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Two men who fought a 12-year battle for exoneration after they were accused of killing a Chicago police officer filed sweeping lawsuits against the city, Cook County prosecutors, police officers and a judge, alleging large-scale misconduct committed in a quest to close a police officer’s murder case. Officer Clifton Lewis was shot and killed by two masked men in December 2011 while working a ...

Man With Rifle Denied Sex So He Shuts Off The Water: Prosecutor - Joliet, IL - Dean Kutz, 32, of Elwood is charged with aggravated restraint, unlawful restraint and obstructing a peace officer.

Jamonte R. Hill, 29, was arrested this year after he was connected to an Oct. 19, 2022, shooting in east Urbana. No one died, but a bullet hit a 12-year-old

Assistant State’s Attorney Christa Baker said a simple 911 call might have saved the life of 38-year-old Brad Bucacci of New London. Instead, Baker said Zachary Perkins, 26, of New London, a man who c...

A Bloomington man was ordered to resume the drug and alcohol program of probation after he pleaded guilty to a battery charge Thursday.

ELKTON — A judge sentenced a man to two consecutive life terms plus 60 years on Friday for sexually assaulting a 20-year old woman in an isolated area near Perryville,

A St. Mary’s County jury earlier this month convicted a California man of second-degree murder and related firearm charges following a four-day trial.

The state and defense have argued over the identity of a shooter who fired at least 17 rounds at a vehicle on Oct. 29, 2022 in Champaign. One bullet struck

Two Venezuelan men are facing theft charges after robbing the Oak Brook Macy's store last Sunday in separate incidents, according to the DuPage County State's Attorney.

Matthew T. Plote, 36, is charged with killing Melissa Lamesch, 27, and her baby Nov. 25, 2020, and then setting fire to her home in Mount Morris to conceal the deaths.