Crime
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Bartlett man sentenced to 19 years in prison for stabbing outside Elgin barJun 22, 2024 2:45 pm - A Bartlett man who pleaded guilty to stabbing a man outside an Elgin bar more than two years ago was sentenced to 19 years in prison.
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Elgin man sentenced for wife’s 2021 murderJun 21, 2024 10:47 pm - Elgin man sentenced to 36 years in prison Friday for strangling his wife to death in 2021.
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Deer Park adding surveillance cameras that target license plates to its streetsJun 21, 2024 1:18 pm - Roadside surveillance cameras that take photos of passing cars and their license plates are coming to Deer Park.
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Trump ally Bannon asks the Supreme Court to delay his 4-month prison sentence on contempt charges
Jun 21, 2024 12:05 pm - WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, asked the Supreme Court on Friday to delay his prison sentence while he fights his conviction...
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Trump attorneys in classified documents case are challenging prosecutor's appointment
Jun 21, 2024 11:59 am - FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Lawyers for Donald Trump made a long shot argument Friday that the Justice Department prosecutor who charged the former president with hoarding classi...
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Crystal Lake city clerk asked children for nude photos, had ‘explicit’ talks on Snapchat, prosecutor says
Jun 21, 2024 11:41 am - The elected Crystal Lake city clerk, who has been charged with grooming and possessing images depicting child sexual abuse, made his initial court appearance Thursday, when a judge ordered he be released from county jail pretrial with conditions while awaiting trial.
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Man sentenced to 50 years for killing disabled nephewJun 21, 2024 11:07 am - A former Bloomingdale man who strangled his blind nephew has been sentenced to 50 years in prison. Dominick Taylor, 54, pleaded guilty in February to one count of first-...
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NY prosecutors urge judge to keep gag order blocking Trump from criticizing jurors who convicted him
Jun 21, 2024 9:48 am - NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors are urging the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case to uphold a gag order that bars the former president from critici...
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School’s out, but there’s no summer vacation for resource officersJun 21, 2024 6:59 am - Summer break means family trips, dips in the pool and more time hanging out with friends for thousands of suburban students. But for the police officers who monitor their hallways and help resolve their conflicts during the fall, winter and spring, duty still calls when school’s out.
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Possible change of plea in July 4 Highland Park shooting, Lake County state’s attorney’s office saysJun 20, 2024 10:05 pm - A spokeswoman from the Lake County state’s attorney’s office confirmed “a possible change of plea” from the Highwood man charged with fatally shooting seven people and injuring dozens of others during a 2022 Independence Day parade in Highland Park.