Crime
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Supreme Court limits reach of federal gun crime law
Jun 21, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday limited the reach of a federal statute that requires stiff penalties for crimes involving a gun. The 7-2 decision united b...
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Round Lake Beach man charged with drowning his three children ordered held without bailJun 21, 2022 1:00 am - The Round Lake Beach man charged with drowning his three children last week was ordered held in custody Tuesday without bail. Jason E. Karels, 35, could face life in pri...
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Lake County sheriff's police dog tracks down gun linked to criminal investigationJun 21, 2022 1:00 am - A Lake County sheriff's office police dog tracked down a gun that authorities say a North Chicago man tried to hide after a hit-and-run crash Saturday in Waukegan, leadi...
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Palatine traffic stop leads to drug charges against Des Plaines manJun 21, 2022 1:00 am - A Des Plaines man suspected of dealing drugs was arrested last week after a traffic stop in Palatine, the Palatine Police Department said Tuesday. Khaled Anas, 40, of t...
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Daily Herald opinion: Naperville police shooting a reminder of the need for body, dash camerasJun 21, 2022 1:00 am - This editorial is the consensus opinon of the Daily Herald Editorial Board A Naperville police officer was conducting a routine traffic stop when suddenly he was co...
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Texas top cop: Uvalde police could've ended rampage early on
Jun 21, 2022 1:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas - Police had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, and they wo...
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'You broke the trust of the people': Former state Sen. Cullerton gets 12-month prison sentenceJun 21, 2022 1:00 am - Former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton was sentenced Tuesday to 12 months and one day in federal prison for embezzling close to a quarter of a million dollars from the Teams...
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Lisle man gets 9 years in prison for drug-induced homicideJun 21, 2022 1:00 am - A Lisle man was sentenced to nine years in prison Tuesday for killing a Darien man by providing him fentanyl-laced heroin, on which he overdosed. Adam Roser, 38, will ha...
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Cyprus investigates prison director's blackmail allegations
Jun 20, 2022 7:00 am - NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus launched an investigation on Monday into allegations by the country's prisons' director that a senior police officer had recruited an inmat...
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Woman who drove man who killed Nipsey Hussle testifies
Jun 20, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman testified Monday that she unwittingly drove the man now charged with killing rapper Nipsey Hussle to and from the scene of the shooting, not a...