Crime and Public Safety – Page 4

FILE – Oren and Tal Alexander speak at a panel at the Rockstars of Real Estate Event in New York., on Sept. 3, 2013. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for DETAILS Magazine/AP Images, File)

Alexander brothers each get 30 years in prison after women spoke of being drugged and raped by them

By Larry Neumeister

October 27, 2026 at 4:17 p.m.

Three once high-flying brothers convicted of exploiting their wealth and access to luxury real estate...

This image from security video provided by John Lindamood shows escaped inmate Jacob Allen Morley, bottom right, stealing a white Ford F-350 from the Lindamood Planting Company early Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, in Lake County, Tenn. (John Lindamood via AP)

Truck stolen by escaped Tennessee inmate is found abandoned in southern Illinois, authorities say

By Jeffrey Collins

October 27, 2026 at 4:09 p.m.

An escaped Tennessee inmate convicted of murdering a co-worker stole a truck from a nearby...

Hammond City Hall is located at Calumet Avenue and Highland Street. (Joe Puchek / Post-Tribune)

Hammond council urged to protect residents targeted by ICE

By Jim Masters

October 27, 2026 at 3:55 p.m.

Federal immigration enforcement agents are arresting people on the streets of Northwest Indiana and their...

Hammond officer accused of causing fatal crash while speeding, after consuming alcohol

By Post-Tribune

October 22, 2026 at 4:17 p.m.

Alonso Jose Lopez, 34, of Hammond, is charged with causing death while operating a vehicle...

3 in custody after teen fatally shot in Bellwood

By Deanese Williams-Harris

October 24, 2026 at 7:04 a.m.

A 16-year-old boy was fatally wounded and thrown out of a vehicle Tuesday in west...

Parth Nayi leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after being sentenced on Oct. 22, 2026, for conspiracy to commit visa fraud. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Federal judge sentences ‘puppeteer’ of U-visa scheme to year longer than prosecutors recommended

By Jason Meisner

October 22, 2026 at 3:25 p.m.

A federal judge has sentenced the leader of a brazen scheme to stage armed robberies...

Documents: Crown Point woman charged in May fatal crash

By Meredith Colias-Pete

October 22, 2026 at 2:08 p.m.

Gary Police allege a Crown Point woman registered nearly twice the legal limit of alcohol...

FILE – Virginia Senate President pro tempore Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, listens to debate on the Senate floor, Feb. 17, 2026, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly, File)

Powerful Democratic Virginia state senator accused of leading ‘criminal marijuana enterprise’

By Sarah Rankin

October 22, 2026 at 6:53 p.m.

Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, one of the state’s most powerful Democrats, was charged...

The Alpha Delta Phi fraternity house near the University of Chicago campus, Oct. 21, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Second allegation of sexual assault emerges this week from University of Chicago fraternity parties

By Lila Hempel-Edgers

October 22, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

For the second consecutive week, allegations of sexual assault at fraternity parties on or near...

People hold signs in support of transgender rights during an event to call attention to the unsolved murders of Dejanay Stanton and Ciara Minaj Carter Frazier, outside Chicago police headquarters Oct. 25, 2018, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

‘She was living her life on her own terms’: Man stands trial in slaying of trans woman

By Madeline Buckley

October 21, 2026 at 7:04 p.m.

A man is standing trial accused of luring a trans woman into an alley and...

Relatives, co-workers remember Antioch woman killed in Mundelein mass shooting

By Russell Lissau

October 22, 2026 at 3:05 p.m.

Nicole Heiser reportedly knew from a young age that she wanted to work with animals....

People leave Orland Square Mall after a shooting there Jan. 21, 2019. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

‘He shot my brother’: Witnesses testify in trial for Orland Square mall shooter

By Olivia Stevens

October 21, 2026 at 9:02 p.m.

Friends of Javon Britten, who was shot and killed at Orland Square in 2019, detailed...

An Evanston police car, pictured outside of Lorraine H. Morton City Hall, 909 Davis St, Evanston, on Oct. 12, 2026. (Claire Murphy/Pioneer Press)

Northwestern University student, 19, drowns in Lake Michigan, per Evanston police

By Claire Murphy

October 21, 2026 at 3:57 p.m.

The body of a woman discovered in Lake Michigan waters early Wednesday morning near Northwestern...