Chicago Crime
Man guilty of killing teen after mistaking SUV contained rivals
A Cook County jury Thursday found a purported Latin King guilty of murdering a teen and injuring her friends when he mistakenly identified them as rivals and rammed into their SUV after they got lost on the West Side in 2009.
Prosecutors: Man stabbed Naperville teacher, sipped beer then walked away
After stabbing Naperville teacher Shaun Wild in the chest at a packed Naperville nightclub, Daniel Olaska casually took a sip of his beer before walking away, DuPage County authorities alleged Thursday.
Two killed in 95th Street hit-and-run still unidentified
A man and a woman killed on the South Side by a hit-and-run driver in the early hours of Thursday had yet to be identified Thursday evening. The two were crossing 95th Street near Cottage Grove Avenue about 2:50 a.m. when they were struck by …
County board to debate controversial immigration policy
Cook County commissioners will be on the hot seat Thursday as they face critics and supporters of a controversial policy directing the county sheriff to ignore requests from the feds to hold suspected illegal immigrants in jail longer.
Immigration rights activists, expected to show up …
Suspected ‘Wicker Park Bandit’ captured by FBI
A man believed to be the “Wicker Park Bandit,” suspected of robbing as many as 10 banks in and around the Near West Side Wicker Park neighborhood, was arrested Tuesday night, according to the FBI.
Simeon Harris, 27, of the 2600 block of South Indiana, …
Seven years for woman who had traces of pot in system during fatal crash
Alia Bernard of Aurora, who killed two motorcyclists when she reached for her sunglasses while driving, was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison.
Devante Jackson of Joliet was charged with marijuana possession after emptying five bags of pot from his pockets at the security checkpoint at the River Valley Juvenile Detention Center, police said.
City Clerk yanks stickers over gang sign flap despite mom’s plea
Chicago City Clerk Susana Mendoza is axing the controversial winning design for the 2012-13 city sticker, saying it could be “misconstrued” as including gang signs.
Reputed Cicero mob boss Michael ‘The Large Guy’ Sarno gets 25 years
Reputed Cicero mob boss Michael “The Large Guy” Sarno was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday for ordering the bombing of a Berwyn business over video poker territory as well as running a robbery crew that shot and stabbed its way across several states.
Does mom love him? Cops say man faked kidnapping to find out
A southwest suburban man who wanted to get money from his family staged his own kidnapping and then demanded a $1,000 ransom, police said.
Naperville bar 911 call: ‘My buddy just got stabbed!’
“911? We need an ambulance ... my buddy just got stabbed!” A frantic patron of Frankies Blue Room in downtown Naperville shouted those words early Saturday morning to a Naperville Police and Fire Emergency Center dispatch operator, after a man attacked and stabbed three other men, mortally wounding one of them.
Homicide suspect caught, daughter found safe in Chicago
An Amber Alert issued for a 2-year-old Wisconsin girl has been canceled after the girl and her father were found in Chicago. Iryana K. Vaughn, 2, was abducted about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of Racine Street in Racine, Wis., according to the …
Man shot outside South Side gas station
A man was critically injured early Wednesday in an apparent drive-by outside a South Side gas station, police said. The 21-year-old man was outside a gas station in the 1200 block of W. 59th Street about 12:23 a.m. when he got into an argument with …
Accused murderer’s lawyers want to talk with Jennifer Hudson
Lawyers for the man accused of killing Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson’s family members said they’d like a face-to-face with the singer in case she is called to the stand during the April murder trial.
Hudson had never been identified as a witness in the …
Video poker king gets three-plus years in prison
Video poker king Casey Szaflarski was sentenced to more than three years in prison on Tuesday for his role in overseeing dozens of video poker machines that were part of a mob operation.
