Man fatally shot on South Side
A man was fatally shot Saturday night in the South Side’s Englewood neighborhood.
Mom, 17, hit by gunfire leaving N. Kenwood party
Jamila Dameron has not always cared so much about school.
Boy, 16, fatally shot on NW Side
CPD to change how it combats gangs
Man shot getting into car drives self to hospital
Man shot while walking to car on South Side
Suits allege misconduct by cops on election night
R. Kelly's nephew charged in robbery, shooting
Teacher charged after student found in closet
Pickpocketed city official urges others to be careful
Prosecutors seek to alter charges against boy, 8
A 16-year-old boy was shot to death on a street in the Northwest Side's Avondale neighborhood Friday night in an apparent gang-related shooting.
Cops trade gang-fighting tips
There are at least 80 gangs dealing drugs on the city's streets, protecting their business and territory with guns. On Saturday, Chicago Police gang and tactical officers from across the city will meet to learn about the best ways to anticipate what these criminal organizations -- with an estimated 75,000 members -- are doing and how to dismantle their operations.
R. Kelly's nephew charged in robbery, shooting
Police seek vehicle in South Side hit-and-run
Man sentenced for money-laundering
Aurora man gets 12 years for rape
Former cop says he ran porn business
Former treasurer's office worker convicted
Man fatally shot leaving gang member's funeral
Man dies six days after stabbing
'A happy day' for Drew Peterson in court
Kane County sees record drop in crime
There are at least 80 gangs dealing drugs on the city's streets, protecting their business and territory with guns. On Saturday, Chicago Police gang and tactical officers from across the city will meet to learn about the best ways to anticipate what these criminal organizations -- with an estimated 75,000 members -- are doing and how to dismantle their operations.
Cop: I paid judge for search warrant
Westmont man killed after dispute with son
Card game ends violently on S. Side
Muhammad Ali bout could clear man of murder
Three shot, one fatally, on West Side
Two jailed in teen prostitution case
Man stabbed to death at Little Village home
Jury casts doubt on apparent murder-suicide
A crooked former Chicago cop testified Wednesday that he paid a judge in connection with a search warrant.
Crime down again in Ill., drops in every category
PDF: Illinois crime by county
One person killed in Gary crash
Ex-Aurora man arrested in baby's death
Watch your pockets: A tale of pickpocket woe
Man charged with battery of food delivery driver
Man charged with sexually abusing 3 children
Man fatally shot on birthday
Shooting victim drives to Dunkin' Donuts
2 nabbed for stealing quarters
Two get prison in half-ton pot bust
Man gets 9 years for child sex assault
Cops probe break-ins at two churches, restaurant
Downstate man allegedly kills wife, kidnaps kids
Cop hurt, nurse spat upon in Winthrop Harbor DUI arrest
Drunken driver plows into baseball dugout, cops say
Youth football coach accused of bullying
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.---- Crime in Illinois fell by more than 3 percent last year, continuing a 13-year slide that resulted in 210,000 fewer crimes than in 1994, according to data released Wednesday by the Illinois State Police.
PDF: Illinois crime by county
Police: Bad economy may breed crime
It's too early to tell if the economy is a major factor in Chicago's rising crime, officials say, but already one police unit is focusing on areas hit hardest by the financial meltdown. "Abandoned buildings breed crime," police spokeswoman Monique Bond said.
Girl guilty of beating witness in cop murder
Woman charged for neglecting son
Man sentenced for Ind. robberies
Five charged in botched stickup
Crete police: Man pursued 'minor' for a month
Plainfield man blames child porn on virus
It's too early to tell if the economy is a major factor in Chicago's rising crime, officials say, but already one police unit is focusing on areas hit hardest by the financial meltdown. "Abandoned buildings breed crime," police spokeswoman Monique Bond said.
Bond set for three charged in South Side dog fight
Bond was set Monday for two men charged in a South Side dogfight.
Man found shot to death on S. Side
Student pleads not guilty to falsifying report
Unsealed docs in Vrdolyak case detail fraud scheme
Man fatally shot in Humboldt park
Sheriff's Police interrupt South Side dog fight
Two injured in Batavia crash
Charges filed in SW Side carjacking
7 cops among 10 injured in 2 crashes
Man charged in '04 murder
Bond was set Monday for two men charged in a South Side dogfight.
Crime novelist attacked in scene similar to book
Life was imitating art when crime novelist Laura Caldwell lay face down on a Lincoln Park street holding pieces of her shattered teeth in her bloody palm. Her upcoming book, Red Hot Lies, portrays a red-headed female lawyer walking at night through the Old Town neighborhood, feeling increasingly uncomfortable as she realizes she is being followed. On Thursday, Caldwell was jogging at Seminary and Altgeld in Lincoln Park when she saw two men.
Crime novelist attacked in scene similar to book
5-year-old killed in Naperville crash
Pilot in small plane crash was intoxicated
Man fatally shot in Humboldt Park
Man charged with driving drunk in suburban crash
Life was imitating art when crime novelist Laura Caldwell lay face down on a Lincoln Park street holding pieces of her shattered teeth in her bloody palm. Her upcoming book, Red Hot Lies, portrays a red-headed female lawyer walking at night through the Old Town neighborhood, feeling increasingly uncomfortable as she realizes she is being followed. On Thursday, Caldwell was jogging at Seminary and Altgeld in Lincoln Park when she saw two men.
Man killed in gang-related Pilsen shooting
Naperville crash causes injuries, closes roads
One dead in Far South Side shooting
Man evades police by running through forest
South Side man fatally shot near home
17-year-old fatally shot near his South Side home
Time to cashier city clerk?
A man was killed in an apparent gang-related shooting near his home in the South Side’s Pilsen neighborhood early Saturday.
Rap artist Bump J arrested in Oak Park
Judge McGinnis to plead guilty to DUI
Man stabbed in back on Southwest Side
Suits claim Election Night abuse by cops
Cornelius charged over domestic disputes
Local rapper Bump J has been arrested on bank robbery charges.
Man arrested for trespassing dies in police station
Man arrested for trespassing dies in police station
Infant deaths prompt DCFS investigation
Vehicle rams building, prompts arson investigation
DCFS investigating two infant deaths
Egg toss goes bad
Family sues police for alleged hate crime
Police find wild weed in preserve
A man arrested for trespassing died Wednesday morning while being detained at a South Loop police station.
Bond set at $750,000 in 3-year-old's kidnapping
Woman charged with kidnapping toddler
Neo-Nazi pleads not guilty over threats
Missing 15-year-old home safe
Defense attorney appointed in Potts murder case
Rezko plea for acquittal denied
Uptown bank branch robbed
Charges dropped in E2 nightclub stampede
Uptown bank branch robbed
Man slain in Humboldt Park
Trump: Hudson safe at my hotel
Woman charged with kidnapping toddler
Man killed, teen injured in shooting
Shots fired near NW suburban schools
Gang's 'chief enforcer' gets 40 years in prison
An Avondale woman was ordered held in lieu of $750,000 bail today in the kidnapping of 3-year-old Sana Patel as her parents shopped for groceries at a Northwest Side pharmacy earlier this week.
Woman charged with kidnapping toddler
Hudson suspect will stay behind bars
There were a few reasons state officials believed they had probable cause to hold convicted felon William Balfour on a parole violation, authorities said Monday.
Woman charged for attempting to kidnap toddler
Northwestern student reported missing
Man killed, second injured in SE Side shooting
Stunt at Bears game draws probation
Boy, 12, rises to the moment after fatal crash
Man fatally shot in Lawndale
2 charged in West Side carjacking
Officers salute slain detective
Thieves try to bribe way out of trouble
There were a few reasons state officials believed they had probable cause to hold convicted felon William Balfour on a parole violation, authorities said Monday.
No fraud in Evanston corpse case
Retired sheriff held on reckless homicide charge
Couple bound and robbed in Naperville apartment
Getting busted with a hooker may get more expensive
Suspect in acid attack thought victim was seeing ex
Man fatally shot, possible suspect dead
Last respects for cop shot in '01
Man charged in crash that killed 8-year-old boy
Cop's son killed in S. Side shooting
Police do not believe the elderly woman found living in a north suburban home with three dead siblings was engaging in Social Security fraud, a police spokesman said Monday.
Boy killed when car crashes into NW Side building
Two shot at West Side gas station
Chicago police officer's son killed in shooting
Man killed after shot to head
Two men shot separate police-involved shootings
Nabbing big names key in reducing gun violence
Two shot at West Side gas station
Woman living with 3 dead siblings
Fleeing robbery suspect killed by cops: report
An 8-year-old boy was killed and his brother and uncle injured when the SUV they were in struck a Northwest Side building Saturday evening in the Forest Glen neighborhood.
City surpasses last year's homicide total
With just under two months left in the year, Chicago has already surpassed last year's total homicide count. Two teenage boys shot and killed on an Englewood street Thursday evening were the latest victims. The deaths of Brian Murdock, 15, and Quinton Buckner, 17, brought the total number of people killed to at least 447, according to reports from the Sun-Times News Group wire.
Gang member sentenced to 75 years
Five men rob South Side business at gunpoint
Parole hearing set for suspect in Hudson deaths
Police arrest two for pimping teen girl online
Resume flap nabs organized crime cop
One hurt in Plainfield crash
With just under two months left in the year, Chicago has already surpassed last year's total homicide count. Two teenage boys shot and killed on an Englewood street Thursday evening were the latest victims. The deaths of Brian Murdock, 15, and Quinton Buckner, 17, brought the total number of people killed to at least 447, according to reports from the Sun-Times News Group wire.
Judge mugged near Obama's house
The night before Election Day, a Cook County judge was mugged just blocks from Barack Obama's home in the Kenwood neighborhood. Judge Eileen Brewer, a highly rated Harvard Law grad like Obama, lives a few streets away from the president-elect. The robbery happened Monday night, hours before voters would elect Obama president and retain Brewer as a judge.
Mother, kids killed in Grundy County crash
Child hanging from window rescued in fire
8-year-old accused of killing 2
Vrdolyak to be fined for surprise plea?
Suit: Kids celebrating election taunted by cops
Bank teller charged with stealing $300K from widow
Probation for man who dragged dog behind car
'Blaxican' sidekick gets 4 years
Sex offender charged in St. Charles
The night before Election Day, a Cook County judge was mugged just blocks from Barack Obama's home in the Kenwood neighborhood. Judge Eileen Brewer, a highly rated Harvard Law grad like Obama, lives a few streets away from the president-elect. The robbery happened Monday night, hours before voters would elect Obama president and retain Brewer as a judge.
Note, glasses led to arrest of 'Cadillac Bandit': FBI
Two found fatally shot on South Side
Man robs bank on Northwest Side
4 Marines charged with killing couple
Some Obama revelers got too fired up
Pedestrian killed in South Loop
Woman, 87, killed by out-of-control vehicle
It wasn't what the "Cadillac Bandit" took out of a bank that tripped him up.
$3 million bail for man accused of killing mother
'Haunted Forest' worker charged for touching girl
Man fatally shot during dice game
An Elk Grove Village man accused of fatally beating his mother in her home a month after she obtained an order of protection against him disrupted his first court appearance today to insist he's innocent.
Two men found fatally shot at crash site
Two men found fatally shot at crash site
Chicago-area man arrested with guns, ammo
Former Ald. Ed Vrdolyak pleads guilty
Aurora man convicted in sexual abuse case
Couple charged after victim escapes murder plot
Waukegan cops seize 13 pounds of cocaine
Victim sought protection from suspect
Police discovered a driver fatally shot inside a burning vehicle and a second person shot multiple times outside the vehicle Tuesday night on the Southeast Side.
Three stabbed in Wicker Park
Three stabbed in Wicker Park
7 wounded in drive-by attack
Mourners gather for private Hudson family funeral
Hudson memorial draws celebrities to town
Man charged in fight that left suburban cop dead
Woman caught removing rival political sign
Woman killed after stalling on Lake Shore Dr.
Two women and a man were stabbed by someone they knew during a fight just outside a drinking establishment early Monday in the Near North Side’s Wicker Park neighborhood. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the stabbing, police said.
1st cop death in Schaumburg
Schaumburg police officer Frank Russo died while trying to apprehend a suspect early Saturday, becoming the first officer in the history of the village to die in the line of duty. Russo, 47, was not scheduled to work Saturday, but had volunteered to work a shift outside John Barleycorn at 1100 American Lane.
Seven shot on West Side
Robbers dressed as police tie up victims
Image of alleged Bridgeview murderer released
Man found dead in South Shore neighborhood
Off-duty cop shoots man on Northwest Side
Suspect in killing caught after 30-mile chase
Man shot on West Side
Woman murdered during robbery
Boy wounded in Englewood shooting
Schaumburg police officer Frank Russo died while trying to apprehend a suspect early Saturday, becoming the first officer in the history of the village to die in the line of duty. Russo, 47, was not scheduled to work Saturday, but had volunteered to work a shift outside John Barleycorn at 1100 American Lane.
Gun tied to Hudson deaths
Tests have confirmed a .45-caliber pistol hidden in bushes on the West Side had been used in the slayings of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's brother, mother and nephew, officials said. Police Supt. Jody Weis told reporters he was "extraordinarily pleased" by the break in the case.
Teen, 11-year-old boy shot on West Side
Man stabbed near UIC
Ex-mayor of Niles admits guilt
Fight on NW Side ends in fatal stabbing
No bail for Indiana man in murder
Boy, 14, 'stable' after shooting
Tests have confirmed a .45-caliber pistol hidden in bushes on the West Side had been used in the slayings of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's brother, mother and nephew, officials said. Police Supt. Jody Weis told reporters he was "extraordinarily pleased" by the break in the case.
Cops investigate West Englewood homicide
Police rush to test gun found in trash
'The King of Clout,' Cellini indicted
Elgin shooting victim seriously injured
Hudson nephew likely died in SUV
Shooter says Lucianos orchestrated rival's murder
Man who killed wife found not guilty by reason of insanity
Chicago police are conducting a homicide investigation Friday morning after a man was found dead in a South Side alley.
'Justice' for Eddie -- at last
'Justice' for Eddie -- at last
3 shot in separate Hamilton Park shootings
Teacher accused of assaulting 3 students
Weapon recovered in Hudson case
1980 hit-and-run was really a murder: Police
Three in custody for suburban home invasion
Two Plainfield banks robbed in 24 hours
Man charged in fatal stabbing
Chiefs pitcher indicted for hitting fan with ball
Female suspect robs fast-food drive-in
Innocent plea to dog fighing, cruelty charges
Vandals deface Ag School golf course
For 28 years, Ronald Rice allegedly thought he got away with murder -- so sure, he even bragged about it.
2 injured as car slams into Starbucks
Two cars crashed near an Old Town intersection Wednesday morning sending one of the vehicles into a Starbucks coffee shop.
Daley offers reaction to Hudson murders
Man found dead from blunt trauma in Uptown
Teen fatally shot in his South Side backyard
15-year-old shot to death in backyard
Parole hearing set for suspect in Hudson murders
Hudson case update: Julian King autopsy released
Gas station burglar leaves glove at scene
Man shot, killed by police on W. Side
Guilty plea in teen sex sting
Body of woman found on SW Side sidewalk
Judge sends woman to jail for animal cruelty
Two cars crashed near an Old Town intersection Wednesday morning sending one of the vehicles into a Starbucks coffee shop.
Hudson killings may have been fueled by disputes
On the morning of the day Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother were killed, the singer's sister Julia Hudson had argued with her estranged husband over car payments, sources say. The husband, William Balfour, is in custody but has not been charged with the killings of Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.
Hudson killings may have been fueled by disputes
Three in custody after S. Side bank robbery
Gov. fires chief of Lincoln Presidential Library
AP: Hudson suspect had June drug arrest
Former Illini gymnastics coach faces DUI
Stolen belongings end up at neighbor's home
Jennifer Hudson identifies body of nephew
Two women stabbed during domestic dispute
Homeless man gets prison for molestation
Shot fired at South Side bank robbery
On the morning of the day Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother were killed, the singer's sister Julia Hudson had argued with her estranged husband over car payments, sources say. The husband, William Balfour, is in custody but has not been charged with the killings of Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.
Drive-by wounds man
Cook County workers feeling heat
State's attorney expects 'resolution' in Peterson case
Fight at Halloween store leaves two injured
Drunken driver to be charged
Man charged in abuse of 3 week-old
Source: Tips prompts search of home
A man was wounded in a drive-by shooting Sunday night in the Back-of-the-Yards neighborhood on the South Side.
Car slams into semi, driver critically injured
Hudson case update: Balfour held for parole violation
Employee fatally shot during robbery
A motorist was critically injured early Sunday when he slammed into a semi truck on the Southwest Side and was pinned underneath the truck.
Man slain at Northwest Side residence
Man slain at Northwest Side residence
Murder suspect to defend self at trial
Man killed in NW Side crash
Suspect in S. Side murder held in N.M.
Lincoln library chief charged with shoplifting
Police are probing the murder of a man found dead at a residence in the Northwest Side's Kelvyn Park neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
