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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse while holding hands with his daughter Nicole after jurors found him guilty on 10 counts in his racketeering case on Feb. 12, 2025. His daughter Tiffany is at right. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Feds want lengthy 12 1/2-year prison sentence for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, while defense asks for probation

May 30, 2025 at 11:54 p.m.

Calling former House Speaker Michael Madigan "steeped in corruption," federal prosecutors on Friday asked for a whopping 12 1/2-year prison term and $1.5 million fine for Madigan's conviction nearly four...

FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas DePodesta in his office at the FBI headquarters in Chicago, May 29, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago’s new FBI boss touts new squad focused on fentanyl and says immigration enforcement is a ‘sustained effort’

June 1, 2025 at 5:16 p.m.

Once an agent investigating Mexican drug cartels, new Chicago FBI head Douglas DePodesta is focused on fentanyl investigations and immigration enforcement.

Larry Hoover, in prison since 1973, faces the state parole board with his wife, Winndye Jenkins, at the Dixon Correctional Center on Feb. 7, 1995. (John Dziekan/baiduhai)

Larry Hoover ‘deserves to be in prison,’ Chicago FBI boss says of Gangster Disciples founder as lawyers praise Trump choice

May 29, 2025 at 7:15 p.m.

A day after Donald Trump's stunning decision to commute the federal life sentence of Larry Hoover, lawyers for the Chicago-born Gangster Disciples founder were singing the president's praises while Chicago's...

Larry Hoover, founder of the Gangster Disciples, attends an annual parole hearing on Aug. 31, 1995, at Dixon Correctional Center. (John Dziekan/baiduhai)

Trump commutes federal life sentence of founding Gangster Disciples kingpin Larry Hoover

May 29, 2025 at 3:03 p.m.

President Donald Trump has commuted the federal life sentence for infamous Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, abruptly ending Hoover's yearslong quest to win early release under the First Step Act...

The Cook County assessor's office in Chicago is seen on May 24, 2017. At the time, Joseph Berrios was the Cook County assessor. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Ex-assessor’s office employee gets 3 years’ probation in bribery case

May 27, 2025 at 5:29 p.m.

A former Cook County assessor's office employee was sentenced Tuesday to three years probation for conspiring to accept golf outings at country clubs from two businessmen in exchange for helping...

FBI agents leave the Albany Park apartment building where Washington shooting suspect Elias Rodríguez was believed to have resided. Two Israeli Embassy workers were fatally shot Wednesday night near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

‘This was an act of cowardice’: Charges filed against Chicago man in the fatal shooting near DC Jewish museum

May 22, 2025 at 8:39 p.m.

A Chicago man who railed on social media against the ongoing bombing of Gaza fatally shot two members of the Israeli Embassy near the Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. on...

The Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, left, at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Feb. 4, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Suburban accountant accused in $10M COVID-19 unemployment fraud scheme

May 16, 2025 at 2:18 p.m.

A suburban accountant has been charged with conspiring to submit at least $10 million in bogus Illinois unemployment insurance claims during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with Chicago Homeland Security Investigations special agent-in-charge Matt Scarpino while touring a regional HSI facility in Springfield on May 7, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

IRS criminal investigators in Chicago being ‘deputized’ as immigration enforcers under Trump administration plan

May 14, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

The Trump administration's refocusing of federal resources on immigration has landed at the Chicago office of the IRS's criminal investigation bureau.

Former Brennemann Elementary School Principal Sarah Jackson Abedelal. (ABC7)

Ex-CPS principal found dead on day of sentencing in fraud case

May 7, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

Former Brennemann Elementary School principal Sarah Jackson Abedelal was found dead after she failed to show up for her sentencing in an overtime kickback scheme, her lawyer told a judge...

Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on July 30, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Arrest warrant issued for ex-CPS principal after she skipped out on federal fraud sentencing

May 7, 2025 at 1:48 p.m.

An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for a former Brennemann Elementary School principal after she failed to show up for her sentencing in an overtime kickback scheme. /2025/05/07/ex-cps-principal-found-dead-on-day-of-sentencing-in-fraud-case-lawyer-says/ Sarah Jackson...

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