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Good morning, Chicago. As prosecutors closed their case against two Chicago police officers Wednesday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, they alleged that the officers shot an unarmed man, instigated a gunfight with the man’s companion and then lied about it on official department forms. The officers, Christopher Liakopoulos, 44, and Ruben Reynoso, 43, are charged with two counts of ...

A law passed in 2021 empowered prosecutors to revisit excessive sentences, but so far, only two people have been released. Said one: ‘Two years into it, it’s helped two people?’

A New London Superior Court judge is raising the specter of a conflict of interest involving a law firm representing two Norwich brothers, one charged with murder and the other who could be called as ...

CHICAGO — A judge on Thursday found two Chicago police officers not guilty of unjustifiably shooting an unarmed man in Pilsen in July of 2022. Cook County Judge Lawrence Flood

An officer recognized Peacock, knew that his license was revoked and that he was wanted on a warrant. That officer found the loaded gun in his vehicle.

Johnnie Holbrook, 27, had been in jail just over two years on weapons offenses and for fleeing from a state trooper.

Man Shot By SWAT Team While Holding Woman At Knifepoint Remains Jailed - Lake Forest-Lake Bluff, IL - The 33-year-old Round Lake man was reportedly using cocaine and hallucinating as he held a knife to the woman's neck.

Devonte Arnez Shubrooks, 29, of California, MD, was found guilty of Felony First-Degree Assault for the strangulation of an 11-year-old child.

Shawn Lane, 37, has already sat four months in jail, attorney Jonathan Green said Monday, Sept. 25, in Wahpeton.

QUINCY — The Springfield man found guilty in a 2021 home invasion and sexual assault will spend more than a century in prison following his sentencing Monday afternoon.