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Man Charged With Hitting CPD Officer With Car While Fleeing Fernwood Traffic Stop
Criminal charges have been filed against a man accused of hitting a Chicago police officer with a car Friday while fleeing a traffic stop in Fernwood on the Far South Side.
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Man Gets 9 Years For Attacking Man on Aurora Porch
A man from west suburban Aurora was sentenced to almost a decade in prison for punching a man in the face and leaving him with significant facial injuries.
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Heather Locklear Pleads No Contest to Fighting With Deputies
Heather Locklear has pleaded no contest to charges that she fought with first responders during two visits to her Southern California home last year. Locklear entered the plea in Ventura County court Friday afternoon to five counts of battery on a peace officer, one count of battery on emergency personnel and two counts of resisting, obstructing or delaying a peace...
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Uptown Man Charged After Attacking Man With Hammer, Fighting Police
An Uptown man is facing felony charges after allegedly taking a hammer to a man he met on a dating app and fighting police when confronted.
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2 Charged in River North ‘Shots Fired' Incident Caught on Video, Cops Say
NBC 5 news has obtained the chilling video and audio that shows how a brazen shooting in the bustling River North neighborhood played out in the early-morning hours Wednesday.
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‘Major Tragedy Prevented': Franklin Park Police Charge Armed Man Found Hiding in Church Basement
Police believe a “major tragedy was prevented” when they arrested an armed man hiding in a suburban church’s basement this week.
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Police Charge Armed Man Hiding in Church Basement
Police believe a “major tragedy was prevented” when they arrested an armed man hiding in a suburban church’s basement this week. NBC 5’s Ash-har Quraishi has the latest.
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Driver Had Decades of Arrests, Charges Before Fatal Trooper Crash, Records Show
NBC 5 Investigates has found that the man who drove the wrong way on I-94 early Saturday, killing Illinois State Trooper Gerald Ellis head-on, had been cited at least 26 times in Cook County for driving without a license. He also had been arrested repeatedly for DUI, drugs, assault, battery and 50 additional traffic violations.
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Wrong-Way Driver Who Killed State Trooper has Troubled History: Cops
A lengthy troubled driving history was uncovered for the man police say drove the wrong way and killed a state trooper this weekend. In fact, his license was revoked at the time of the accident. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers investigates.
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Chicago Police Told Man to Drop Cleaver in Cantonese, English Before Shooting Him: Documents
Officers told a man brandishing a “large meat cleaver” to drop the weapon multiple times in English and Cantonese before one of the officers shot the man in the leg after responding to a call last month, according to documents and video released Wednesday.
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Woman in Viral Inglewood Arrest Video Allegedly Part of Actors' Kidnapping
Two men were charged with kidnapping an actor and actress in South Los Angeles last year and holding the actor for ransom in a plot allegedly involving a woman whose arrest was caught on video that went viral on social media, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.
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Felon on Lam Leaps From Same Balcony Twice—But Only Gets Away Once, Sheriff Says
A convicted felon who jumped from a balcony earlier this month, eluding Cook County sheriff’s officers, seemed to be out of fresh ideas when the cops returned to his apartment earlier this week.
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Heather Locklear Hospitalized for Psych Evaluation: Report
Heather Locklear has been hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation after a family member claimed the “Melrose Place” actress was threatening to kill herself, TMZ reported Monday.
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Guns at Daycare? Lawsuit Says DCFS In Violation of 2nd Amendment
Should handguns be allowed inside home daycares? A lawsuit filed in federal court Monday argues they should.
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Couple Sues to Keep Guns at Home Daycare
A couple is filing a lawsuit to be able to legally own guns in a home daycare center they run. NBC 5’s Ash-Har Quraishi has more.
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Colorado Sheriff Says No Other Suspects Sought in Deputy's Death
Two men who were nearby when a Colorado sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed were interviewed and released, authorities said Friday as a suspect in the slaying prepared to make his first court appearance. A statement issued on Twitter by the Adams County Sheriff’s Office said no other suspects were being sought in the killing of 31-year-old Deputy Heath Gumm....
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Man Faces Assault Charge After Chicago Police Officer Shoots Him in Bridgeport
A man is facing a felony charges after a Chicago Police officer shot him Tuesday afternoon while responding to a domestic-related call in the Bridgeport neighborhood.
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Father Charged After 5-Year-Old Son Accidentally Shot Himself
The father of a 5-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself Tuesday night in the South Chicago neighborhood has been charged with multiple felonies.