Attorneys for Tyrece Williams celebrated the decision, but also urged Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke to ...

The third person charged in a stabbing and fight that injured two people last October in Dayton has been sentenced to jail.

Daeshawn Marquize Wilson has been charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in the death of ...

The victims of an alleged Chicago serial killer included a man taking his family to buy a puppy and an individual who went to ...

Cleodious “J.R.” Schoffner Jr. hadn't killed anyone when he was put away at age 20 as an accomplice to a 1997 murder. He got a life sentence without possibility of parole. That wouldn't happen today.

Antonio Reyes, a 21-year-old police say killed six people, is in jail but remains a terror, intimidating guards and attempting to kill fellow inmates.

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CHICAGO (WGN) — A man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for a crime he long maintained he didn’t commit walked out of the Cook County Jail on Thursday evening after a judge vacated the ...

COOK COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) has found a wanted fugitive. As of 6 p.m. on Wednesday, it was announced that 36-year-old Michael J. Beach has been ...

He was ordered to repay over $1.5 million to the SBA in restitution. NILES, Ill. - A Cook County man was sentenced to prison earlier this month for scamming his way into more than $1.5 million in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday, Feb. 12, by a federal appeals court that concluded the singer ...

director of the Illinois Office of the State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor. Cody's family has sued the county and has been vocal lately at county board meetings, saying jail personnel should be ...