Crime
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#MeToo advocates vow the reckoning will continue after Weinstein's conviction is overturnedApr 26, 2024 1:35 pm - NEW YORK — #MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, i...
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Man sent to prison for assaulting West Dundee police officerApr 26, 2024 7:36 pm - A man has been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges he assaulted and beat a West Dundee police officer. Tylor Z. Hyde, 28, of the 100 block of South Main Street ...
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Another SUV stolen at Des Plaines gas station after keys left in ignitionApr 26, 2024 7:21 pm - In the latest theft of its kind in Des Plaines, a silver Audi Q7 was stolen this week at a gas station after the owner left the keys in the ignition while she was out of ...
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Trump's lawyers seek to discredit testimony of prosecution's lead witness in hush money trialApr 26, 2024 2:11 pm - NEW YORK — Donald Trump's defense team attacked the credibility Friday of the prosecution's first witness in his hush money case, seeking to discredit testimony detailing...
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Aurora man declared to be a sexually violent personApr 26, 2024 11:46 am - A Kane County judge Thursday ruled a man convicted of possession of child pornography is a sexually violent person. Judge Clint Hull ordered that Erik Paxton, 35, be comm...
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How’s cashless bail going? Here’s what the data saysApr 25, 2024 4:36 pm - About seven months after Illinois ended cash bail as a key provision of the much-debated SAFE-T Act, fears that it would lead to a surge in freed criminal suspects commit...
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Takeaways from the Supreme Court argument on Trump’s criminal immunityApr 25, 2024 1:11 pm - The Supreme Court spent hours Thursday morning debating former President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution for allegedly conspiring to undo the results of...
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AJ Freund, 5 years later: The short life and lingering effects of slain Crystal Lake boyApr 26, 2024 9:50 pm - Five years ago, a weeklong search for a missing 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy came to an end. On April 24, 2019, Andrew Freund Sr. — after being confronted with videos on h...
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Elgin man pleads guilty to murdering wifeApr 25, 2024 8:56 pm - An Elgin man pleaded guilty last week to murdering his wife in 2021. Victor Ayllon, 38, of the 300 block of Heine Avenue, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murd...
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Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned by New York appeals courtApr 25, 2024 12:03 pm - NEW YORK — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie...
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