Cook County Crime
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Police: Man tried to kidnap 17-year-old girlOct 24, 2022 1:00 am - An Elgin man has been charged with attempting to kidnap a teenage girl. Juan Alvarado-Lopez, 32, of the 700 block of Parkway Avenue, was arrested Friday, according to th...
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Chicago man charged with felonies after high-speed chase through Hinsdale, Oak BrookOct 24, 2022 1:00 am - A 22-year-old Chicago man was charged with felonies after, officials said, he led police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle through Hinsdale and Oak Brook Thursda...
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Argument outside East Dundee restaurant leads to shots firedOct 23, 2022 1:00 am - East Dundee police are investigating a shooting early Saturday morning outside a restaurant on the 300 block of Barrington Avenue. Police said no one was struck by gunf...
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Sheriff: Two men beaten and robbed after party near Round LakeOct 23, 2022 1:00 am - Two men suffered serious injuries when they were beaten with a pistol and robbed after a party near Round Lake early Sunday morning, authorities said. Lake County sherif...
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Kane County eyeing 6-month reprieve from SAFE-T ActOct 21, 2022 1:00 am - Kane County officials are moving toward a joint stance on delaying the implementation of a key part of a statewide justice reform effort in hopes of restoring the abilit...
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Rep. Casten calls for federal decriminalization of possessing small amounts of cannabisOct 20, 2022 5:30 am - Following the lead of Illinois and other states, Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove supports federally decriminalizing small amounts of cannabis. "We shou...
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Man convicted of killing Arlington Heights man in 2018 gets 65 years in prisonOct 20, 2022 1:00 am - The justice Baldemar Esquivel and his family sought for the 2018 shooting death of his brother Vladimir Esquivel, whose body was found in his burning vehicle in a Mount ...
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Gunshot fired at passing car on Dundee Road in PalatineOct 20, 2022 1:00 am - A vehicle was struck by gunfire on Dundee Road in Palatine Wednesday night. Palatine police said that a shot was fired at a car traveling eastbound on Dundee Road betwee...
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Dart seeks drivers' consent to track their vehicles after carjackingsOct 20, 2022 1:00 am - Fed up with some car manufacturers withholding vehicle location data after carjackings, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is promoting a tracking consent form drivers can sig...
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Man pleads guilty to drugged DUI for crash that killed Judson University studentsOct 20, 2022 1:00 am - An Elgin man has pleaded guilty to causing a crash that killed two Judson University students last year while he was under the influence of cannabis. Trevon Morris, 22, ...