Crime and Public Safety

Here's what happened overnight across Chicago, according to police.

Chicago police are asking for help identifying a man accused of stabbing a CTA rider in the Loop earlier this month.

Arlington Heights police are searching for a man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl after reportedly luring her into his SUV with a request for help.

Several new laws are set to go into effect in Illinois on and after July 1, the start of the new fiscal year in the state.

A 40-year-old man was killed in a shooting Sunday evening while sitting inside a vehicle on Chicago’s Southwest Side.

A 39-year-old man was wounded in a shooting Sunday evening in Chicago's Austin neighborhood, according to police.

A former employee of an Evanston assisted-living facility has been charged with multiple felonies after prosecutors alleged he sexually abused a resident with physical and intellectual disabilities.

A 26-year-old man was wounded in a shooting Sunday afternoon while walking through an alley on Chicago's South Side, police said.

An IDOT worker was hurt when a car crashed into the vehicle they were assisting along I-94 in Chicago early Sunday morning.

More than 60 people were arrested after large crowds formed near Madison Square Garden following the Knicks game, with the NYPD reporting a shooting, slashings, burned buses, damaged police vehicles and injured officers.

A woman was stabbed by another woman during a fight on Chicago’s Near South Side early Sunday morning.

A suspect flashed his gun at two enterprising children who set up a lemonade stand in Boston as he and his accomplice swiped the kids’ cash box.

A possible firework exploded outside the home of Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez early Saturday, damaging a window but causing no injuries.

A suburban Chicago man accused of driving under the influence for the sixth time appeared in court Wednesday on a felony DUI charge after authorities said he was found slumped over the wheel of his vehicle in Addison.

A Geneva man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the fatal stabbings of his girlfriend and her teenage son, prosecutors said. 

A 20-year-old motorcyclist was killed Friday night after colliding with a vehicle in north suburban Skokie, authorities said.

A suspect is being sought in connection with a series of thefts from storage units inside apartment buildings on Chicago's South Side, authorities said.

Court records confirm Harden was arrested in Harris County on an “Unlawful Carrying Weapons" charge.