John Lyons, 24, of Westchester, was fatally shot by a Berwyn police officer on Dec. 18 after a foot chase. Hours earlier, before he drove to Fuentes’ house, Lyons had allegedly shot and killed 23-year-old Caleb Mason, his former college roommate, records said.
A former high-ranking director in then-Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios’ office has been charged with accepting sports tickets, restaurant meals and other bribes from a lawyer in exchange for help with property assessments.
Charging documents allege four men dressed in black broke into the indefinitely idled U.S. Steel East Chicago Tin plant on Wednesday.
The FBI must remain independent, above the partisan fray and “committed to upholding the rule of law,” outgoing Director Christopher Wray said in a farewell address just days before his expected retirement at the conclusion of the Biden administration.
Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Friday for the second time this week — by a second federal judge — for continuing to spread lies about two former Georgia election workers after a jury awarded the women a $148 million defamation judgment.
Will County Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak sentenced Anthony Maggio to life for the Lockport murders of Ashtin Eaton and Hazel Bryant.
A Gary man is facing charges for fatally shooting a married couple in a “rampage-like” slaying, who were trying to help her sister and her three kids escape a violent situation in April, court records show.
A Gary woman got 19 years Thursday for fatally shooting her boyfriend at a gas station. Isedra Brooks, 31, pleaded guilty Nov. 14 to voluntary manslaughter — under sudden heat. She faced 10 to 30 years under the plea deal. Judge Samuel Cappas sentenced her to 17 years in prison with two additional years in Lake County Community Corrections. She said she wouldn’t appeal. Armani Handy’s family said he was about to break up with Brooks when the incident occurred.
A judge rejected Cam’ron Cooper’s bid Thursday to get his case thrown out after he took a gun to Hammond Central in January 2023. His lawyer James Thiros essentially argued the adult court didn’t have jurisdiction. He said the Indiana General Assembly changed a law — effective in July 2024 — where a teen between the ages of 16 to 18 can no longer be automatically charged in adult court for Unlawful Carrying of a Handgun, like Cooper was. Now 18, Cooper, of Dolton, Illinois, was 16 when charged.
A jury convicted an Illinois man Wednesday of setting the Lake County Jail lobby on fire on June 5, 2023. Terrance Craig, 42, of Ford Heights, Illinois, was charged with two counts of arson and one count of intimidation. The jury deliberated for about 90 minutes. His sentencing is Feb. 3. During the trial, Deputy Prosecutor Gary Marek admitted police wrongly charged an initial suspect. Craig was arrested after he showed up June 12 to the Hammond Police station ranting in a similar way to the arsonist — including how he had a chip in his brain and ex-U.S. Vice […]