicago law firm last year through a contract worth up to $110,000 to look into alleged bribery in the county office...
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Republicans call for hearings on DCFSJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - Three Republican state House members called for hearings into the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services on Thursday out of concerns for workers' safety, im...