Illinois State Police

An employee at a Chicago Dunkin’ location was arrested Friday, one day after an Illinois state trooper discovered saliva inside a cup of coffee, state police said. Vincent Sessler, 25, was charged with disorderly conduct, reckless conduct and battery to a peace officer. At approximately 10:20 p.m. on July 30, an Illinois State Police trooper ordered a large black coffee…

An infant was critically wounded in a shooting on the Bishop Ford Expressway Monday morning, according to Illinois State Police. Officials say the child was in a vehicle that was traveling northbound at 115th Street at approximately 11:15 a.m. when a single gunshot was heard by individuals inside the car. The driver of the vehicle said that the infant, who…

Illinois State Police are seeking high-definition cameras and license plate scanners as expressway shootings rise in the Chicago area but some civil rights groups contend that data from the new technology could be misused. State police had recorded 62 expressway shootings in Cook County this year through Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reported. That compares with 52 for all of 2019, 43 in…

Authorities are investigating multiple hit-and-run crashes left a pedestrian dead on the Dan Ryan Expressway Friday morning. According to police, two vehicles were traveling southbound near 83rd Street just after midnight Friday when a 2018 silver Ford vehicle struck the rear end of another vehicle. The occupants of the Ford exited the vehicle and fled the scene after the crash….

Illinois State Police troopers are looking for the driver of a vehicle who struck a pedestrian early Saturday morning on I-290 near Ashland Avenue on Chicago’s West Side, officials said in a news release. According to police, an unknown vehicle struck a pedestrian before 1:53 a.m. The individual was found on the left shoulder and transported to the hospital...

A 23-year-old man is dead and another man suffered life-threatening injuries after a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 80 early Sunday morning, according to Illinois State Police. Authorities say that the vehicle, driven by 23-year-old Andres Hernandez of Northlake, was driving eastbound on Interstate 80 when it moved to take the exit ramp onto Torrence Avenue. Hernandez lost control of the…

The southbound local lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway were closed for several hours Friday following a shooting that injured two people, police stated. The shooting was reported at 4:48 p.m. on I-94 near 59th Street. Two individuals were taken to the hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries from gunfire, according to the Illinois State Police. The southbound local…

A store in the 300 block of North Michigan Avenue was engulfed in flames Saturday night. The blaze came after protests in Chicago over the death of George Floyd ended in vandalism and high-end stores being robbed.

Illinois State Police have closed numerous exits off of Chicago highways as more protests are planned in downtown on Sunday. The closures include the ramp from the Stevenson Expressway onto northbound Lake Shore Drive, according to a press release from state police. In addition, state police also announced that the eastbound ramp off of Interstate 290 onto Ida B. Wells…

Two people died in a crash on the Tri-State Tollway that shut down the eastbound lanes for more than four hours Tuesday near Half Day Road in the north suburbs. An SUV sideswiped a semitrailer about 10:26 a.m. on I-94 near IL-22 before spinning out and then crashing into another semi, according to Illinois State Police. The driver and front…

Two men suffered injuries early Sunday morning after a head-on crash between a car and a semi-truck on Interstate 294 near suburban Justice, Illinois State Police said. According to authorities, a sedan being driven by a 44-year-old Joliet resident was traveling southbound just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday in the northbound lanes of the interstate near mile marker 20.25 when it…

Gun owners in Illinois with looming expiration dates no longer need to worry about immediately renewing their Firearm Owner Identification card or Concealed Carry License, the Illinois State Police announced. State police filed emergency rules that took effect Thursday to provide relief to FOID card holders and CCL during the coronavirus pandemic. The rules that were filed this week include:…

When residents think of Illinois State Police troopers, they generally think of officers wearing iconic brown hats and black ties as they go about their official duties, but now that’s about to change thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, the department revealed that troopers will not be wearing the hats or ties as they look to limit the...

A woman was injured when her car was fired upon Wednesday night on the Eisenhower Expressway on Chicago’s West Side, according to Illinois State Police.

The owner of Parmesans Wood Stone Pizza was arrested and charged after Illinois State Police received a tip that unauthorized video recording was allegedly taking place in Frankfort. Michael J. Papandrea, 58, of Frankfort was charged with unauthorized video recording which is a Class A Misdemeanor, said police. A search warrant was issued Friday and police indicated that they seized…

Nine people have sustained injuries in shootings across the city of Chicago this weekend, police said. In one incident, six people were shot early Saturday morning in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the city’s South Side. The shooting was reported at 4:37 a.m. in the 900 block of East 79th Street, according to preliminary information from Chicago police. After an…

Two people were injured in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chatham Sunday morning. Illinois State Police said it happened around 12:12 a.m. Sunday on the Dan Ryan near 79th Street. A third-party caller traveling northbound called police after they heard gunshots and watched another car “swerve to the right and crash on the ramp to 79th St.,”…

A woman is dead after she was struck and killed while trying to run across Interstate 290 late Friday evening. According to Illinois State Police, the woman was one of two individuals inside of a Toyota Prius traveling westbound on the interstate just before 11 p.m. when the vehicle left the roadway, striking the end of a guardrail on the…

A woman is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter after a crash that killed her wife and injured an Illinois State Police trooper. According to authorities, Camesia Miller, 46, was the front seat passenger in a vehicle driven by her wife Sindi Miller just before 2:30 a.m. on Monday when the vehicle lost control, causing an ISP vehicle to collide with…

A Chicago woman is dead and an Illinois State Police trooper was one of three people hospitalized after a crash on Interstate 57 early Monday morning. According to state police, a vehicle driven by Sindi Miller, 29, of Chicago, was driving northbound on Interstate 57 near Maplewood Avenue when she lost control of her vehicle. Miller’s vehicle was then hit…