Chicago Journal
The mobile unit is funded by a $174,000 federal grant and outfitted with advanced technology. Tips about alleged exploitation received by the task force increased by 118% from 2017 to 2020 and are on pace to jump another 23% this year.
Chicago Journal
Deputy Chief Rahman Muhammad told reporters that the officer fired shots, striking the man. He said a knife was recovered at the scene but declined to say whether the man was holding the knife at the time he was shot.
Crime
The unidentified occupants of a Toyota Camry and another black sedan were traveling westbound on Irving Park Rd and began shooting at each other around the intersection of Damen Ave.
Crime
No offenders/occupants are in custody and Area Three detectives are investigating.
Crime
A federal grand jury indicted Eric Keys Jr. in the illegal purchase in March used in the McDonald's drive-thru killing of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams in April.
Chicago Journal
He faces the possibility of decades in prison for crimes including violating the Mann Act, an anti-sex trafficking law that prohibits taking anyone across state lines "for any immoral purpose." Sentencing is scheduled for May 4.
Chicago Journal
The bullet struck the bill of the paramedic's baseball-style hat and the paramedic was not injured.
Chicago Journal
In a high profile example, after warnings of weak security, Kwame Raoul's Illinois Attorney General's Office was hit by a cyber attack in April of 2021 that has cost his office an estimated $2.5 million in crisis management spending.
Chicago Journal
Kentrell was a member of Good Kids Mad City, a youth group working to end violence. Jamari played football and loved sports.
Illinois News
Day, 25, was last seen at the Illinois State campus on Aug. 24. His car was found in Peru two days later. The body was discovered in the Illinois River in the LaSalle-Peru area on Sept. 4.
Chicago Journal
There were nine arrests related to a large fight last Friday at Peoria High School and the city has had 23 homicides this year.
Chicagoland News
Richard Simms, 74, acknowledged diverting money through a fraudulent software invoicing scheme.