A 21-year-old Downers Grove man allegedly slapped a hospital security guard last week and threatening to lynch him while detoxing at Good Samaritan Hospital, prosecutors say. Erik Lewis faces a felony count each of hate crime and aggravated battery, the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office said in a statement. Lewis was arrested about 8:35 p.m. March 27 by Oak...

Chicago saw an uptick in murders and shootings during the first quarter of 2020, compared to the same period last year, according to data collected by Chicago police. However, the 24 murders in March 2020 alone was a 36 percent drop from the 35 murders in March 2019, police said. The number of shootings in March 2020 rose about 7…

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Police officers in Fort Worth and Denver have stopped arresting people for some low-level crimes.

Chicago police are looking for a man suspected of trying to sexually assault a woman Monday at her home in Logan Square on the Northwest Side. She was woken up about 1 a.m. by a man who was on top of her, Chicago police said. He was touching her inappropriately and tried to remove her covers. The woman screamed for…

Police are warning residents on the South Side of a series of burglaries reported in recent weeks in Bronzeville.

Haitian police officers have exchanged gunfire for hours with soldiers of the newly reconstituted army outside the national palace.

Chicago police are warning residents of three robberies reported in February in East Garfield Park and Greektown on the Northwest and Near West Sides. In each incident, a male approaches victims on a CTA train and snatches their cellphone or personal property, Chicago police said in a community alert. If the victim resists, the person will strike them or use…

Police are searching for a second person of interest in connection with a shooting on board a Blue Line train earlier this month.

NBC 5 found that violent crime in Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit stations, platforms and trains has doubled over the past six years, while thefts have increased by nearly two-thirds over that same period.  At the same time, the rate of arrests in these crimes has dropped. In 2019, police made an arrest in only a quarter of the violent…

An NBC 5 Investigation shows a dramatic increase in both violent crimes and petty thefts –while arrests are on the decline. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey Investigates.

Michael Lohan, father of actress Lindsay Lohan, was arrested on Long Island Monday following a domestic incident, according to Southampton Village Police. Shortly before 4 p.m. Monday, a domestic complaint was filed against Michael, 59, alleging an incident that took place at a resident on Hampton Road in which he is accused of becoming verbally and physically abusive against another…

The cousin of a convenience store owner, who was fatally shot during a robbery Friday afternoon on Chicago’s South Side, says her family still can’t believe what happened. Mohammed Maali was shot and killed at about 1:45 p.m. after four robbery suspects entered his store on East 71st Street in the Park Manor neighborhood. Maali shot the offenders, striking...

A 35-year-old man was stabbed on a CTA Red Line platform Monday in Chatham on the South Side. He was on the 79th Street train platform, 15 W. 79th St., about 2:43 p.m. when he was arguing with a 37-year-old man, Chicago police said. The older man took out a knife and stabbed him in the arm, police said. He…

An armed man was shot to death by Chicago police Sunday morning after the suspect fired shots at an individual outside of a bar in Lakeview, officials said. The incident occurred in the 3600 block of North Ashland around 5:15 a.m., Chicago police said. Authorities said they encountered a man on a nearby street after he reportedly shot an individual…

An armed man was shot to death by Chicago police Sunday morning after the suspect fired shots at an individual outside of a bar in Lakeview, officials said. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

A man is accused of shooting a 13-year-old girl in the back and paralyzing her after she refused to have sex with him last month in Gary, Indiana. Shamar Walker, 18, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery, battery resulting in serious bodily injury and battery by means of a deadly weapon, according to an affidavit from the Lake County…

A man armed with a rifle while walking around Harrington Park in Riverside was shot by police Wednesday night, authorities said. Riverside police said they were called to a “suicidal subject” around 9:30 p.m. in the 3500 block of South Harlem. Officers arriving at the scene said they were approached by a 19-year-old man, who was armed. Officers told the…

A man recently released from prison after serving time for terrorism-related offenses strapped on a fake bomb and stabbed two people on a busy London street Sunday before being shot to death by police, officials said.  Deputy Assistant Commissioner Lucy D’Orsi said police are “confident” the attacker was 20-year-old Sudesh Amman. He had been convicted for publishing graphic terrorist...