Cook County News

Two Des Plaines men convicted in October for attacking another man with a handheld dumbbell were sentenced on Monday - one to prison and the other to probation on top of jail time he's already served.

A Des Plaines man was sentenced to two years in prison for striking a man in the head with a dumbbell.

A 20-year-old Bartlett man pleaded guilty Monday to using a bludgeon to rob gas stations in Streamwood and Roselle last year.

Warrant Arrest On Dec. 1, officers stopped Andrew Russell, 21, of Northbrook, for a traffic violation, according to police.

The opening of a full interchange on the Jane Addams Tollway and Route 47 last month sparked some pointed questions from John Fink of Huntley.

The mother of Artez Jackson's unborn child stirred early Saturday morning to use the bathroom, authorities said, and that's when she realized Jackson was lurking in a doorway with a gun.

The following arrests and incidents were reported by the Glenview Police Department: Skokie Woman Charged in Hit and Run Mary Siegan, 59, of the 9300 block of Skokie Boulevard in Skokie, was arrested and charged with multiple offenses following the investigation of a traffic crash that took place Friday, Nov. 29, in the 1700 block of Golf Road, ... (more)

The pastor of a Roman Catholic church in the Lake View neighborhood agreed to step aside from day-to-day responsibilities amid an allegation he had sexual contact with a child nearly 20 years ago while working at an Orland Park parish.

A 26-year-old man was fatally shot in the West Side Austin neighborhood about 1:35 a.m. Sunday.

Calling it a "tragedy of epic proportions," a Cook County judge Sunday ordered a Riverside man held on $400,000 in a collision that killed a bicyclist in the Lawndale neighborhood.

A suburban man faces multiple charges including driving under the influence in the death of a bicyclist who was riding on Chicago's West Side.

The 26-year-old man was shot in his chest and side of his body about 1:35 a.m. in the 5600 block of West Bloomingdale Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.

Elaine P. Seymour, 44, of St. Mary, Jamaica, was charged with retail theft Dec. 2 at a store in the 5600 block of Touhy after a security agent observed her place 30 items into a handbag and exit the store without paying, police said.

An Oak Park man blinded a taxi driver after punching him in the eye during a road rage incident on the Near West Side, Cook County prosecutors said.

A south suburban man allegedly stole more than $88,000 worth of Apple products and cell phones during a hold up in a Mount Prospect Sprint store, but was quickly arrested after authorities used a GPS from an iPad he allegedly took to track him at the Markham courthouse.

A 13-year-old girl has been charged with reckless homicide in a deadly car crash in suburban Chicago in which she's accused of taking a vehicle full of children on a joyride.

A Hanover Park investment consultant convicted earlier this year on federal charges of swindling clients out of about $4.26 million now has pleaded guilty to forgery.

Thomas Benefield was ordered held on $30,000 bond Friday by Cook County Judge Jill Cerone Marisie.

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A suburban Chicago investment consultant already convicted earlier this year of bilking clients out of more than $4 million has now pleaded guilty to forgery The Daily Herald reports that Steven W. Salutric of Hanover Park was sentenced to five years in prison in exchange for the plea he entered in Cook County Circuit Court in Rolling Meadows.