Former Robbins Police Chief Carl Scott speaks about beating man
Former Robbins Police Chief Carl Scott, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to beating a man in an interview room, apologized on Friday and took accountability for what happened.
Watch CBS News
Jermont Terry joined the CBS News Chicago team in October 2019. He's born and raised on Chicago's South Side. He's happy to return home to report on his community after 18 years of uncovering stories across the country.
Most recently, Jermont worked as the lead night side reporter at WDIV-TV, the NBC station in Detroit. While there, Jermont led breaking news coverage and broke the story about a fetal remains left behind in a defunct funeral home. Prior to moving to Detroit, Jermont worked as the chief investigative reporter at WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee. His career has spanned stations across the east coast and south working as an investigative and general assignment reporter at WXII-TV, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; WKYT-TV in Lexington; and WLFI-TV, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Jermont graduated from the University of Illinois. He earned his Bachelors of Science in broadcast journalism from the College of Communications. Go Illini!
Jermont is an award-winning journalist. The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association awarded Jermont with the Best Hard News Investigation and Best Live On-Scene Reporting in the state. The Milwaukee Press Club honored Jermont with a first place award for Best Investigative Series.
Throughout his career he has been honored with numerous awards including an Associated Press award for Best Enterprise/Investigative Story. Also his work and contributions at WKYT and WXII led to the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award.
Jermont is an active member of the National Association of Black Journalists and the Investigative Reporters and Editors. When he's not working, Jermont loves relaxing and taking vacations.
He's a proud Chicagoan, who grew up in Beverly and graduated from Morgan Park High School.
Jermont is always looking to uncover the truth and tell the stories of the people.
Former Robbins Police Chief Carl Scott, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to beating a man in an interview room, apologized on Friday and took accountability for what happened.
Residents in Brighton Park said their side streets and alleys are overflowing with traffic, as drivers look to get around backups on Archer Avenue after the Chicago Department of Transportation installed new bike lanes.
The suspects were arrested and charged following an undercover drug bust near the South Loop corridor.
An Aurora, Illinois, police officer fired a gun, but did not strike anyone, during a fracas Tuesday that involved another person pretending to be an officer.
Evanston/Skokie District 65 is facing true financial problems, and board members know they must close at least one or more school in order to get a handle on its finances.
Three Chicago firefighters were held up at gunpoint Thursday morning in front of their fire station on the Northwest Side in an apparent attempt to steal one of their cars in the Avondale neighborhood.
A man was robbed and stabbed on a CTA Red Line train on Thanksgiving Thursday.
Residents of Harrison Courts Apartments are looking for their units to get fixed from what they say are ongoing problems.
The van was full of cash, and the workers were at the gas station to fill an ATM inside, according to Chicago police.
For the first time since a woman was set on fire on board a CTA Blue Line train this week, her family was speaking out on Thursday.
Federal charges were issued Wednesday against a man accused of setting a woman on fire on a CTA Blue Line train in downtown Chicago this week.
Many people this time of year are stepping up to provide Thanksgiving meals to those in need. One church in Bronzeville is going even further, offering weekly grocery giveaways to meet the growing demand.
A person was in custody Tuesday after a woman was set on fire while riding a CTA Blue Line in Chicago's Loop the night before.
In south suburban Markham, the city and the park district are two separate entities. This week, the city filed a motion in court, insisting the park district answer questions about its finances or lack thereof.
Members of the House from Illinois voted along party lines on the government funding package to end the shutdown.