Teen Arrested In Sex Assault Streamed Live On Facebook
Chicago police say a 14-year-old boy has been arrested in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl that was streamed live on Facebook.
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Chicago police say a 14-year-old boy has been arrested in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl that was streamed live on Facebook.
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The case of a 15-year-old Chicago girl who authorities say was raped while around 40 people watched on Facebook raises questions that have come up before in other attacks: What's the obligation of bystanders who see a crime unfolding? And why do they not intervene?
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Fatally injured was 2-year-old Lavontay White, who was hit in the head. CBS 2's Audrina Bigos reports.
The two men and two women accused of kidnapping a mentally disabled teenager, and posting live video of his torture on Facebook, have pleaded not guilty to a spate of felony charges.
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A Cook County judge denied bail Friday to two men and two women accused of kidnapping a teenager with special needs, torturing him, and sharing live video of the attack on Facebook.
In a nation drawn to laptops and smartphones, the Facebook torture video has been unavoidable. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports.
Family members say they have been overwhelmed by the attention the case has generated.
A visibly upset Rahm Emanuel called the video "sickening." Jackson says it represents a "moral and spiritual collapse."
The torture of a teenager streamed live on Facebook is "despicable" but not a sign of worsening racial tensions, President Obama said in an interview with CBS 2's Jay Levine.
A spokesperson for President Obama has condemned the now-infamous Facebook video that emanated from Chicago showing a mentally changed teen beaten by four captors.
A day after Chicago police said they were questioning four people about a "sickening" video showing the torture of a mentally disabled teen, a second video has surfaced showing the suspects forcing the young man to drink out of a toilet.
In the video, the alleged victim is duct-taped, his scalp bleeding after someone cut his hair with a knife. Foul language is heard throughout the video.
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A Trump supporter in Long Island held a press conference Thursday after being attacked and unfriended on Facebook for his political beliefs.
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Two women say no one should have to see pictures of their dead family members on social media. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
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A fight that started on Facebook ended with three people using a baseball bat, broom handle and wooden beam to beat a 23-year-old man to death earlier this month on the West Side, prosecutors said.
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The victim had met Blake A. Kraiman on Facebook and, late Tuesday, he picked her up from her home and took her to his house, authorities say.
A man standing on the sidewalk, apparently posting a live video on Facebook, was fatally shot in North Lawndale.
Three women were wounded in a shooting on Christmas night on Thursday in west suburban Aurora.
A person threw a "flammable object" into a home in Chicago's Kenwood neighborhood early Christmas morning, police said.
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Chicago police are investigating a sex assault that happened on Christmas Eve on the city's West Side.
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Chicago police are investigating a sex assault that happened on Christmas Eve on the city’s West Side.
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Two teens were injured in separate shootings overnight in Chicago.
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Chicago police are investigating a sex assault that happened on Christmas Eve on the city's West Side.
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Advocates and legislators are seeking solutions and and accountability for a pattern of Chicago police arresting Black gun owners on firearms charges despite valid FOID and CCL licenses.
One year ago, the Chicago Bears were fighting for draft positioning. Now they've clinched a playoff spot in the first year of a new coaching regime.
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A woman was released on electronic monitoring Wednesday after authorities said she drove drunk and caused a crash that injured a family of four in Lombard, Illinois.
Multiple cars were broken into this week in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Four women have been charged with leading police on a high-speed chase after stealing from a retail store in the west Chicago suburb of Villa Park.
A woman has been charged with attacking four people at a CTA bus stop in the Lawndale neighborhood, including a woman she allegedly slashed with a broken beer bottle after threatening that woman's mother.
Three teens have been charged with sexually assaulting a classmate this past summer at a graduation party for St. Viator High School students.
