Crime and Public Safety

A former Waukegan police officer charged in the 2020 shooting death of a 19-year-old man has been found guilty in a separate case.

A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the driver who fatally struck an 84-year-old man in Chicago’s Douglas neighborhood in July.

Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975 in California.

New security video shows federal officers and detainees scrambling to escape gunfire at the Dallas ICE facility.

The SEC accused Alex Mehr and Tai Lopez of misleading investors about the struggling retail brands' performance.

A woman was charged in connection with a shooting outside a Jewel-Osco that left a teenage girl wounded Tuesday night in the South Loop.

A woman was seriously wounded when gunfire struck a home early Friday morning in the West Pullman neighborhood.

A 34-year-old man was shot to death Thursday night on the West Side, Chicago police said.

DNA analysis confirmed the human remains belonged to Travis Decker, bringing an end to the months-long triple-murder case.

The 29-year-old man who opened fire on a Dallas ICE facility left behind handwritten notes at his home in Oklahoma that shared a motive for his attack – to terrorize ICE employees.

A man has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly spray-painting profane graffiti on the Carol Stream Police Station and two nearby businesses on Thursday, according to authorities.

A Valrico woman is accused of trying to kill her three young children.

Two men were hospitalized after a drive-by shooting early Thursday on Chicago's South Side, police said.

Have you seen her? It's been two weeks since 15-year-old Leah Kuhn of Chicago's north suburbs was reported missing.

Two Texas brothers are now facing federal charges for allegedly holding a Minnesota family hostage at gunpoint for hours and taking more than $8 million in cryptocurrency.

Cook County Sheriff's police say a Chicago man pulled over for expired tags ended up facing a felony gun charge.

The FBI Chicago just launched a "Most Wanted" list featuring seven people accused of violent crimes. Here's who they're looking for.

Crime has fallen sharply in Cicero over the past three years, a drop police credit to stronger community engagement and communication in residents’ own language.

A special election in Arizona gives the U.S. House enough support to force a vote that could compel the Justice Department to release all of its files on Jeffrey Epstein.