Edwin J Barron, 36, is accused of attacking three women in downtown Chicago in separate violent incidents on March 5. He faces hate crime and aggravated battery charges.

Ezekiel Thompson was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to armed robbery with a firearm. Prosecutors said he and his cousin robbed a Lisle Verizon store at gunpoint in February 2020 ...

The Chicago Police Department’s bolstered training in the execution of search warrants will soon mean an increase in residential searches by CPD officers, Superintendent Larry Snelling told a ...

Trump’s vote share grew by more than three percentage points in counties where Texas sent buses with newly-arrived immigrants, according to research from USC and University of North Texas.

The most recent Major Cities Chiefs Association survey – made up of preliminary statistics compiled from 67 law enforcement agencies in the US and Canada – shows homicides dropped about 19% last year ...

A lawyer who worked for disbarred and now-imprisoned attorney Tom Girardi’s Los Angeles-based law firm pleaded guilty Thursday in Chicago to disobeying a court order that called for settlement funds ...

A lawyer who worked for disbarred and now-imprisoned attorney Tom Girardi’s Los Angeles-based law firm pleaded guilty Thursday in Chicago to disobeying a court order that called for settlement funds ...

Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news releases.

One person was in custody after two elderly victims were found shot and killed late Saturday night on Chicago’s South Side.

Early data show drops in violent crime in parts of Chicago — leaders say funding will determine if gains hold.

Chicago leaders say violent crime is dropping in parts of the city under a new community-led safety strategy. Here’s what the ...

A shooting left two men dead in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Monday morning, Chicago police said.