Investigations

Residents of a leafy block in Lincoln Park are complaining that a dilapidated-appearing garage poses a danger to their community, and asking why it is taking so long for the City of Chicago to correct the issue. “There have been notices regarding the garage for I would say the last two or three years,” says Anjana Dalal, whose home is&#...

Former sinus surgeon Mark Weinberger was convicted of 22 counts of health care fraud in northwest Indiana in 2012. Now he’s out of prison and one of his patients says she can’t believe where Dateline and NBC 5 found him and what he’s doing now.

Former sinus surgeon Mark Weinberger was convicted of 22 counts of health care fraud in northwest Indiana in 2012. Now he’s out of prison and one of his patients says she can’t believe where NBC 5 and Dateline found him and what he’s doing now.

An analysis of court records by NBC 5 Investigates indicates only a few dozen cases have made it through the courts and only a handful of defendants have drawn terms in prison.

A year later, an analysis of court records by NBC 5 Investigates indicates only a few dozen cases have made it through the courts, and only a handful have drawn terms in prison.

Data from the U.S. Marshal’s Service shows an alarming spike in threats against judges and other protectees, from less than 1,000 in 2015 to over 4,000 in each of the last three years. And there have been other horrifying examples of individuals acting on their anger.

Heightened threats have become more clear, based on data, against Chicago judges and federal buildings in the city in the last several years. NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers reports.

Never-before-heard tapes reveal conversations between the killer John Wayne Gacy and his lawyers following his 1978 arrest.

Just when it may have seemed nothing new could be uncovered about Chicago’s ghastly serial killer, John Wayne Gacy, new information has surfaced.

Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Friday released police body camera footage of a shooting in which a gunman was killed by police last month after shooting both a police officer and a Home Depot security guard. On March 25 in the 2400 block of West 46th Street, Chicago police officers encountered a man who was believed to ...

A Chicago police inventory of items recovered from the scene where 13-year-old Adam Toledo was shot by police indicates the weapon Toledo was holding was empty.

As Chicago struggles with yet another controversial officer-involved shooting, the investigation will be guided by yet another new set of procedures. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers breaks down the recently established policy on use of force incidents.

NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers takes a deeper dive into the background of Eric Stillman, the police officer who fatally shot Adam Toledo in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood.