August 2025 - Page 8 of 13

State trooper charged with distributing child pornography

August 15, 2025 6:56 PM CWBChicago

A veteran Illinois State Police trooper has been charged in federal court with distributing and possessing child pornography following a year-long investigation that began with reports to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Guns, body armor seized in South Side apartment

August 15, 2025 11:23 AM Tim Hecke

A parole compliance check in the 2600 block of West 72nd Street uncovered four loaded handguns, stolen firearms, ammunition, and body armor, prosecutors say.

2 more Venezuelans charged in expanding Tren de Aragua gun trafficking probe in Chicago

August 15, 2025 10:01 AM Tim Hecke

Two Venezuelan nationals are the latest defendants in a sweeping federal investigation into the Tren de Aragua gang’s alleged gun and drug trafficking in Chicago.

Man shot while walking in Bucktown

August 15, 2025 7:22 AM CWBChicago

The man told officers he was walking north on Rockwell Street at Wabansia Avenue when he heard several shots and felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder around 11 p.m.

Church burglar caught on tape. Do you recognize him?

August 14, 2025 6:52 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police have released a surveillance video of a man who burglarized a church in the Scottsdale neighborhood last month. Detectives are asking for a little help as they try to identify the thief.

Prosecutors: Man sexually assaulted 14-year-old boy at knifepoint in Marquette Park

August 14, 2025 6:29 PM Tim Hecke

A 52-year-old man is charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy at knifepoint inside Marquette Park. Prosecutors said the boy quickly alerted family members, who chased the man down and held him until police arrived.

CPS student gets 5 years for bringing a machine gun to school (but he won’t serve any actual prison time)

August 14, 2025 9:01 AM Tim Hecke

Prosecutors say 20-year-old Marquis Terry was sent home for smoking marijuana during a March 2024 trip, prompting a principal to search his locker. Inside was a stolen Glock with an extended magazine and an illegal “switch” for fully automatic fire. Terry, already on probation and parole, pleaded guilty to possessing a machine gun and received 5 years. With sentencing credits, he won’t spend time in prison.

Man shot 18-year-old, then returned to steal his backpack: prosecutors

August 14, 2025 7:37 AM Tim Hecke

A 35-year-old man is accused of killing 18-year-old Kaleb Williams, wounding another teen, and then returning to steal Williams’ backpack during a chaotic night on Chicago’s West Side. Prosecutors say the attack came about two hours after a mass shooting just two blocks away.

Read the memo explaining why cops won’t be charged with shooting Dexter Reed

August 13, 2025 5:06 PM CWBChicago

Read the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office memorandum explaining why it will not pursue criminal charges against any of the Chicago police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed during a traffic stop last year.

Chicago cop who fatally shot partner Krystal Rivera accused of attacking female officer

August 13, 2025 2:34 PM Illinois Answers Project

Carlos Baker, the Chicago police officer who shot and killed his partner Krystal Rivera during a foot pursuit earlier this year, allegedly attacked a female officer late Sunday at a bar in Wicker Park, the Chicago Sun-Times and Illinois Answers Project have learned.

Prosecutors clear CPD officers in fatal shooting of Dexter Reed

August 13, 2025 2:20 PM Tim Hecke

Prosecutors have cleared Chicago police officers in last year’s fatal shooting of Dexter Reed, ruling they acted reasonably after Reed fired first and wounded a tactical officer during a Humboldt Park traffic stop. The decision comes as COPA has yet to release its own findings, and as debate over limiting CPD’s traffic stop powers continues.

Rifle rounds found at Rogers Park murder scene

August 13, 2025 11:39 AM CWBChicago

A 32-year-old man was fatally shot early Wednesday in Rogers Park after an attacker fired more than a dozen rounds, some from a rifle.

Pritzker signs police background check expansion

August 13, 2025 10:29 AM Capitol News Illinois

Police agencies in Illinois will soon be required to do more thorough background checks on prospective officers.

Month: August 2025