If e-mail demands money to stop the ‘hit’ on you, don’t fire back a reply
It's among the most brazen e-mail scams: a direct, though bogus, threat on someone's life. The FBI reports that what is known as the "hit man" scam has taken different...
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‘Just let my baby go’
The sister of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson pleaded Saturday for her son's safe return as police pressed her estranged husband for information about the boy's disappearance and a double homicide...
Ex-priest convicted of sex abuse
Donald McGuire sat hunched in his wheelchair in a federal courtroom Friday with his face locked in a frown, a shell of the charismatic priest who traveled the world to...
Burge charged with lying about torture
More than three decades after allegations surfaced that Chicago police detectives routinely tortured murder suspects, retired Cmdr. Jon Burge was arrested Tuesday at his Florida home on charges that he...
Jury selection navigates thicket of moral issues
There were lots of pained expressions and long pauses in a federal courtroom Wednesday as would-be jurors were asked a tough question: Could they put aside their feelings and be...
Low-level member of Outfit gets 40 months
A bit player in the Family Secrets mob conspiracy case was sentenced to more than 3 years in prison Thursday by a federal judge who noted it takes a lot...
Cancer closes case on vicious mob thug
In the Chicago Outfit's long, sordid history, few mobsters talked tougher than Frank "the German" Schweihs, and even fewer carried out their threats with his cruel enthusiasm. Schweihs, who died...
Cancer closes case on vicious mob thug
In the Chicago Outfit's long, sordid history, few mobsters talked tougher than Frank "the German" Schweihs, and even fewer carried out their threats with his cruel enthusiasm. Schweihs, who died...
‘Groucho Bandit’ case ended at bar
When FBI photos of a serial bank robber in a fake mustache began appearing in the Chicago media this week, relatives of Michael Staadt thought they recognized him as the...
Alderman’s father admits to ID ring
The father of a Chicago alderman faces prison and deportation to Mexico after pleading guilty Tuesday to taking part in a conspiracy to sell fake identification documents in the Little...