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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
2nd wife: Drew threatened me
The second wife of Drew Peterson testified at a pretrial hearing Tuesday that he had threatened to kill her and said he could make it look like an accident.
Sandwich man gets 10 years for sex with teen
A 28-year-old Sandwich man this week pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, admitting to a relationship he had with an underage employee of an Oswego fast-food restaurant.
Allegedly intoxicated fire lt. does lawn job, breaks off hydrant: cops
A Chicago Fire Department lieutenant was charged with DUI after allegedly driving onto someone's lawn and plowing over a fire hydrant -- breaking it completely off -- before hitting a tree, driving over a stop sign and leaving the scene on the Southwest Side Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Woman charged with using 'sick father' scam
A 24-year-old Aurora woman has been charged after Aurora police received calls about a woman going door-to-door asking for money to help her visit her allegedly ailing father.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Lawyer: Stacy considered trying to blackmail Drew
Days before Drew Peterson's fourth wife vanished in 2007, she told a divorce attorney that her husband thought she suspected he had killed his previous wife and she suggested extorting money from him to stay quiet, the lawyer testified Monday.
Rehab counselor killed man in front of his kid: prosecutors
Former CSU publications director indicted for fraud
Man in patronage scandal sentenced for fight with girlfriend
Man charged with murder in Woodlawn shooting
Daley launches campaign to break code of silence
Married cop couple save girl from angry mob
Man killed landlord, caught in Ky. -- cops
Monday, February 8, 2010
New tenant charged with killing Antioch Twp. man
Autopsy: Man found dead in alley was strangled, beaten
Marijuana worth more than $9 million found in warehouse
Four arrested, 2 injured in South Side roller rink disturbance
Maywood man nabbed after West Side robbery, shooting
IDOC officer killed, 3 others injured in Mokena crash
Assailant flees after fatal Woodlawn shooting
Two charged in fatal stabbing of 70-year-old
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Check out a book, file a police report

A police station in a library? Yes. Residents of the Southwest Side's Clearing neighborhood will now be
able to go to the library to fill out police reports, under a pilot
city program launched Saturday. The Chicago Police Department has added a satellite office to the Chicago Public Library's Clearing Branch at 6423 W. 63rd Pl.
Four in custody, two injured in South Side roller rink disturbance
Two men shot near West Side high school
Roommate finds man, 50s, dead with stab wounds on West Side
Police: One dead, one wounded in South Side drive-by
Four men wounded in Park Manor shooting
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Savio's injuries suggest homicide: expert

A pathologist who concluded that the death of former Bolingbrook police
Sgt. Drew Peterson's ex-wife was a homicide and not an accident, as
first determined, testified Friday that her injuries weren't consistent
with a fall in a bathtub.
DNA leads to arrest in 26-year-old cold case murder
Video poker king target of federal investigation
2 men shot in building on Near North Side
Schaumburg police look for 2 who abducted, robbed out-of-state woman
Alleged thief should've taken train instead
Defense seeks to block confession in Zion murder
Robbery suspect asked for Ft. Hood gun, FBI alleges
$250K bail for teacher accused in sex assault
Friday, February 5, 2010
East Garfield Park man charged with brutal beating: cops
Teacher charged with sex assault of student: police
Somali grandmother found on NW Side not a kidnap victim
Gunmen use Ft. Hood weapons to rob Gurnee bank
North Side woman charged with stealing CTA van
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Niles police officer charged with stealing from dead man
Home confinement for man who tried to avoid jury duty
Trooper describes Drew Peterson investigation
O'Hare Project firm accused of minority contract fraud
Chicago Police seize knock-off Coach, Chanel products
Suburban basketball referee facing child porn charges
Cop charged with stealing money from dead man
Cicero man charged after raid nets $5 million in drugs and cash
No one hurt, 2 nabbed in Rogers Park robbery
Woman held after CTA worker's van stolen on NW Side
PF woman's ex-boyfriend held on $200K
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Bags of body parts found in SW Side trash bin
'Somewhat creepy' Plainfield man guilty of kiddie porn
Lansing dad charged in his two young sons' fire deaths
Senior parole agent charged with sexually assaulting parolee
Naperville businessman charged with offering bribes
Gunman kills self in Macomb store, no others injured
Robbers pepper spray, threaten store employee with gun
Savio feared Drew, witnesses testify
Thugs use Twitter to talk trash
One held for stabbing 2 men on NW Side
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Man arrested after stealing Rockford squad car
A Humboldt Park neighborhood man who was under arrest by Rockford police allegedly stole a squad car and led police on a chase all the way to the North Side -- while still wearing handcuffs -- where he was re-arrested early Tuesday.
Attackers chase, fatally shoot 17-year-old on West Side
Defendants get off easy in penis gluing plea deal
Parishioner accused of church arson
Students suspended for showing guns in Facebook video
Peterson witness had doubts
Drug suspect killed
Monday, February 1, 2010
Teen shot near North Side elementary school
$1M bond for parishioner charged with torching church
Charges upgraded to murder against man in wife's beating
Carothers' dad convicted of corruption charges too
Teen ordered held without bail in gang initiation shooting
Alert issued after man tries to lure teen into car on NW Side
City Hall of Shame: 31 convicted aldermen since 1973
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Valuable macaw stolen from Naperville pet store
Petland co-owner Mike Isaac said the man walked in about 6
p.m. Jan. 19, put the small bird under his coat, and ran right out again. The
man was, however, captured on security cameras, and is described as possibly
Caucasian, with short black hair, and of average height and weight.
Valuable macaw stolen from Naperville pet store
Elgin man charged with trying to murder father
Prison looms for Naperville liquor store robber
Scofflaw faces trial on 12 charges
2 men charged in Bolingbrook drug bust
Man killed in South Side shooting: police
Woman dies 3 weeks after alleged beating by husband
Woman shot in arm on Southwest Side
North suburban man fatally shot in Calumet City
7 arrested, cops injured after 100-person street fight
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Man uses 'hand' gun in attempted gas station robbery
James R. Zoske, 21, of 81 Country Club Drive,
Bloomingdale, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of felony attempted
aggravated robbery after he pretended that his left hand was a gun
hidden inside his sweatshirt and used the ruse to try scaring the owner
of an Elgin gas station into giving him money, a police report said.
Man uses 'hand' gun in attempted gas station robbery
More charges filed against Lake Co. man accused of shooting dog
Alleged Joliet bombmaker charged
Villa Park man charged with trafficking child porn
Weinberger extradition from Italy only matter of days
Hearing set for Chicago cop charged with animal neglect
2 Lake Co. men accused of sex abuse, assault
Appeals panel revokes Vrdolyak's get-out-of-jail-free card
Waukegan man accused of battering cop
Grayslake man gets 15 years for sex assault
Round Lake man found guilty in fatal stabbing
3 men shot on South Side
2 men wounded in Humboldt Park shooting
Robbery suspects nabbed following getaway crash
3 men indicted in New Year's Eve Zion slaying
Aurora man wanted for robbing woman near liquor store
Minister: Drew urged Stacy Peterson to lie to police
Friday, January 29, 2010
Prison for ex-charity boss for taking funds

From lavish dining to food stamps to prison grub. Patti Buffington -- the onetime head of a West Side charity devoted to assisting prostitutes -- was sentenced to a year in prison Thursday. The sentence comes 3 ½ years after she was charged with looting $479,000 from the charity and spending some of the money on swanky vacations to the Bahamas.
Carothers expected to plead guilty to bribery charges
Vrdolyak's probation-only sentence overturned
Hospital orderly charged with sexual assault of patient
Two arrested after police recover $400K, guns and drugs in SW Side bust
Ex-Niles Mayor Nicholas Blase gets year and a day in prison
Child porn charges for sexting at age 12?
Trooper nearly struck during hit and run
$20,000 worth of jeans stolen in Aurora
Man shot by police on S. Side under guard at hospital
Man trying to defend son beaten, robbed in Bridgeport
Elgin man in critical condition after stabbed by son
Woman wounded, infant injured in South Side shooting
Gary woman convicted in severe beating of aunt
Maywood man charged with striking squad car, injuring cops
Man accused of stealing $22K of aluminum
Man robs north suburban Walgreens
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Woman shot, infant injured by broken glass on South Side
Webio founder pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme
Boy, girl accused of explicit 'sexting'
Off-duty cop shoots robbery suspect in restaurant
Chicago murder suspect arrested in New York City
Police: Man had knife, several pairs of female underwear
Lane Tech teacher cleared in prostitution case
Buffalo Grove man pleads guilty to sex assault of minors
Alleged mobster: 'I'm a reputed good guy'
Cops: Man took train to Skokie, burglarized homes
Police: Men stole $4K from tavern's gaming machines
Teen shot in legs on South Side
Bloomingdale man accused of building company theft
3 charged after burglarizing Lawndale house
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Two cops acquitted of conspiracy, perjury charges
A Cook County judge today acquitted two Chicago cops of planting drugs on a convicted felon outside his sister's home six years ago, saying that prosecutors didn't "come close" to proving their case.
Two cops acquitted of conspiracy, perjury charges
Savio's doctor testifies at Drew Peterson hearing
24-year-old charged with west suburban purse thefts
Sex with prison visitors a no-no here
Two with homemade gun held after unusual heist
Inmates subscribe to lonely hearts pen-pal club on Web
Boy, 15, shot near school
Reputed mobster to be sentenced for tax evasion
Teen works tie off door, held during home invasion
Man charged with harassment on South Side: police
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Gas station clerk critically wounded in South Side armed robbery
Over 20 charged in fake payroll check cashing scheme
Charges filed in South Side police shooting
Girl,16, shot in leg on South Side
Blood on scene of 1998 murder leads to charges
Teen girls use pepper spray, rob taxi driver: cops
Charges filed in South Side police shooting
Monday, January 25, 2010
Mumbai terror suspect Rana pleads ‘not guilty’ in Chicago
Chicago firefighter who stole gas meter gets probation
Police shoot, kill man brandishing sword in north suburb
Deportation possible for accused Naperville molester
Southwest Side man dies after shooting in Summit
Suburban teen charged with vandalizing holiday lights
Woodlawn attack leaves man critically wounded
Neighbor testifies at Peterson's 'hearsay' hearing
Man abandons bicycle, shot on South Side
Sunday, January 24, 2010
16 guns, drugs seized during arrests
Two men were ordered held on $500,000 bond each Sunday after Chicago Police executed search warrants for them Saturday morning and recovered a total of 16 guns -- including two loaded assault weapons -- and narcotics with an estimated street value more than $27,000.
NW suburban couple accused of pimping teen
Teen boy dead, two wounded in West Side shooting
Man killed, one in custody in Humboldt Park shooting
Police fire shots during South Side foot chase, nobody wounded
Man stabbed in the face on South Side
Shooting outside club leads to Eisenhower crash with IDOT
Man charged with posing as cop, robbing couple
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Priest who tried to kill himself could be deported
The Rev. Alejandro Flores, who until recently served at Holy
Family Church in Shorewood, had his first appearance in Kane County Court on
Thursday. His attorney said the priest is expected to plead not guilty to the
seven felony charges filed against him.
Priest who tried to kill himself could be deported
Lincoln Park man posed as cop, robbed couple: police
2 cops on trial, accused of planting drugs on man
2 Chicago men caught with m1,500 pounds of marijuana
Would-be robber fatally wounded by clerk: cops
Drew overlooked as Savio suspect in '04: detective
Woman charged in hit-and-run that critically injured man
State disbars St. Charles attorney for theft
$20,000 of cocaine seized at Joliet motel
Psych patient flees West Side hospital
Prostitution bust at Algonquin massage parlor
Man, 21, hurt in hit-and-run in west suburb
Buffalo Grove man charged with drugging woman's drink
Cops rework tips in '08 Lane Bryant murders
Paxton woman imprisoned in animal abuse case
Fatal Little Village shooting appears to be gang-related
Meth lab operator gets 4-year prison term
FBI raid local doctor's weight-loss clinics
Round Lake Beach man acquitted of attempted murder
Friday, January 22, 2010
Police shoot, critically injure man in Humbolt Park
Convicted felon testifies cops framed him
2 men shot, 1 fatally, in Little Village
Liquor store robber fatally shot by clerk in Crest Hill
Astro van hits, kills elderly man in Albany Park
Pizza delivery driver tries to lure North Side girl: cops
Naperville grandfather accused of sexually abusing child
Evanston man accusing of two-by-four beating
Teen cop impersonator hit mom, stole uncle's car: cops
Man found shot in torso in Garfield Park
Woman guilty in dad's slaying
Man caught during Bartlett cabbie robbery
8 arrested in high school basketball fight
Ex-Melrose Park cop sentenced to year in prison
Cops: Alleged harassment near sled hill never happened
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Cop charged with assault on cabdriver
A Chicago Police detective has been charged with theft of services and aggravated assault for allegedly pulling a gun on a cabbie in an off-duty dispute over an $8 fare last spring.
Judge tosses Twitter libel suit against Uptown tenant
Chicago man blamed in best friend's DUI death on NW Side
Duo bribed victim's father: prosecutors
Jury finds woman guilty in father's murder
Navy sailor pleads innocent to solicitation of a minor
Judge rejects new trial for Brown's Chicken killer
Guard, 80, assaulted during dollar store hold up
Man charged for West Pullman police-involved shooting
Federal dog sniffs out huge shipment of opium at O'Hare
Woman admits killing dad, insists self-defense
Apparent jealous rage sparks Rogers Park fight
Prison, deportation for sex with 13-year-old
Attorneys: Bar death penalty in Burger King slaying
More 'hearsay' evidence slated in Drew Peterson case
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Ex-cop convicted of trying to deposit phony $1M check
Lentz admits lying to police, shooting father twice
Police detective charged with theft, assault
Priest who jumped from balcony charged with sex abuse
Woman charged after biting ER nurse, throwing vomit
Police fire shots at gunman near West Side high school
63-year-old NW suburban woman charged with prostitution
No bail in Chicago teen's caught-on-video killing
Insurance exec accused of murder-for-hire scheme
Fifth person charged in fatal beating of Fenger student
Sentencing set for man convicted of hauling 14 tons of marijuana
Driver in fatal wreck had blood alcohol content over 3 times legal limit: police
Two charged in Near West Side murder
'Road rage' led to murder charge
Little Village woman arrested after she and her children found in squalor
July retrial set for former Streets & San chief
Man found fatally shot in head
Commitment trial set for ex-priest
Man shot in Humboldt Park home invasion
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
FBI arrests 2 men for assistant U.S. attorney murder plot
Tailgating led to Edens Expy. murder: prosecutors
Police: Woman found dead in hotel commited suicide
Drugs, weapons found at north suburban tattoo shop
Man stabbed on CTA train on South Side
Teen sues former teacher charged with sexual assault
Woman charged with stabbing boyfriend in the back
Wives' alleged statements face test in Peterson hearing
Chicago man charged with health club locker break-in
Police: Man charged with biting cop, grabbing holster
Two nabbed for shooting, concerned citizens identify them
Teen charged with sex assault: police
Three charged in West Side fencing operation
Prison, deportation for sex with 13-year-old
Man sentenced to 25 years from fatal auto shop beating
Monday, January 18, 2010
Woman found dead with bag over head at Skokie hotel
Wisconsin man charged in trucker stabbing on Edens
Police: Man bit cop's chest outside Gold Coast restaurant
Man dies after being bitten by pit bulls on South Side
DUI, child endangerment charges pending in Ike crash
Bomb threat flushes 200 from north suburban Wal-Mart
Man charged for beating, robbing elderly man in Uptown
Man charged in South Side standoff
Man shot to death in Near West Side home
Cabbie charged with murder in fatal Rogers Park fire
Standoff is "peacefully resolved" on South Side
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Man arrested, charged in fatal North Side blaze
An irate taxi driver involved in a long-running dispute with two neighbors intentionally set fire to a Rogers Park high rise, killing one person and injuring five others on Thursday, prosecutors said.
Gunman robs Bolingbrook bank
Man seriously hurt in South Side shooting
Male wounded in shooting at South Side party
Matteson cop: Trustee threatened officer's job over illegally parked car
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Wisconsin trucker slain after argument on Edens

A Wisconsin trucker was stabbed to death on the Edens Expy. Friday
during an apparent traffic dispute with the driver of another big rig
near the Skokie Lagoons. The slain trucker was a 40-year-old man from Sparta, Wis. He drove for
Pehler & Son Trucking in Arcadia, Wis. His name was not released as
authorities tried to reach his family.
Boy, 13, shot under viaduct on South Side
Man wanted in attempt to sexually abuse girl, 15, walking home from school
AG Madigan advises caution in Haiti donations
Pizza delivery man punched by customer
Man shot during robbery at South Side restaurant
Gurnee police seek knocking burglar
Thieves strike Evanston gutters
Gary cop pleads in exploitation
Attorney: Flowers sloppy with finances, but no thief
Cops catch shooting suspect in Indiana
Judge allows statements in Gurnee child-beating
2 men wounded in West Town shooting
Friday, January 15, 2010
Escape run ends at bulletproof courthouse window
Texting-while-driving charge could be least of motorist's problems
Man accused of coming from Romania to stalk woman
Truck driver dies in stabbing on Edens near Wilmette
'Armed, dangerous' man wanted for Merrionette Park shootings
South Side man gunned down in Evanston
$100K bond for schools chief Flowers
Oswego neighbors are shocked at Alaska murder charges
5 arrested, 4 hurt after fight at Northwest Side nightclub
Pair plead not guilty to attempted Round Lake kidnapping
Freed gang member back in prison
Man who died at Rogers Park fire was victim of homicide
Allegedly tortured under Burge, Tillman out after 23 years
Police: DNA in saliva connects man to River Forest burglary
Boss guilty of killing deliveryman in 1981
East Chicago woman killed in apparent murder
Lawyer from Winnetka sentenced in fraud
Warrenville home invader loses prison sentence appeal
Beware of Haiti relief-effort scams
Officials: Man charged for pointing gun at cop
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Woman accused of killing father paints it as self-defense
Schools Supt. Flowers charged with theft
Naperville man guilty in pizza shop killing
Tortured into confessing, Chicago man freed in Burge case
South Side Park Manor Couple dead in murder-suicide
Woman found naked, strangled in Far South Side building
Oswego cops look for 2 adult bookstore battery suspects
Stateville Prison guard stabbed by inmate
Man in serious condition after stabbing near Lathrop Homes
Police shoot man on NW Side
Misspelled name on phony credit card lands man in prison
2 men held in high-end purse thefts
Woman claiming to be school dean charged with forgery
2 arrested on drug charges in Algonquin
2 Chicago men, 2 juveniles charged in theft of packages
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Oswego woman charged with husband's '88 murder
Man charged in theft of $2,395 purse
Downstate woman says she was hit, kidnapped
Couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide
Coach charged with stealing referees' money
Gang-related attack leaves teen shot in Bridgeport
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Killed over an insult on the Northwest Side?
Michael Cosmano and Milton Rodriguez were arguing over wages and working conditions at Cosmano's Northwest Side pizzeria when Rodriguez made the mistake of calling Cosmano "stupid," Cook County prosecutors said.
Ticket issued to off-duty cop who shot dog
Police: 'Combative' cop arrested after man shot
Shooting sparks barricade situation in Country Club Hills
Police fatally shoot motorist after slow-speed chase
Niles police Taser 83-year-old woman
Frankfort woman discovers husband shot to death in home
Off-duty Chicago cop fatally shoots neighbor's dog
Glenview teen charged in run-in with Deerfield cops
Police warn of South Side auto parts store robberies
Wife and son discover man shot to death in home
Police seek suspect in beauty salon hold-ups
Missing woman found, claims she was kidnapped
Union agent with rap sheet charged with shoplifting purse: police
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