The reasons to revoke Donald M. Johnson’s probation in his securities fraud case continued mounting Thursday, a day before a hearing to do just that, when his probation officer filed a notice with the court that Johnson has been working at a Michigan City restaurant without reporting it.
Category: Crime and Public Safety
Activists call for more funding for migrant and homelessness services in Chicago’s 2025 budget
Immigrant rights activists urged Mayor Brandon Johnson and the City Council at a Thursday news conference to maintain funding for migrant and homelessness services in next year’s budget.
Naperville police make 25th gun-related arrest since August 2023 at Topgolf lot
A 23-year-old from Gary, Indiana, was arrested last weekend for having a firearm inside his car while parked at Topgolf in Naperville — the 25th firearm-related offense outside the venue since August 2023, authorities said.
‘We have to play hardball’: Testimony in Madigan corruption trial turns to 2018 sex harassment scandal
More tapes were played at Madigan’s corruption trial Thursday as testimony ventured into the #MeToo-era sexual harassment scandal that engulfed the speaker’s office and posed the most significant threat in decades to his grip on power.
Restaurant and bar struck by burglars overnight on Near West and Near South sides
At least two businesses, a restaurant and a bar, were burglarized overnight on the Near West and Near South Sides, Chicago police said. The latest burglary happened shortly before 3:30 a.m. at a bar in the 600 block of West Lake Street. Officers responded to a call of a burglary and found the front door […]
Former Dunbar Career Academy student sues Chicago Board of Education, alleging it failed to protect him from sexual abuse by a security guard: ‘I’ll never be the same’
When the teenager was asked if he wanted to share a statement at a court hearing for a former security guard at Dunbar Vocational Career Academy who pled guilty to sexually assaulting him when he was a 15-year-old student, he worried that he wouldn’t be able to express his emotions in detail using his voice. So, instead, he wrote a poem — an “alternative route,” he called it. “From poor self esteem to no sleep, you brought all of this upon me,” the poem said. “Please don’t take me out of another classroom. I hope you feel the deceit, and […]
Police say the man behind the ballot box fires may be planning more attacks
Investigators say the man suspected of setting fires in ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state is an experienced metalworker and may be planning additional attacks.
Center Township man gets probation, fine in animal cruelty plea deal
A Center Township man will pay more than $31,000 to Lake County Animal Control as restitution for on one count of Class A Misdemeanor cruelty to an animal.
Highland man stalking his ex-wife threatens her companion, texting in Serbian he would ‘drink his blood’, records show
A Highland man is facing felony charges after stalking his ex-wife and threatening her companion, texting in Serbian that he would “drink his blood,” court records show.
Southland crime: Shots fired in Burbank, machine gun in Orland Park, and more
Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news releases.