Plainfield landlord gets over 50 years for murder of Palestinian-American boy
A Plainfield landlord has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for the Islamophobic hate crime murder of a Palestinian-American boy and the stabbing of the boy's mother.
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A Plainfield landlord has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for the Islamophobic hate crime murder of a Palestinian-American boy and the stabbing of the boy's mother.
Charles Green, 44, is charged with two counts of murder and one count of aggravated arson.
The man charged with murder in the death of Chicago Fire Department Capt. David Meyer was ordered held at Cook County Jail while he awaits trial, after a judge deemed him a danger to the public.
Chicago police announced murder and arson charges on Friday in the death of veteran Chicago Fire Department Capt. David Meyer. Police said 44-year-old Charles Green intentionally started the fire that led to Meyer's death on Wednesday.
Two days after Chicago Fire Department Capt. David Meyer was killed in a fire on the West Side, a man has been charged with murder and arson, accused of setting the fire that led to Meyer's death.
Judge Victoria Rossetti gave Robert Crimo III seven consecutive life sentences for the murder convictions, plus 50 years for each of the 48 attempted murder charges.
Kevin Patel was shot and killed on the sidewalk last week in the 800 block of West Lill Avenue. Shardaa Gray reports.
Former deputy Sean Grayson's trial has been moved to Peoria County, after his defense attorney argued publicity from the trial made it impossible to find an impartial jury in Sangamon County.
Two other men also have been sentenced to prison for their roles in Officer Rivera's murder.
Nurmuhammed Inus, 35, is charged with one count of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of 29-year-old Mairunnisa Osman.
A Chicago man has been charged with stabbing a woman to death inside a home in the Budlong Woods neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
On Friday, Davion Mitchell was found not guilty on all charges, including one count of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated battery.
17-year-old Nikita Casap is charged in the deaths of his mother and stepfather after he was arrested back in March when he fled the state.
Daniel Flores, 49, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of John and Michael Fields on April 12, 1995.
Breanna Gilliams is charged with the murder of a 44-year-old man in the Marshall Field Garden Apartments.
On February 21, 2025, Robert Johnson, 45, was released from prison, after a judge vacated his 1996 murder conviction.
Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione if he’s convicted of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York hotel.
A judge sentenced Jon Miller, of Owatonna, Minnesota, to life in prison for the 1974 killing of Mary K. Schlais in western Wisconsin.
Jon Keith Miller pleaded guilty to stabbing and killing Mary Schlais, 25, who lived in Minneapolis and was hitchhiking to Chicago for an art show. Schlais was found dead in Spring Brook Township, Wisconsin.
Selena Quintanilla-Perez was killed by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldívar, in 1995.
A 15-year-old boy is charged with murder in the death of a 16-year-old girl on Chicago's West Side, police sources confirmed.
A 15-year-old boy was taken into custody on Saturday in the city's Avondale neighborhood in the murder of Kaylah Love. Andrew Ramos reports.
Chicago police arrested Duel Thomas in March of 1996.
Duel Thomas says he was beaten and kicked by officer Dominick Rizzi while locked up.
The family is hoping to move the needle in her chilling case, and asking anyone who saw or knows something about her killing to come forward.
