A man died early Tuesday after officers found him shot several times in an alley on the West Side. Around 12:30 a.m., officers responded to a call about an unresponsive person in the 1900 block of South Ridgeway Avenue. Chicago police said they discovered the victim with multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics took him to Stroger … Read more
An Elmhurst man is facing multiple felony charges after authorities discovered the body of a missing Florida woman in a wooded area in Wadsworth, Illinois, over the weekend. The Lake County Coroner’s Office said it was notified shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday that a body had been found near Adams and Delany roads. The victim … Read more
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly sexually assaulting and robbing four women at suburban hotels while on duty. Federal prosecutors say Luis Urbie, 44, carried out the attacks between February and October 2022 at hotels in Schaumburg and Naperville. All four victims were women of … Read more
A Davenport man landed back in jail after a Sunday evening “fishing trip” ended with deputies finding him surrounded by cut fences and piles of stolen copper wire. Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) arrested 41-year-old Jack Edward Tolhurst on December 7 after responding to a trespassing call at a Lake Wales sand … Read more
A federal grand jury indicted two men accused of running a large-scale elder fraud ring that allegedly stole millions from seniors across Western Pennsylvania and the United States, funneling the money through cryptocurrency and a Virginia bank. The six-count indictment, unsealed Monday after an arrest in Virginia, names 46-year-old Amit Kumar Jain of Vienna, Virginia, … Read more
An Illinois couple has been charged and released after detectives discovered the remains of an infant girl buried in a beer box in a Wilmington backyard. The investigation began on Thursday, December 4, when the Will County Sheriff’s Office received a tip about a possible unreported burial on the 1900 block of Roberts Road. Sources … Read more
Florida prosecutors announced they will seek the death penalty for 27-year-old John Henry Walston Jr., accused of sexually assaulting a child, killing two minors, and setting their home on fire to cover the crime. Walston faces multiple charges stemming from a November incident on Flaxman Street. An Escambia County grand jury indicted him on two … Read more
A 26-year-old man was shot during an armed robbery Sunday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood, police said. Chicago police reported that around 1:15 p.m., the victim was walking in the alley in the 2600 block of East 79th Street when two men approached him on foot and demanded his belongings. During the encounter, one … Read more
Chicago police have charged a man they say fatally shot and dismembered a 68-year-old man before setting a West Side residence on fire in March. Deparris Slaughter, 32, of Munster, Indiana, was arrested Saturday by the Area 4 Homicide Investigation Support Team in the 13800 block of South Brainard Avenue in Burnham, Illinois. Slaughter faces … Read more
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested 18-year-old Cordaryl Johnson Jr. in connection with the death of 17-year-old Trevaun Johnson in October. Johnson was taken into custody on the morning of Thursday, December 4, and faces second-degree murder, armed burglary of a conveyance with assault or battery, and robbery with a firearm involving the discharge of … Read more