Did cougar kill spark arson at Daley's Mich. home?
Mayor Daley's Michigan summer home was apparently the target of an arson that badly burned two of his neighbors' homes last month -- and was possibly set by someone angry over the recent killing by Chicago Police of a wild cougar on the North Side, the Sun-Times has learned. The April 24 fire was initially believed to be an accidental brush fire. Police reopened the investigation after learning that a threatening note was sent to Daley's City Hall office.
Mayor Daley's Michigan summer home was apparently the target of an arson that badly burned two of his neighbors' homes last month -- and was possibly set by someone angry over the recent killing by Chicago Police of a wild cougar on the North Side, the Sun-Times has learned. The April 24 fire was initially believed to be an accidental brush fire. Police reopened the investigation after learning that a threatening note was sent to Daley's City Hall office.
• Cops gun down cougar
• Anger at cougar slaying may have fueled school threat: cops
1 killed, 2 wounded in S. Side shooting
One man was killed and two others injured in a Thursday night shooting in the South Side’s Marquette Park neighborhood.
Lane Bryant survivor called 911 instead of fleeing
After breaking free from her bindings, Lane Bryant manager Rhoda McFarland could have escaped through a rear door, but instead she chose to call 911 to seek help for herself and five other women inside, authorities said.
Naperville man charged with assaulting child
Man seriously injured in Bronzeville shooting
Teen impaled in crash
Cops planted gun on wounded man: witnesses
Inquest: Chicagoan left for dead after OD
Millionaire pleads guilty to money laundering
After breaking free from her bindings, Lane Bryant manager Rhoda McFarland could have escaped through a rear door, but instead she chose to call 911 to seek help for herself and five other women inside, authorities said.
Joe Birkett's son arrested for pot
Fight leads to 5 shot at Riverdale bar
Skokie police sued for malicious arrest
Car strikes city building, 1 injured
Judge in crash was driving drunk: cops
Police: Angry teen leads to high school lockdown
The son of DuPage County's top prosecutor and two other men were arrested for allegedly possessing marijuana and a smoking pipe over the weekend in Naperville.
Birkett: 'Disappointment is what you feel'
The son of DuPage County’s top prosecutor and two other men have been arrested for allegedly possessing marijuana and a smoking pipe over the weekend in Naperville. Nicholas T. Birkett, the son of DuPage County State’s Attorney Joe Birkett, has been cited under Naperville ordinances for possession of drug paraphernalia and less than 30 grams of cannabis.
Suspect shot, another captured after home invasion
Injuries reported in Cook County Jail fight
Motorist fatally shot on S. Side
Police: Mom files report on kids who aren't missing
Masked gunman invades Tinley home, takes cash, watches
The son of DuPage County’s top prosecutor and two other men have been arrested for allegedly possessing marijuana and a smoking pipe over the weekend in Naperville. Nicholas T. Birkett, the son of DuPage County State’s Attorney Joe Birkett, has been cited under Naperville ordinances for possession of drug paraphernalia and less than 30 grams of cannabis.
Woman found strangled, bludgeoned in alley
Man fatally stabbed during domestic dispute
Wanted murder suspect surrenders in Texas
Three shot in Hamilton Park neighborhood
Man charged with sexual abuse of family member
Facial-recognition software nabs 2 in fraud probe
Judge issues gag order in Abbate case
Suspected bank robber found hiding in closet
34-year-old student arrested for college threat
An unidentified woman found dead in a South Side alley early Monday was strangled and suffered head injuries from an assault, an autopsy has determined.
Teen fatally shot in Chicago Heights
Teen fatally shot in Chicago Heights
22-year-old man fatally shot in head in Pullman
South Side car crash kills 20-year-old woman
CHICAGO HEIGHTS -- A 17-year-old was fatally shot Saturday night in south suburban Chicago Heights.
Homeless woman accused in fire is ruled insane
A homeless woman accused of starting a fire in a Wrigleyville home that killed four people last March was found not guilty by reason of insanity Friday. Mary Smith, 51, said in a videotaped statement she started the fire inside an interior stairwell at 3553 N. Fremont because she lost her shoes that night and her feet were cold.
Boy charged in sex abuse of classmate
Millionaire with over 80 guns a 'collector'
A homeless woman accused of starting a fire in a Wrigleyville home that killed four people last March was found not guilty by reason of insanity Friday. Mary Smith, 51, said in a videotaped statement she started the fire inside an interior stairwell at 3553 N. Fremont because she lost her shoes that night and her feet were cold.
26 years after murder, witnesses speak up
It was June 12, 1981, and 29-year-old pizza deliveryman Milton Rodriguez was organizing a strike at a Northwest Side eatery -- a move he hoped would force the bosses to boost pay and improve working conditions.
26 years after murder, witnesses speak up
Cops probe reported sex assault at school
Trader charged in gun seizure is just 'collector'
Millionaire arrested in gun case was 'collector'
It was June 12, 1981, and 29-year-old pizza deliveryman Milton Rodriguez was organizing a strike at a Northwest Side eatery -- a move he hoped would force the bosses to boost pay and improve working conditions.
Ex-teacher gets five years for sex with teenage boy
One held in S. Side standoff
Police seize cache of guns in Lake Forest
Threat, bullet found at Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Bond denied for 2 men charged in woman's murder
3 charged in beating of Glen Ellyn man
Shooting victim found lying dead on sidewalk
Former Glendale Heights teacher Anastasia Pappas grew so close to a family whose four children had been her students that, when she needed a place to live in 2001, their family let her move in with them.
Toddler shot: 'He never cried'
Daley on gov's anti-violence plan: 'Where are you gonna get the money?'
Teen with weapon arrested after chase
Cops solve 1981 murder of pizza delivery driver
Ex-teacher admits having sex with former student
6 hurt in S. Side hit-and-run
Dad died saving his little girl
Three-year-old Marshawn Williams doesn't understand that the gauze bandage on his left shoulder covers a bullet wound.
Daley on gov's anti-violence plan: 'Where are you gonna get the money?'
Woman killed in possible gang crossfire
As a child, Ishma Stewart liked to park her kid-sized rocking chair in the middle of a family gathering, where she'd spin a tale about a girl named Wendy who lived within the colored bands of a rainbow. Sometimes, Ishma's living room performances incorporated her grandmother's wigs and dresses. Sometimes a little dancing got thrown in, her relatives said.
Lake View bank branch robbed
Two men dead after West Side shooting
Father abducts children during visit
Missing Hillside woman found strangled in Chicago
Man charged with DUI for hitting girl, killing her dad
Three men shot on SW Side
3-year-old recovering after being shot
As a child, Ishma Stewart liked to park her kid-sized rocking chair in the middle of a family gathering, where she'd spin a tale about a girl named Wendy who lived within the colored bands of a rainbow. Sometimes, Ishma's living room performances incorporated her grandmother's wigs and dresses. Sometimes a little dancing got thrown in, her relatives said.
U. of I. football star Mendenhall robbed at gunpoint
Cops: 3-year-old caught in crossfire
Five shot in three separate South Side shootings
Cop impersonator tries to abduct, assault woman
Suspected serial bank robber arrested, charged
20-year-old woman fatally shot on South Side
University of Illinois star running back Rashard Mendenhall -- who was just drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers -- was robbed at gunpoint early Monday along the South Side lakefront, sources said.
Pedestrian killed in South Side hit-and-run
A 36-year-old man was killed after being hit by a vehicle on the South Side early Sunday, and police continue to look for the vehicle that struck the man.
Pedestrian killed in South Side hit-and-run
Boy, 5, shoots himself in head, parents charged
Son denied bail, dad's set at $5 mil. for murder
Teen held in St. Xavier threat must see doctor
A 36-year-old man was killed after being hit by a vehicle on the South Side early Sunday, and police continue to look for the vehicle that struck the man.
Student charged in St. Xavier U. threat
A 19-year-old St. Xavier University student charged with writing threatening graffiti that shut down the school was ordered by a judge to stay away from college campuses and is expected to be released on $15,000 bond Saturday.
$15,000 bond for St. Xavier threat suspect
$15,000 bond for St. Xavier threat suspect
Bond issued for factory murder suspects
Man cited with DUI after hitting Sun-Times truck
Swindlers get only 6 months for stealing from dad
3 'drug hit' victims from Calif.
A 19-year-old St. Xavier University student charged with writing threatening graffiti that shut down the school was ordered by a judge to stay away from college campuses and is expected to be released on $15,000 bond Saturday.$15,000 bond for St. Xavier threat suspect
Man charged in West Side factory shooting
Man charged in West Side factory shooting
Death of burned toddler ruled homicide
Student arrested in St. Xavier shutdown
Man indicted in Back-of-the-Yards shooting
Person shot stumbles into firehouse
Cops beat teen over link to Ryan Harris case: lawyer
Police say charges have been filed against one man and are pending against another in the fatal shooting of a man at a West Side factory Wednesday.
3 murdered in Little Village
Three people "living out of suitcases" were found shot to death Wednesday morning in a Little Village apartment in what police suspect was a drug-related slaying. Two men and a woman were discovered bound and gagged on the first floor of a two-flat in the 2800 block of South Kildare after someone made a call for a "well-being check" at about 6:40 a.m., police said.
Residents: Gangs a part of everyday life Pics of jewelry from home released Are you concerned about city violence?
Two shot near South Side elementary school
Two bomb threats called in to downtown buisnesses
Aurora man pleads guilty to cyberstalking
Man shot dead outside Far South Side home
Pics of jewelry from S. Side home released
Three people "living out of suitcases" were found shot to death Wednesday morning in a Little Village apartment in what police suspect was a drug-related slaying. Two men and a woman were discovered bound and gagged on the first floor of a two-flat in the 2800 block of South Kildare after someone made a call for a "well-being check" at about 6:40 a.m., police said. Residents: Gangs a part of everyday life Pics of jewelry from home released Are you concerned about city violence?
28-year-old man fatally shot at West Side factory
A 28-year-old man is dead following a shooting on the West Side on Wednesday afternoon. About 1:30 p.m., the man was fatally shot in a business in the 4500 block of West Division Street, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said. The man was shot once in the head, Mirabelli said. Santos Rivera was fatally shot at 4500 W. Division St. No one was in custody as of 8:30 p.m.
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28-year-old man fatally shot at West Side factory
Man in custody for firing shots at police
3 shot, killed on S.W. Side
Counterfeit shoes might be biggest Midwest bust
Catholic teacher gunned down in SUV
A 28-year-old man is dead following a shooting on the West Side on Wednesday afternoon. About 1:30 p.m., the man was fatally shot in a business in the 4500 block of West Division Street, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said. The man was shot once in the head, Mirabelli said. Santos Rivera was fatally shot at 4500 W. Division St. No one was in custody as of 8:30 p.m.More Metro and Tri-State headlines NBC5 Video: Shooting leaves one dead
Man shot in head, crashes into house
Man shot in head, crashes into house
S. Side mom faces charges over baby's death
Robbery may have been the motive for the slaying of a shoe salesman driving a Hummer sport-utility vehicle Monday night on the South Side.
Truck driver cited for fatal CTA crash
The driver of the semi-tractor trailer that plowed into the Cermak/Chinatown CTA L station, killing two women, was ticketed and released from police custody Sunday night, officials said.
• Photos: CTA station crash
2 women killed in Friday crash, questions loom
Man shot inside car on W. Side
One held in fatal Ukrainian Village slaying
Employment security worker to fight federal bribery charges
Woman sold $100 tickets, but skipped the raffle: cops
The driver of the semi-tractor trailer that plowed into the Cermak/Chinatown CTA L station, killing two women, was ticketed and released from police custody Sunday night, officials said.
• Photos: CTA station crash
2 women killed in Friday crash, questions loom
Autopsy: Man in standoff was shot multiple times
Police: Man fatally stabs brother
Boy and man shot while exiting bus near church
Possible hostage situation in Grayslake
Man fatally stabbed by his brother
South Side man shot in leg
Man fatally shot by Markham police
Woman stabs boyfriend in argument
18-year-old killed in Ukrainian Village
Possible gang member fatally shot in Rogers Park
An autopsy Sunday has revealed a man shot by police in a standoff at a Southeast Side auto body shop Saturday night died from multiple gunshot wounds.
25-year-old fatally shot on South Side
Man shot in West Side drive-by
A 25-year-old man was found shot to death early Saturday on the South Side.
$500,000 bond for man charged in punching Burton
A 29-year-old Berwyn man, believed to be mentally ill, was charged with aggravated battery Friday for allegedly walking around the Loop punching people. At least six people were injured, including ABC-7 News anchor Cheryl Burton. During a bond hearing Friday afternoon, a judge ordered Gregory Perdue held on $500,000 bond.
Ch. 7's Burton on mend after punched Ch. 7's Burton roughed up in Loop Punch-throwing man injures people, news anchor
Seniors being scammed by fake cops
Teen without a ride steals car, cop says
Body of apparent shooting victim found on driveway
Bond denied for triple-homicide suspect
Ex-con charged with killing his foster family
Words from the street
A 29-year-old Berwyn man, believed to be mentally ill, was charged with aggravated battery Friday for allegedly walking around the Loop punching people. At least six people were injured, including ABC-7 News anchor Cheryl Burton. During a bond hearing Friday afternoon, a judge ordered Gregory Perdue held on $500,000 bond.Ch. 7's Burton on mend after punched Ch. 7's Burton roughed up in Loop Punch-throwing man injures people, news anchor
5 killed in S. Side home
In one of the worst mass killings in Chicago in years, three men and two women were found shot to death Wednesday afternoon in a ransacked South Side home. Authorities would not identify the victims, but relatives said four of the dead were Anthony Scales Jr., Donovan Richardson, Whitney Flowers and Reginald Walker.
• Photos: 5 killed on South Side
Friends had gathered for barbecue before shooting NBC5 Video: 5 fatally shot in home NBC5 Video: 5 killed in Chatham neighborhood NBC5 Video: Chatham home ransacked where 5 killed
Police: Victims of South Side shooting 'targeted'
Suspect, children of slain woman seen in Ark. store
Two men shot while walking in Evanston
Man stabbed outside CTA Red Line station
Friends had gathered for barbecue before shooting
2 ISP troopers, IDOC employee hurt at prison
Relative charged in Englewood triple-homicide
Teen's sighting leads to man's arrest in triple murder
Order of protection isn't enough for slain mom
Daley calls for City Hall summit to curb gun violence
In one of the worst mass killings in Chicago in years, three men and two women were found shot to death Wednesday afternoon in a ransacked South Side home. Authorities would not identify the victims, but relatives said four of the dead were Anthony Scales Jr., Donovan Richardson, Whitney Flowers and Reginald Walker. • Photos: 5 killed on South Side
Friends had gathered for barbecue before shooting NBC5 Video: 5 fatally shot in home NBC5 Video: 5 killed in Chatham neighborhood NBC5 Video: Chatham home ransacked where 5 killed
5 shot dead on South Side
Tony Scales Sr. said he got a call today from a relative who told him he needed to sit down. Then the relative delivered the terrible news: Scales’ son, Tony Scales Jr., 27, was found dead in a house at 7607 S. Rhodes. “Tony, they killed your son,” the sobbing relative told Scales. Four other people also were found dead in the house, police said. Two of the victims were women, witnesses said.
• Photos: 5 killed on South Side
NBC5 Video: Five fatally shot in home NBC5 Images: 5 killed in Chatham neighborhood
Woman, 19, charged in baby's death
Cops investigate fetus found in cemetery
Man charged after marijuana found during bomb scare
Cops find explosives on arrestee wearing bullet proof vest
Cops question man in S. Side homicide
Tony Scales Sr. said he got a call today from a relative who told him he needed to sit down. Then the relative delivered the terrible news: Scales’ son, Tony Scales Jr., 27, was found dead in a house at 7607 S. Rhodes. “Tony, they killed your son,” the sobbing relative told Scales. Four other people also were found dead in the house, police said. Two of the victims were women, witnesses said.• Photos: 5 killed on South Side
NBC5 Video: Five fatally shot in home NBC5 Images: 5 killed in Chatham neighborhood
Slain mother told police: 'He says he will kill me'
The dead Humboldt Park woman whose three missing children prompted authorities to issue an Amber Alert had a civil order of protection against her husband, who she claimed threatened to kill her and himself.
Cops seek missing kids' father NBC5 Video: Amber Alert issued More Metro & Tri-State headlines
SWAT on patrol after bloody weekend
2 held in McDonald's shootout, murder
Miss Crystal Lake killed in crash
Two teens stabbed, one fatally, on S. Side
Cops seek missing kids' dad after mom is found dead
Suspect once acquitted of killing brother of 'Hoop Dreams' star
'Die on 4/22/08' closes 2 Bellwood schools
Man convicted of bribery picks death over prison
The dead Humboldt Park woman whose three missing children prompted authorities to issue an Amber Alert had a civil order of protection against her husband, who she claimed threatened to kill her and himself.Cops seek missing kids' father NBC5 Video: Amber Alert issued More Metro & Tri-State headlines
37 shot in city over weekend
In gang-related drive-bys, an attempted robbery and other flashes of violence, some 37 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend -- seven of them fatally. A 26-year-old was killed in his home, two teens on the same South Side street, another man as he sat in the office of his plumbing business. Last year, during the same 24-hour period in April, there were 19 shootings.
Four shot, one fatally, in robbery attempt
Podiatrist guilty of sexually assaulting patient
Man slain, 4 others wounded in separate attacks
Convicted counterfeiter could get 5 years
GPS theft may be linked to numerous others
Ex-city worker accused of trying to lure girl
Slain family's cousin hounds neighbors while eluding cops
In gang-related drive-bys, an attempted robbery and other flashes of violence, some 37 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend -- seven of them fatally. A 26-year-old was killed in his home, two teens on the same South Side street, another man as he sat in the office of his plumbing business. Last year, during the same 24-hour period in April, there were 19 shootings.
Child, teen, one other injured in West Side shooting
31 shot, 2 stabbed during weekend violence
Terror plotter moved to 'Supermax' prison
Teen charged with stabbing sleeping couple
Three shot on West Side street
Two stabbed during North Side home invasion
Bicyclist killed in Logan Square accident
Man shot while standing in his yard
Stray bullet hits South Side driver
Body of woman found in lake identified
Bond denied for man charged with murder, shooting at police
Bomb threat closes Oak Lawn Jewel
Three people--including a 12 and 14-year-old--were hospitalized late Saturday following a shooting on the West Side.
Weekend gets off to violent start
The weekend has gotten off to an especially violent start, with no fewer than 19 people shot on the streets of Chicago, four of them fatally, from Friday afternoon through Saturday morning.
Two men killed in South Side shooting
Man shot on West Side
Man shot sitting inside car on South Side
Two men shot driving on South Side
Teen shot in Marquette Park neighborhood
28-year-old man shot on South Side
The weekend has gotten off to an especially violent start, with no fewer than 19 people shot on the streets of Chicago, four of them fatally, from Friday afternoon through Saturday morning.
Gunshots hit boy, 4, as he rides in minivan with mom
A 4-year-old boy riding in a minivan with his mother was shot in his leg Thursday in the West Englewood neighborhood. Lorenzo Johnson was shot about 3:30 p.m. while sitting in a red minivan with his mother in the 6800 block of South Damen, police said.
Former Aurora gang leader sentenced
Bridal salon employees chase down thief
Suspect to appear in court for student's slaying
Cops say they tailed burglar as he worked
A 4-year-old boy riding in a minivan with his mother was shot in his leg Thursday in the West Englewood neighborhood. Lorenzo Johnson was shot about 3:30 p.m. while sitting in a red minivan with his mother in the 6800 block of South Damen, police said.
Man shot on Near West Side
Sorich, Slattery ordered to report to prison Monday
4-year-old shot while sitting in van
'Angel of death' nurse pleads not guilty
Teen found in alley bludgeoned to death
Teen fatally shot during dice game
Man arrested after hostage situation ends peacefully
Girlfriend charged in West Side slaying
Peoria teen arrested after weapon found at school
A 20-year-old man is in serious condition after a Wednesday night shooting in the West Side’s United Center Park neighborhood.
