Cook County Crime
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Police say Michigan man tried to kill girlfriend in Des Plaines hotelMar 20, 2023 1:00 am - Bail was set at $500,000 Monday for a Michigan man who police said tried to kill his girlfriend in a Des Plaines hotel over the weekend. Kyle A. Brown, 37, of Southfield...
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Police believe same foursome committed robberies in Des Plaines, Park RidgeMar 20, 2023 1:00 am - Investigators are working to apprehend four people believed to have committed two armed robberies within a few minutes Sunday night, first outside Rivers Casino in Des P...
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Man in critical condition after jumping on hood of car fleeing from crashMar 20, 2023 1:00 am - A 19-year-old Lake County man is in critical condition after he jumped on the hood of a car that was fleeing the scene of a crash early Monday morning, then later was th...
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Teen charged with reckless driving in a stolen car in chase that began in Oak BrookMar 20, 2023 1:00 am - Police used a helicopter to locate a suspect driving a stolen car last Friday night in Oak Brook. A 16-year-old Chicago boy has been charged with one count of felony unl...
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As murder trial opens, suspect in 2017 Schaumburg shooting claims self-defenseMar 20, 2023 1:00 am - On the last day of his life, Quentin Tillison purchased Gummi Bears, his teenage daughter's favorite candy, at a Walgreens on the corner of Roselle and Wise roads in Sch...
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Palatine man charged in shooting, attempted carjackingMar 20, 2023 1:00 am - A Palatine man is in custody following a shooting and an attempted carjacking last week, police announced Monday. Hector D. Gamboa-Montalvo, 27, of the 1900 block of Gre...
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Elgin shooting victim identified; police still investigatingMar 20, 2023 1:00 am - The Kane County coroner has released the identity of a man killed in a shooting Thursday afternoon in Elgin. Elgin resident Oscar McDowell, 40, died at Advocate Sherman ...
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Prospect Heights police address safety, gangs on the east sideMar 17, 2023 5:00 am - Prospect Heights Police Chief William Caponigro and other members of his department spoke with residents of the city's east side Thursday evening about the cooperation t...
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Expressway shootings are down, but road rage is on the riseMar 17, 2023 5:00 am - The number of shootings along Chicago-area expressways continues to fall this year after a record 310 in 2021, but within that nugget of good news is a worrying trend. ...
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As injuries from Fort Sheridan fight detailed, murder suspect's attorney suggests self-defenseMar 17, 2023 1:00 am - The lawyer for one of the two Highland Park men accused of second-degree murder in the death of a man at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve in September said Friday his clien...