Crime and Public Safety – Page 8

Officers conduct an investigation after a 15-year-old girl gave birth to a baby that died in Aldridge Elementary School on Oct. 28, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Death investigation underway after teen girl gives birth at Far South Side elementary school

By Tess Kenny

October 28, 2026 at 9:10 p.m.

An investigation is underway after a teen girl gave birth to a baby that later...

Man convicted in 117-mph crash that ripped apart vehicle with mom, baby inside

By Meredith Colias-Pete

October 28, 2026 at 5:48 p.m.

Jurors convicted Stuart Roane, 60, of Marion, Ind. late Tuesday of Level 6 felony criminal...

Chicago police interim Superintendent Fred Waller arrives before Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered his budget address Oct. 21, 2026, at Chicago City Hall. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago police brass are mum on new gunshot detection tool as aldermen push for answers

By Jake Sheridan

October 28, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.

Police officials had few answers Wednesday as aldermen questioned them about the gunshot detection technology...

Police: Woman dies after driving into contaminated water in Gary

By Maya Wilkins

October 19, 2026 at 3:56 p.m.

The Gary Police department said a woman died after driving her vehicle into a contaminated...

Second suspect, now 16, charged as adult in marijuana dealer’s death

By Meredith Colias-Pete

October 19, 2026 at 3:38 p.m.

A 16-year-old teen is facing a murder case in adult court in connection with a...

The New Lenox police station. (Daily Southtown staff)

Homer Glen woman, 21, killed in fatal New Lenox crash

By Evy Lewis

October 19, 2026 at 1:29 p.m.

Madison Keasling, 21, of Homer Glen, died Wednesday as the result of a car crash...

Mundelein police Officer Tom Perdue, right, speaks with Detective J.T. Schuldt outside of a home along the 200 block of Wellington Avenue in Mundelein where a death investigation is underway on Oct. 19, 2026. Five people were found dead inside the residence after sustaining fatal gunshot wounds. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Mundelein police say 5 killed in apparent murder-suicide: ‘Such a shock’

By Russell Lissau

October 19, 2026 at 9:43 a.m.

Their identities hadn’t been released by authorities as of Monday evening.

Wood Dale man sentenced to 12 years in prison for 2022 sexual assault at Aurora hotel

By Aurora Beacon-News

October 19, 2026 at 8:16 a.m.

Alexi Benitez Jacinto was found guilty last year of three counts of criminal sexual assault,...

O.J. Simpson sits at his arraignment in Superior Court in Los Angeles on July 22, 1994. (AP Photo/Pool/Lois Bernstein, Pool)

O.J. Simpson, a secret informant and a decades-old mystery

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

October 18, 2026 at 2:21 p.m.

A New York Times examination, based on recently unsealed court files, interviews and other evidence,...

4 wounded early Sunday in Austin drive-by shooting

By Finnegan Belleau

October 18, 2026 at 9:01 a.m.

One man was shot multiple times, and three victims later presented to local hospitals with...

The Sri Venkateswara Swami Balaji Temple in Aurora on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Aurora’s Hindu community still in ‘shock’ after alleged plot to attack temple

By Addison Wright

October 18, 2026 at 7:00 a.m.

Alexandros Paporakis, 19, of Palatine, is accused of plotting an attack last Sunday at the...

The Porter County Courthouse in downtown Valparaiso. (Amy Lavalley/Post-Tribune)

Man gets a 60 year sentence for murder at Valparaiso apartment

By Jim Woods

October 17, 2026 at 4:12 p.m.

Kuran Demetrius Kinley received what the judge called, in effect, "a life sentence" for fatally...

Flowers and candles are seen at a makeshift memorial outside Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Ore., Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, a day after a deadly shooting. (AP Photo/Joe Kline)

Oregon father is the latest armed civilian to confront a gunman in a US mass shooting

By Jim Vertuno

October 17, 2026 at 11:52 a.m.

Few mass shootings in the U.S. end like the deadly attack on an Oregon elementary...