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Glenview Police release statement about fatal crash as family, friends prepare to lay teen to rest
The Glenview Police Department released a statement Wednesday after a tragic car crash earlier this week left a 17-year-old Glenbrook South High School student killed and three others hospitalized. "The Glenview Police Department investigation of the fatal accident that occurred late Sunday night is ongoing," the statement began. The full...
Police find car in Chicago connected to May 8 shooting
Local law enforcement recovered a stolen car in Chicago last week believed to have been driven there from Evanston by the offender or offenders who shot a 20-year-old man at the corner of Ashland Avenue and Foster Street Wednesday afternoon, May 8. According to the Evanston Police Department, the 20-year-old...
Teen arrested in connection with robbery of Wilmette jogger
Local authorities on Tuesday arrested one of two alleged offenders in an armed robbery earlier this month in Wilmette. An 18-year-old Chicago resident is charged in connection with the crime after being apprehended by Skokie and Lincolnwood police on Tuesday, May 14. The arrestee reportedly was in a stolen car, according to a release from […] The post Teen arrested in connection with robbery of Wilmette jogger appeared first on The Record.
Six months after Yellow Line crash injured more than a dozen, investigation continues: ‘This never should have happened’
Six months ago, Stephen Helmer set out with his wife, daughter and toddler grandchildren to go sightseeing downtown, grab lunch and meet a friend. They never made it. About 10 minutes into their CTA train ride from Skokie, there was a “boom,” he told the Tribune, as their Yellow Line train slammed into a snowplow on the tracks ahead. Then panic, mayhem and screaming. He and his family were ...
Kim Foxx is ‘the biggest pro-criminal advocate in the nation,’ alderman fumes as outgoing prosecutor plans to reject charges stemming from most traffic stops
CHICAGO — A Chicago alderman blasted Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx as “the biggest pro-criminal advocate in the nation” after Foxx revealed plans not to prosecute crimes based on evidence police discover during most traffic stops. Foxx said her office would refuse to file charges...
Chicago Man Charged with Multiple Armed Robbery Felonies After String of Incidents
An 18-year-old Chicago man is facing multiple felony charges after a spate of armed robberies, including an incident where he allegedly robbed a 26-year-old male at gunpoint. The suspect, identified as Saul Esquivel of the 7400 block of N. Damen Ave., was apprehended by the Chicago Police Department's Robbery Task Force and Skokie Police on Thursday.
Assailant at-large after woman attacked on trail near Niles, police say
After a woman was attacked and seriously hurt by a man along a Forest Preserve trail near Niles last week, police are asking the public for help in tracking down the suspect. Investigators said it happened on the afternoon of May 12.
Latest news from Evanston: Your Thursday daily digest
Newsletter images missing? Read this on the web instead. Good Thursday morning, Evanston. Above, Amina Reed is served by Minh Le on Wednesday at Nichols Middle School’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebration. The event featured performances, a trivia quiz (“How many countries are in Asia?”) and dinner from Koi Evanston. (Photo by Richard Cahan.) For the quiz answer, click here.
More than 10 years after the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, the state Supreme Court hears arguments in the case
The high-profile murder of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton in 2013 was before the Illinois Supreme Court yesterday, as the Attorney General’s Office seeks to salvage a conviction. WBBM’s Mike Krauser reports.
6 accused in immigration visa fraud scheme involving staged armed robberies around Chicagoland
CHICAGO — Charges have been filed against a handful of people accused of staging robberies around Chicagoland in order to apply for immigration visas that are reserved for some crime victims. According to an indictment unsealed in federal court in Chicago, 26-year-old Parth Nayi, 31-year-old Kewon Young, 51-year-old Bhikhabhai Patel, 32-year-old Nilesh Patel, 23-year-old Ravinaben Patel, and […]
Cook County man faces gun, drug-related charges following high-speed crash in Palatine
PALATINE - A suburban man was arrested for gun and drug-related charges following a crash in Palatine last Thursday. Darius Redmond, 22, of Palatine, was traveling as a passenger in a black SUV on May 9 at 10:30 a.m. when the driver of the vehicle led police on a high-speed chase before crashing into other cars.
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