Illinois State Police says ‘clear and present danger reports’ help prevent tragedy before it happens
WBEZ’s Alex Degman talked with State Police Director Brendan Kelly about how the agency is reporting differently than it did a year ago.
WBEZ’s Alex Degman talked with State Police Director Brendan Kelly about how the agency is reporting differently than it did a year ago.
A pilot program announced by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is thought to be the first in the nation offered to inmates at the county jail level.
“I find it offensive he’s actually running for judge,” a lawyer for the mother of one of the men killed said.
City Hall bureaucracy took center stage in former Ald. Ed Burke’s corruption trial Thursday as one of the finer disputed points in the case came to a head.
They grab cellphones and demand pass codes to banking apps like Zelle and Venmo. A Chicago architect who lost more than $2,000 that way says: “Don’t have any banking apps on your phone.”
In the five-month period since July, the city has seen the sharpest spike in robberies in 20 years, driven by crimes committed with a weapon.
Witness is pressed why he didn’t initially tell FBI agents about the former alderperson’s apparent interest in getting private business from Burger King owners.
There were nearly 4,900 robberies between July 1 and Nov. 26, an increase of more than 55% compared to the total for the previous five months.
Judges have tossed 230 convictions tied to former Sgt. Ronald Watts. As the city negotiates a settlement with exonerees, WBEZ estimates the price.
The payouts from the 300 cases have included $140 million that went to lawyers for the city and $537 million paid to plaintiffs.