Two Venezuelan migrants are charged with robbing ARC Music Festival attendees of gold chains over the weekend, allegations that are strikingly similar to charges filed against two other migrants after last month’s Lollapalooza.
A veteran Cook County prosecutor is suing Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and the county itself, alleging that Foxx wrongly removed her as head of the Conviction Integrity Unit and later fired her based on her race and age.
An eight-time convicted felon has been given a seven-year sentence for displaying a firearm on the Red Line in the Loop. But, because Roderrick Sims earned so many credits while fighting the charges, he is not required to spend a single day in prison.
Four people murdered while riding a Forest Park-bound Blue Line train on Monday morning were sleeping when a lone gunman shot and killed them, officials said. It is believed that some, possibly all, of the victims were homeless.
Chicago police have detained a mass murder suspect after four people were found fatally shot on a Blue Line train upon its arrival at the Forest Park terminal.