Articles filed under Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
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Does bail reform lead to more crime? What 2 Loyola University professors found
Jan 27, 2023 8:16 AM - Amid last year's contentious debate over the SAFE-T Act and the elimination of cash bail in Illinois, a pair of Loyola University Chicago criminal justice professors set out to determine whether bail reform does, as some claimed, lead to more crime. Here's what they found.
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Guns in peanut butter and a whole chicken: What TSA agents found during a record-breaking 2022
Jan 20, 2023 5:00 AM - A record 6,542 firearms were seized at airport checkpoints across the country last year, and you won't believe where some of them were found.
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so far
Jan 13, 2023 8:19 AM - The Brown's Chicken murders isn't the only suburban cold case where DNA is credited with identifying a killer.
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Lake County top prosecutor lobbies state legislators to pass assault weapon ban
Jan 6, 2023 5:00 AM - Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart added his voice Thursday to those urging state legislators to pass a ban on so-called assault weapons before the legislative session ends next week.
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The new search for Carol's killer: 47 years later, podcast investigates college student's slaying
Dec 23, 2022 3:03 PM - For nearly 50 years, the killing of 21-year-old college student Carol Rofstad has gone unsolved. But now, the Elk Grove Village woman's family has new hope she may finally get justice, with the release "Carol's Last Christmas," a true-crime podcast re-examining the case.
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Botched police raids lead to change in state's attorney's warrants policy
Dec 16, 2022 5:30 AM - In the wake of some high-profile cases in which police served search warrants on the wrong location, the Cook County state's attorney's office is making some big changes in how it will require law enforcement to request, process and disclose information regarding warrants.
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Once allies, Drew Peterson is silencing ex-attorney who wants to reveal 'what happened to Stacy'
Dec 9, 2022 5:00 AM - Once courtroom allies, Drew Peterson and defense lawyer Joel Brodsky have become legal adversaries. A state appeals court recently sided with Peterson and upheld a gag order on Brodsky, who had indicated in a TV interview that he was willing to spill the beans on his infamous client.
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Misconduct or a team player? Naperville cop's firing winds up in federal court
Dec 2, 2022 5:00 AM - Was a veteran police officer fired this fall for misconduct involving falsified traffic stop information, or for failing to play along with a quota system he believes to be illegal?
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State police's simulator lets cops practice responses to danger. We tried it, and it's hard.
Nov 25, 2022 6:23 AM - Police officers often say the public doesn't understand that sometimes situations go sideways in seconds. The Illinois State Police on Wednesday gave members of the media the chance to see just what that means and how its troopers practice for situations they may face.
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Pair charged with fraudulently obtaining $100K in aid during pandemic
Nov 18, 2022 5:44 AM - A suburban duo are the latest state residents to face charges stemming from a monthslong state and federal investigation into unemployment insurance fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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