Crime
-
UK opens door to Assange extradition to US on spying charges
Dec 10, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A British appellate court opened the door Friday for Julian Assange to be extradited to the United States on spying charges by overturning a lower court de...
-
Ex-officer acquitted of lying about arrest of Black man
Dec 10, 2021 6:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - A former San Diego-area police officer who pushed a Black man during an arrest last year was acquitted Friday of lying on his report about the incident,...
-
Timeline of events since Jussie Smollett reported attack
Dec 10, 2021 12:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Jussie Smollett was convicted on charges that he lied to Chicago police when the former "Empire" actor and R&B singer reported being the victim of a racis...
-
Des Plaines man accused of battering a childDec 10, 2021 12:00 am - A 26-year-old Des Plaines man faces one count of aggravated battery to a child. Des Plaines police arrested Lazaro Baruch, of the 2900 block of Curtis Street, nine block...
-
Lake County man charged with punching, pushing sheriff's deputiesDec 10, 2021 12:00 am - A man from an unincorporated area near Libertyville was held on $20,000 bail Friday on charges he punched and pushed Lake County sheriff's deputies. Christian Castro, 3...
-
McHenry man charged in Libertyville drug deathsDec 10, 2021 12:00 am - Homicide and drug charges have been brought against a McHenry man who authorities allege delivered drugs to a couple who overdosed on fentanyl at a Libertyville motel la...
-
EXPLAINER: What charges did Jussie Smollett face at trial?
Dec 10, 2021 12:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) — The twists, turns and oddities of the legal saga surrounding Jussie Smollett's claim in 2019 that he was the target of a racist and homophobic attack in C...
-
State will funnel violence intervention funds to most dangerous areas
Dec 10, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A state program aiming to take a "comprehensive approach to ending Illinois' firearm violence epidemic" will be expanded under a law signed Friday by Gov. ...
-
Elk Grove man charged in Glenview shootingDec 10, 2021 12:00 am - An Elk Grove Village man has been charged in Thursday's shooting at the Plaza del Prado shopping center on Glenview's north side, officials said Friday. Jaylen Sanford, ...
-
Not new but 'more brazen': What's behind recent smash-and-grab robbery trend?Dec 09, 2021 10:00 pm - It was a routine Wednesday afternoon at the Louis Vuitton store in Oakbrook Center last month as few shoppers examined pricey purses and other merchandise at the luxury ...