Cook County Crime
-
Wheeling ride-share driver pleads guilty to battery of female passengerJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - A Wheeling ride-share driver has pleaded guilty to the May 2019 aggravated battery/strangulation of a female passenger. Alexander Sowa, 38, pleaded guilty to the charge...
-
Two men charged after carjacking outside Rivers CasinoJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - Editor's note: Several details in this story, including the defendant's addresses, have been updated since the initial report. Two men are being held without bail o...
-
Hanover Park man charged with sexually assaulting two girlsJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - A 42-year-old Hanover Park man was ordered held without bail Tuesday on charges he sexually assaulted two girls over the course of several years. Herminio Rosales-Ramir...
-
Elgin man charged with shooting two men in a Huntley home held without bondJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - A 27-year-old Elgin man was ordered held without bail Monday on allegations pushed his way into a Huntley home in July, "pistol-whipped" a woman and shot two men before ...
-
'We finally got the job done for them': Former Palatine chief traces the trail to Brown's killersJan 09, 2023 4:00 am - John Koziol had been with the Palatine Police Department for eight years, rising from patrol officer to detective sergeant, on the morning the Brown's Chicken victims we...
-
'It was a tragedy': Top prosecutor made his presence felt during Brown's Chicken murder trialJan 09, 2023 4:00 am - Former Cook County State's Attorney Dick Devine didn't often make personal appearances in the courtroom. But the chief prosecutor made an exception in April 2006 when Ju...
-
'I could have done it earlier': Brown's murders witness feared killer before coming forwardJan 09, 2023 4:00 am - While her family and friends were celebrating her sister's 1994 wedding, Anne Lockett recalls she was outside the reception being dragged by her hair down the street whi...
-
'We still think about them': Brown's case, victims' families had indelible impact on prosecutorsJan 09, 2023 4:00 am - Lou Longhitano was considered a junior prosecutor in 2002 when murder cases were brought against Juan Luna and James Degorski in connection with the murders of seven peo...
-
Bank robbers strike first in Northbrook, then in EvanstonJan 09, 2023 12:00 am - Two men robbed a Northbrook bank shortly after noon Monday, then struck at an Evanston bank about a half-hour later, authorities said. The FBI said two men entered Fifth...
-
'I can remember the sound of his voice': Daughter of Brown's victim now a correctional officerJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - Jessica Platte was 5 years old and in kindergarten when she lost her father, Marcus Nellsen, in the Brown's Chicken massacre. At the time, her father was living and work...