Crime and Public Safety

A suburban Chicago horse stable owner accused of sexually abusing a teenage employee is facing multiple felony charges, prosecutors said. 

A Chicago-area man who thought he’d found a real relationship through online dating instead lost $70,000 to an AI-powered romance scam, highlighting how fast-growing fraud schemes are exploiting people’s desire for connection.

A Chicago man was sentenced to nearly three decades in prison for "violently sex trafficking" five young victims.

A Chicago woman was arrested minutes after a weekend stabbing on the South Side, police said.

A 56-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a man on the Chicago’s South Side in 2024.

A Chicago man was arrested hours after state police say he shot someone on I-55 during a road-rage incident.

A Chicago man was charged after police found a stolen gun during a traffic stop last week in the Chatham neighborhood.

An Indiana woman is charged with DUI after a late-night crash involving a sheriff's vehicle in Chicago.

Chicago police and fire crews responded to a report of a possible hazardous materials incident Monday night after a rideshare driver and passenger became ill in the Logan Square neighborhood.

Chicago police charged a 25-year-old man in connection with the shooting of a woman on the city’s South Side last month.

A person was attacked and robbed on a CTA Red Line train earlier this month and police are looking for the suspect.

A person of interest is in police custody after a child was grabbed and their cellphone was stolen in suburban Palatine on Monday morning.

There’s a new top agent in charge at the DEA’s Chicago Field Division, and his focus goes beyond getting drugs off the street.

A "mistake" by abductors may be the key to finding Nancy Guthrie, according to cybersecurity experts who believe human error will eventually bypass the encryption used in ransom notes.