A woman is facing charges after she allegedly stabbed a 16-year-old girl and two other people on the West Side last month. Chicago police officers and U.S. Marshals arrested 20-year-old Keerica Chandler on Tuesday in the 1800 block of West Monroe. Authorities accuse Chandler of stabbing three individuals in the 800 block of South Kilbourn … Read more
Carlos Alberto Palacios, 33, of Hammond, is facing several felony and misdemeanor charges after police say two drug transactions in January at a residence in the 6600 block of Rhode Island Avenue led to a search warrant and the discovery of cocaine, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia inside the home. According to the probable cause affidavit, … Read more
Eric L. Williams, 60, faces felony and misdemeanor charges after court documents allege he forced sexual contact with a coworker inside the Jewel Osco located in the 1200 block of Main Street in Crown Point during the early morning hours of February 4. According to the probable cause affidavit, officers responded to the store at … Read more
Joseph Edward Romano, 47, of Merrillville, faces felony charges after police say surveillance footage captured him breaking into a secured construction site on two separate occasions and later selling the stolen steel at a scrap yard in Gary. According to a probable cause affidavit, Hammond Police responded to two reported burglaries at a commercial construction … Read more
A Michigan man received a prison sentence Thursday on federal drug and firearm charges, prosecutors said. Antonio Shelby Jr., 33, of Detroit was sentenced to 12 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. A jury found … Read more
According to the probable cause affidavit, police documented two narcotics transactions at the residence during the weeks of January 19 and January 26. During the first incident, officers obtained a baggie containing 2 grams of a gray powdery substance from Palacios inside a vehicle parked in front of the home. The substance field-tested positive for … Read more
Eric L. Williams, 60, faces felony and misdemeanor charges after court documents allege he forced sexual contact with a coworker inside the Jewel-Osco on the 1200 block of Main Street in Crown Point during the early morning hours of February 4. According to the probable cause affidavit, officers were dispatched to the store at around … Read more
A Calumet City, Illinois man is facing numerous felony and misdemeanor charges after police say he led officers on a dangerous high-speed chase exceeding 100 miles per hour before crashing and showing signs of intoxication. Jhonatan Ulloa, 22, was arrested following the pursuit on the night of February 1, according to a probable cause affidavit … Read more
A Wheatfield woman is facing multiple felony charges after investigators allege she took part in a scheme to smuggle prescription drugs into the Jasper County Jail by hiding them inside a courthouse elevator handrail. Roxanne Michelle Mancilla, 37, is accused of taping prescription pills inside the railing of an elevator at the Jasper County Courthouse … Read more
A homicide investigation into the death of a 30-year-old woman at a rural Momence bar has resulted in the arrest of a suspect in Hammond, authorities confirmed. Deputies with the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched shortly before noon on Monday, February 2, to a bar located along Illinois Route 114 near the Illinois–Indiana state … Read more