Crime and Public Safety

A former Disney employee is accused of hacking into the company's systems and changing restaurant menus, including removing critical allergen information. Michael Scheuer now faces a potential federal charge.

Geary, Oklahoma Police Chief Alicia Ford posted a statement on Facebook saying the decision to resign was "difficult."

An Amber Alert issued to find a pregnant mom and her four children who were abducted at gunpoint near Brainerd early Friday has been canceled after they were found safe. 

A man was shot and critically wounded during an argument Thursday night in the Englewood neighborhood.

Rapper Young Thug is out of prison after pleading guilty to charges in the YSL RICO trial, but he could be put back behind bars if he doesn't follow his deal's conditions.

A 22-year-old man is facing terrorism and hate crime charges after he allegedly shot a Jewish man who was walking to synagogue and fired multiple rounds at police officers in West Ridge last weekend.

Jurors in the trial of the Delphi murders heard prison phone calls on Thursday in which suspect Richard Allen allegedly confessed to his wife, saying, “I did it.”

A Naperville man charged in connection with the shooting of another man is being released on GPS monitoring as he awaits trial.

A Gurnee man was charged with several felonies after a search of his apartment turned up 2,000 pills containing fentanyl. 

A 15-year-old girl was arrested this week after allegedly carjacking a woman at gunpoint in Brighton Park.

Chicago police issued an alert to Northwest Side businesses after a series of burglaries last weekend.

A teenage boy was arrested this week, two years after he allegedly participated in an armed carjacking on Chicago's West Side.

A lawsuit has been filed against the Chicago Board of Education and a former security guard at a local high school, for allegations of repeated sexual assault and abuse of a then-15-year-old student. 

A restaurant was broken into and burglarized Halloween morning in the Bridgeport neighborhood.

After a series of four jewelry store robberies involving suspects in Halloween masks, federal agents are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying them and are offering a $15,000 reward.