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The mayor also encouraged everyone calling for justice to remain peaceful.
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Charlie De Mar is an Emmy award-winning reporter for CBS News Chicago.
Since joining in 2016, he has covered some of the biggest stories impacting the Chicagoland area. Charlie was instrumental in breaking several stories in the Jussie Smollett investigation. He has also covered the horrific shooting at Mercy Hospital and the fallout from the shooting death of Laquan McDonald.
De Mar came to CBS News Chicago from WTTV and WXIN, the CBS and Fox stations in Indianapolis, where he reported lead stories for the stations' evening newscasts.
De Mar is credited with establishing a local crime reporting franchise series at CBS4/FOX 59. His work has also had a national impact, and a series of reports led to the introduction of a new federal law that would hold all Veterans Affairs hospitals more accountable for their prescribing practices.
A native of the North Side, De Mar graduated Cum Laude from the University of Arizona, where he earned a B.A. in broadcast journalism and minored in marketing.
When he is not chasing down a story, Charlie loves spending time with his family and discovering new things to do in the city he grew up in.
The mayor also encouraged everyone calling for justice to remain peaceful.
We have been investigating Window Depot USA of Chicago for weeks – with reports of multiple people who say they were scammed out of their money.
Surveillance video shows a sport-utility vehicle pulling up, and someone appears to get out and grab the sign for candidate Sam Royko.
"Nobody is going door-to-door and taking their guns away."
Critics have said the sheriff does not have the authority to base law enforcement policies on his own personal views.
Attorneys for Peggy Finley and Peter Cadigan have said video shows a crime did not occur.
Bodycam video of their encounter raised serious concerns about the paramedics' response to the emergency. But both sides say the video supports their case.
CBS 2's Charlie De Mar spoke to one of the paramedics' defense attorneys, who said body camera video may actually help prove a crime wasn't committed.
Peter Cadigan and Peggy Finley are charged with first-degree murder in the death of Earl Moore Jr.
CBS 2's Charlie De Mar sat down with the victim's mother and sister in Springfield.
On Tuesday night, a nearly-full room of residents was upset that the business – which they describe as a nuisance – has not been shut down.
We first told you last week about a home remodeling company that apparently duped many customers in our area for big bucks.
CBS 2's Charlie De Mar spoke to the former sales manager of Window Depot USA of Chicago - who said not only were customers taken advantage of, but so was he.
The Illinois Attorney General is now investigating more than a dozen formal complaints filed against Window Depot USA of Chicago.
Dr. Vernon Cannon was an obstetrician-gynecologist at the DuPage Medical Group, now known as Duly Health and Care.