A recent United Airlines passenger claims the carrier added insult to injury after she complained of another passenger’s alleged disgusting behavior. According to BuzzFeed News, 26-year-old Genevieve Pascolla, a photographer living in Illinois, boarded a plane home from London on July 4 and was seated next to a man she claimed went on to masturbate …
A Chicago man found beaten to death inside his home on Sunday was said to have fathered 43 children. ABC7 reports John Hearring, 63, was beaten over the head and left for dead in his apartment off of North Leamington Avenue in Chicago’s South Austin neighborhood. He was well-known around the neighborhood and no one could …
A drug store manager in Illinois is under fire this week for allegations that he called police on a customer because he did not recognize the coupon she had attempted to redeem. According to a now-deleted social media post from Camilla Hudson, the black woman had attempted to use the coupon on Friday night at …
A Chicago area man was arrested last week on suspicion of violently abusing a dog. According to the Chicago Sun Times, 24-year-old Isaac Goodlow is expected to face criminal charges including felony animal cruelty after he was allegedly caught by Chicago Police on surveillance camera dragging a dog along a sidewalk. A police report claims …
An investigation is underway after an 81-year-old woman’s body was found in two plastic bins inside her Illinois home. According to WLS, officers performing a wellness check on June 10 discovered Thana Muhammad’s body in her basement. Sources told the network that the octogenarian had been “cut in half.” Meanwhile, police said she had sustained “severe …
As Chicago officials confirm that the body discovered under a car last week was a young mother who vanished in May, the city was recently plagued with their fifth disappearance—this time involving a 13-year-old girl. WGN-TV reported that dental and tattoo records confirmed that a body found under a car parked in a garage on …
Authorities in Illinois say a Chicago man obtained a firearm and fatally shot someone with it while he was out on a no-cash bond for a prior gun-related charge. According to CWB, Daryl Williams was arrested in November after residents in the neighborhood of New City reported hearing gunshots. At the time of his arrest, …
Authorities in Illinois say they recovered three young children, all under the age of 7, from a north side Chicago apartment where they were found alone Saturday evening. According to WLS, officers were dispatched to the residence in the 5000 block of North Harding Avenue in response to a welfare check request by a concerned …
A woman who pleaded guilty to her role in the beating of a mentally disabled teen last year learned her fate in court this week. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Tanishia Covington and three other suspects initially pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and attacking a bipolar man in an ordeal that played out live in a …
Authorities in Illinois have identified a suspect following a fatal shooting on a private bus early Saturday morning. According to WIFR, police believe 22-year-old Raheem King was aboard the charter bus and armed with a rifle when he opened fire on three passengers, killing them. An initial police statement indicated the suspect was among the …
Michigan authorities are pursuing charges against a Detroit man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor last year in an ill-advised attempt to stop an aggressive dog that was mauling her at the time. According to WDIV, 61-year-old Michael Lewis Williams is expected to face charges of careless discharge of a weapon causing injury or death …
As the man accused of fatally shooting a police commander earlier this week left his first court hearing on Thursday, video from inside a Cook County, Illinois, jail reportedly shows inmates clapping for him. According to the Chicago Tribune, Shomari Legghette, 44, was arriving from court where he faced charges for the shooting death Chicago police …
