Police: Man Sexually Assaulted, Threatened 13-Year-Old Girl
A man grabbed a 13-year-old and sexually assaulted her in a vehicle Monday morning on the West Side, then drove her home and threatened to burn her house down if she didn't get him money.
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A man grabbed a 13-year-old and sexually assaulted her in a vehicle Monday morning on the West Side, then drove her home and threatened to burn her house down if she didn't get him money.
Bond was reduced Friday for the second time this week for a Vernon Hills man accused of sexually assaulting a young girl.
The Waukegan High School safety officer accused of having sex with a student faces a mandatory prison sentence if he is convicted, Judge Christopher Stride said Thursday.
Northern Illinois University has placed its police chief on administrative leave and is firing another officer over the department's handling of a sexual assault case.
Police have issued a warning about a serious and disturbing attack on a child in the North Lawndale neighborhood.
Police have released photos of a man who beat, robbed and tried to rape a woman early Friday in the Edgewater neighborhood.
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A man forced a woman into her Gold Coast apartment and raped her late Tuesday on the Near North Side.
Two men were in custody Saturday, after being arrested on charges of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in Will County.
A 19-year-old carnival worker stands charged with the sexual assault of a 3-year-old child at a festival in Schaumburg.
A 20-year-old man stands charged a string of sexual assaults on the city's West Side.
Police are looking for a man who forced his way into a Near West Side apartment early Monday and sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint.
A 47-year-old west suburban woman was given probation Monday for falsely reporting a sexual assaulted while walking home from a train last November.
The latest sexual assault was early Saturday morning on West Gladys Avenue.
A sexual assault in the Chatham neighborhood put a woman in the hospital early Thursday.
Police are searching for a man who attacked a woman waiting for a bus, then sexually assaulted her in a nearby park Saturday in the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood.
Guardian Angels are out patrolling a section of the East Lakeview neighborhood, after a man tried to sexually assault a woman in her home on Newport Avenue.
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Police said the attacks all took place between 5 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. They says the offender may wear a mask over his head and gloves on his hands.
A 33-year-old married mother of two sent investigators scrambling after she told them she was sexually assaulted by a man posing as a cop. Police say it was a lie that cost taxpayers plenty.
A 33-year-old woman had told police she was pulled over by a fake cop Tuesday evening on a roadside in unincorporated Plano and sexually assaulted at gunpoint.
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The City Council delayed a final vote on a measure that would have expanded CPD's authority to impose teen curfews, when aldermen balked at immediately voting on last-minute changes to the ordinance.
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Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
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Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
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United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
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Shortly after officers responded, police said they fired shots at the man, who suffered at least one gunshot wound.
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President Trump said he will not be imposing tariffs against European countries over their objections to his efforts to acquire Greenland, revealing Wednesday that he and the secretary-general of NATO reached "the framework of a future deal" regarding the island.
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The City Council delayed a final vote on a measure that would have expanded CPD's authority to impose teen curfews, when aldermen balked at immediately voting on last-minute changes to the ordinance.
After less than a day of testimony, federal prosecutors and defense attorneys both rested their case Wednesday afternoon in the trial of a Little Village man accused of attempting to put out a hit on Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino.
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Chicago police issued a warning about a string of vehicle break-ins involving Honda Civics on the South Side.
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