Crime

In 2011, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s first half-year in office, police wrote 21,500 curfew citations. That was followed by a steady drop to 18,527 in 2012; 14,233 in 2013; and just … Continued

Documents released by the Department of Social Services on Thursday said his children seemed happy and well-adjusted despite occasional spankings, and the family took a summer trip to Disney World … Continued

A married father from the suburbs is accused of beating a man to death because he disrespected his girlfriend. Antwon Williams promised his 21-year-old girlfriend he would “check” Raphael Watts … Continued

Edgar Hernandez, who played guitar in a Catholic church choir in Pilsen, was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing two underage girls and videotaping the encounters … Continued

In prison for killing Rhoni Reuter, the pregnant girlfriend of ex-Chicago Bears player Shaun Gayle, Marni Yang is hoping new DNA tests will exonerate her. On Thursday, Lake County Circuit … Continued

A married father from the suburbs is accused of beating a man to death because he disrespected his girlfriend. Antwon Williams promised his 21-year-old girlfriend he would “check” Raphael Watts … Continued

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The South Carolina man accused of killing his five children and dumping their bodies in Alabama was an ex-convict who went on a crime spree more … Continued

A 24-year-old woman was sexually assaulted Wednesday in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. She told Chicago Police that an armed male suspect forced her into her vehicle … Continued

A former Cook County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty Wednesday to deliberately tripping up a prisoner, breaking the prisoner’s nose and a tooth. Rafael Munoz, 38, admitted the attack on a … Continued

A top mayoral aide on Tuesday pegged the cost of retroactive pay raises for rank-and-file Chicago Police officers at up to $65 million, but ruled out long-term borrowing to pay … Continued