Crime
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Minutes after Trump shooting, misinformation started flying. Here are the facts
Jul 15, 2024 9:00 am - WASHINGTON — Within minutes of the gunfire, the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump spawned a vast sea of claims — some outlandish, others contradict...
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Algonquin teen pleads guilty in crash that injured fiveJul 14, 2024 8:34 am - An Algonquin teen who authorities say was under the influence of marijuana when the car he was driving crashed near Huntley last year — sending him and four other teens to the hospital — was sentenced to two years of probation as part of a plea deal Friday.
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Shooting at Trump rally is being investigated as assassination attempt, AP sources say
Jul 13, 2024 5:40 pm - Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt as he spoke during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, two law enforcement officials said. The former president, his ear covered in blood from what he said was a gunshot, was quickly pulled away by Secret Service agents and his campaign said he was “fine.”
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Schaumburg man facing weapons charges after 5-vehicle crash in MayJul 12, 2024 7:40 pm - A 20-year-old Schaumburg man has been charged in connection with a five-vehicle crash in Palatine on May 9 that followed reports of people in an SUV pointing handguns at fellow motorists.
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Woman charged with reckless homicide, DUI in fatal wrong-way I-90 crashJul 12, 2024 7:20 pm - A 21-year-old Chicago woman is facing homicide and DUI charges following a wrong-way, two-vehicle crash on Interstate 90 near Rosemont Wednesday that killed a Vernon Hills man.
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Woman gets probation after pleading guilty to felony theftJul 12, 2024 7:05 pm - A DuPage County judge has sentenced a Warrenville woman to two years of probation for fraudulently collecting more than $20,000 through a Paycheck Protection Program loan...
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AT&T says hacker stole data on ‘nearly all’ of its wireless customers
Jul 12, 2024 8:08 am - A hacker accessed and downloaded call and text-message data from nearly all AT&T Wireless customers, the company disclosed in a securities filing Friday. The breach cover...
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Woman arrested on charges of setting fire in Woodman’s bathroomJul 11, 2024 4:46 pm - A Norfolk, Virginia woman was arrested for starting a fire in the bathroom of the Buffalo Grove Woodman’s.
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Sentenced to life for gruesome Barrington killing, he’s now free at 49. Here’s whyJul 11, 2024 3:49 pm - Less than three decades after he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for a grisly suburban murder, Paul Modrowski quietly left the Stateville Correctional Center a free man last week. The release of the 49-year-old convicted of murdering a man found decapitated in Barrington, and the reasons for it, raise complicated questions about equal justice, rehabilitation, disability bias and survivors’ rights.
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Coroner identifies South Elgin man shot by off-duty Kane County deputy MondayJul 11, 2024 2:42 pm - The Kane County coroner released the identity of the person shot and killed by an off-duty Kane County deputy in Elgin on Monday. Tyquaze Nicolas, 18, of South Elgin, died of multiple gunshot wounds, the coroner said in a Thursday news release.