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Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett lost his bid to have new disorderly conduct charges thrown out, after a Cook County judge ruled Friday the case does not violate his protection against double jeopardy.
A 30-year-old man was killed in a shooting Sunday morning in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood.
A drive-by shooting led to a gun bust on Chicago's South Side Saturday.
It was a violent weekend with riots, protests and looting across the city.
A security guard was stabbed to death in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood early Saturday morning.
Eliseo Calderon was arrested Tuesday, and has been charged with four counts of predatory criminal sexual assault.
Beaches like North Avenue will remain closed, so the though and hope is that violence wont be as high with people at home. But police aren't taking any chances.
Cook County prosecutors alleged Avion King, 31, and six other gunmen targeted Kimberly Underwood, 53, believing she was rival gang member.
A 35-year-old man was wounded Saturday night in a shooting caught on camera. It's the latest shooting in a spike that CBS 2 has been tracking in Humboldt Park.
The third time was not the charm for singer R. Kelly, who again was denied a request to be released from jail due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cynthia Meyers, 33, has been charged with one felony count of aggravated battery to a nurse.
High-profile violent crimes plagued Chicago Transit Authority property in the weeks leading up to the coronavirus pandemic, but since then, CTA ridership has plummeted. So what about the violent crime?
Smith was sentenced to one year of court supervision. Prosecutors dropped a charge of hate crime and three other disorderly conduct charges in return for his guilty plea.
First, the good news – crime is down in Chicago during the pandemic. The bad news is that shootings are still up.
Scott was arrested shortly after 8 a.m. on Saturday, after he was found in the bedroom of a home in the 3600 block of West Augusta Boulevard in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
State police appeared to rule out what had seemed to be a promising lead in the case of Zywicki, who was abducted after experiencing car troubles on Interstate 80 near La Salle, Illinois in 1992.
Investigators had been looking into whether accused serial killer Clark Perry Baldwin might have been linked to the cold case murder of Tammy Jo Zywicki, but authorities have since backed away from the idea.
Anyone with information about Scott's whereabouts is asked to call the sheriff's office at (773) 674-8477, or the FBI at (312) 421-6700.
Byrd-Bennett, 70, began serving a 4.5-year prison sentence at the minimum security Alderson Federal Prison Camp in August 2017.
All northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway were closed Sunday morning as Illinois State Police investigated a reported shooting.
"It is a fact that people who are diabetic are at a much higher risk for serious complications should they be infected with Covid 19," Kelly's attorney wrote in a filing in federal court.
Meghan Fenner, 54, is charged with felony aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
A Chicago man is facing aggravated battery charges in Indiana after a shooting inside a Walmart in Kokomo about 100 miles southeast of Gary.
Saucedo-Ugalde, 21, was arrested and charged with one count of attempted aggravated robbery. He was due to appear in bond court Friday afternoon.
Fighting crime and COVID-19 – community outreach groups are now fighting two battles.
