Crime

A brother and sister from Lemont are scheduled to appear in bond court Sunday after they were charged with several armed robberies of women on the South and Southwest Sides. Jaclyn Madera, 28, and Steven Madera, 36, were each charged with six counts of armed robbery. Jaclyn Madera was charged in four separate incidents. Her brother was charged in five incidents and was also charged with one count of aggravated battery and cited for having a replica firearm, police said. The siblings would drive around the South and Southwest Sides looking for immigrant women who were alone outside, police said. … Read More