A lawsuit filed by the family of a man found beaten to death in his cell at Cook County Jail alleges officials knew there was a “high likelihood” he would be attacked by his cellmate but housed them together anyway.

A detainee beaten to death last weekend at Cook County Jail suffered injuries so severe, they were similar to those of a person who had been involved in a car crash, Cook County prosecutors said in court Thursday. Pedro Ruiz, 19, was found by correctional officers unresponsive in his cell early Feb. 1 in a maximum security division of Cook…

A 19-year-old man being held at Cook County Jail on an attempted murder charge was found dead in his cell early Saturday with apparent head trauma, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office. At 1:53 a.m., correctional officers found Pedro Ruiz unresponsive in his cell and immediately “began lifesaving measures,” according to a statement from the sheriff’s office. He...

A 19-year-old man being held at Cook County Jail on an attempted murder charge was found dead in his cell early Saturday with apparent head trauma, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office. At 1:53 a.m., correctional officers found Pedro Ruiz unresponsive in his cell and immediately “began lifesaving measures,” according to a statement from the sheriff’s office. He...

A 67-year-old woman with a history of sneaking onto flights is being held without bond for her latest attempt at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. In March, Cook County Circuit Judge Peggy Chiampas sentenced Marilyn Hartman to 18 months of probation for trespassing after she tried to board an airliner at O’Hare bound for London. She was barred from O’Hare over...

So-called serial stowaway Marilyn Hartman was taken back into custody Friday evening after making yet another appearance at O’Hare Airport, police confirmed Saturday.

With a few days to go before the expected start of the trial for two purported gang members accused of killing 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, a Cook County judge has locked up three witnesses whose testimony is crucial to prosecutors.

A federal judge in Chicago has given the green light to class-action lawsuits alleging indecent conduct by Cook County Jail inmates. The lawsuits filed by female jail workers and public defenders contend a pattern of “masturbation attacks” by inmates created a hostile environment that jail administrators failed to address.

A convicted armed robber who was paroled from prison four months ago has been charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of a man aboard a Red Line train in Chinatown last weekend.

A man was found stabbed to death on a CTA train this afternoon, and NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter has the early breaking details. 

A woman is facing felony charges after allegedly shoving her teenage daughter down a staircase and beating her with a hammer and a glass bottle early Thursday at their home in the West Side Austin neighborhood.

A former coach of the Chicago Fire’s youth team who was charged last month of sexually abusing a player has been accused of two additional sex crimes involving other girls. NBC 5’s Ash-har Quraishi has the details.

A former coach of the Chicago Fire’s youth team who was charged last month of sexually abusing a player has been accused of two additional sex crimes involving other girls.

The motorist blamed for a wrong-way crash which killed an Illinois State Trooper was confined to a wheelchair, operated his car’s gas pedal with a cane, never had a driver’s license, and had been stopped by police in Cook County at least two dozen times. But that driver, 44-year-old Dan Davies, continued to drive.

 The motorist blamed for a wrong-way crash which killed an Illinois State Trooper was confined to a wheelchair, operated his car’s gas pedal with a cane, never had a driver’s license, and had been stopped by police in Cook County at least two dozen times. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers has the details.

A former coach with the Chicago Fire junior soccer team has been arrested on charges that he tried to trick young female players into having sex with him and inappropriately touched a player.