Articles filed under Crime
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'This stole opportunities': Family, friends mourn victims of deadly Bolingbrook home invasionMar 08, 2023 12:00 am - Surrounded by Bolingbrook residents, the sister of one of the three people who died after a shooting shared how her family has been forever changed by Sunday's deadly ho...
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Illinois Supreme Court expedites rifle ban case, while Naperville shop owner files his own appealMar 08, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court agreed this week to fast-track, starting in May, the state's appeal of a Macon County judge's ruling against parts of a recently...
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'He had a lot ahead for him': Hundreds gather to mourn slain Chicago officerMar 08, 2023 12:00 am - Before the doors of Blake-Lamb Funeral Home were even open, dozens of people - many in uniform, some not - were already in line to get inside to pay their respects to Of...
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Church leader gets 15 years in prison for sex assault, abuse of childMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - A former lay pastor at a Big Rock church was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for molesting a 9-year-old member of the church. Kane County Judge John Barsanti sent...
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Authorities: Lake County jail inmate attacked guard, tried to escapeMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - Additional charges were levied against a Waukegan man who officials said attacked a Lake County jail guard and tried to escape while being transferred from a cell to the...
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Teen charged with Bolingbrook triple murder pleads not guilty in first court appearanceMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - A 17-year-old accused of first-degree murder in the weekend slayings of a man, female teen and a girl inside a Bolingbrook home appeared before a Will County judge on Tu...
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Chicago man faces murder charge in Glenview motel shootingMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - A Chicago man was charged early Tuesday with murder in connection with a fatal shooting Sunday at a Glenview motel. Glenview police said Melvin Trimble, 37, of the 1600 ...
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Police recover accomplice vehicle used in Libertyville-area carjackingMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - Authorities have recovered a stolen white BMW that was used in a carjacking last month in the Libertyville area, the Lake County sheriff's office announced Tuesday. Two...
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Scammer swiped $200,000 in cryptocurrency from Des Plaines man, police sayMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - A Des Plaines man was scammed out of roughly $200,000 worth of bitcoin cryptocurrency in recent weeks, police said. The thefts occurred in several transactions between F...
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Two survivors of deadly Mexico abduction returned to the U.S.Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico - A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two d...