A man is charged with felony child abduction and luring of a minor after following a 14-year-old girl who was walking home from school Monday in the 5000 block of South Long Avenue in Stickney Township. Google Maps A Southwest Side man is accused of trying to abduct a 14-year-old girl this week in Stickney Township. The girl was walking home from school about 4:45 p.m. Monday in the 5000 block of South Long Avenue — about half a block from her school — when she noticed a silver car following her and driving slowly next to her, prosecutors and the Cook County sheriff’s office said. The dr ..read more

Rudy Giuliani is an attorney for former President Donald Trump. Arizona becomes the fourth state where allies of the former president have been charged with using false or unproven claims about voter fraud related to the election. Associated Press PHOENIX — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their efforts to use so-called fake electors to try to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a docum ..read more

Plywood covers a window that was smashed at Women & Children First. The store plans to fill the window with an “impactful illustration/art piece” by Saturday. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times The Women & Children First bookstore in Andersonville is looking to hire a Palestinian artist to display artwork in its storefront after a window where a Palestine flag hung was smashed early Wednesday. The window of the business, at 5233 N. Clark St., was broken about 5:45 a.m., Chicago police said. “This was the window where we had chosen to display the Palestinian flag with a sign callin ..read more

El oficial de policía de Chicago Luis Huesca fue recordado como “un amigo leal y de confianza que predicaba con el ejemplo”. Departamento de Policía de Chicago El asesinato fuera de servicio del oficial de la Policía de Chicago Luis Huesca durante el fin de semana se clasificó formalmente como una muerte en acto de servicio el martes, cuando hubiera cumplido 31 años. Y los servicios funerarios para el joven oficial fueron programados para la próxima semana. En una carta a los miembros del departamento, Larry Snelling, jefe del Departamento Policía de Chicago (CDP, por sus siglas en ingl ..read more

Robert E. Crimo III listens to Judge Victoria A. Rossetti during a court hearing Wednesday in Waukegan. Nam Y. Huh/AP The alleged Highland Park parade shooter will be allowed to call his family from jail after a ruling Wednesday by a Lake County judge. Robert Crimo III appeared briefly before Judge Victoria Rossetti, who agreed to modify a December order revoking his phone, tablet and internet privileges. The prosecution and defense teams met for a scheduling conference earlier this week and agreed to allow Crimo access to a tablet to make audio calls to his parents and siblings. A spoke ..read more

Community members, activists and family members of Dexter Reed rally outside the District 11 police station, after COPA released body camera footage of the fatal police involved shooting of Dexter Reed, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times A lawsuit filed by the mother of Dexter Reed contends he was killed by Chicago police officers who unlawfully pulled over his SUV last month and were "outrageously" aggressive as they approached him. The lawsuit accuses Chicago police of promoting "brutally violent, militarized policing tactics," and argues that the five officers w ..read more

A man was shot and killed Tuesday in the South Shore neighborhood. Officers responding about 7 p.m. to the 6700 block of South Chappel Avenue found the 59-year-old with a gunshot wound to his abdomen, Chicago police said. He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. No arrests were reported ..read more

A man was fatally shot at Sway Bar, 9420 W. Irving Park Road, in Schiller Park on April 19. Google Maps A man was killed in a shooting at a bar Friday in northwest suburban Schiller Park. The shooting occurred about 11 p.m. at Sway Bar, 9420 W. Irving Park Road, the Cook County medical examiner's office said. Jonathan Vallejo, 38, of River Grove, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at Lutheran General Hospital, the medical examiner's office said. An autopsy ruled his death a homicide. Schiller Park police did not immediately provide additional information on the inci ..read more

Mohannad Othman and his oldest daughter. Provided Anwar A. last saw her uncle Mohannad Othman a month ago in Michigan as they prepared for a family wedding in May. On Tuesday, she was in Oak Forest as the family mourned Othman. The 39-year-old was fatally shot outside his parents' Oak Forest home Sunday, less than a mile from where he lived. "It's devastating," said Anwar, who withheld her last name for privacy reasons. "It's not something you'd ever imagine in a million years." Surveillance video captured a fatal shooting outside an Oak Forest home Sunday. Provided The shooting w ..read more

Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca Chicago Police Department The off-duty killing of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca over the weekend was formally classified as a line-of-duty death on Tuesday — what would’ve been his 31st birthday. In a letter to department members, Police Supt. Larry Snelling described Huesca as “a kind spirit who cared deeply for his family, friends and our city.” Huesca was attacked early Sunday in the 3100 block of West 56th Street while driving from work to his Gage Park apartment. He was still wearing his uniform when he was shot multiple times, and his SUV was ..read more