An Illinois sheriff’s deputy has been charged with first degree murder and fired after he shot a woman in the head who called 911 for a possible intruder. Sean Grayson, 30, pleaded not guilty to the murder charge, along with aggravated battery with a firearm, and official misconduct, the Associated Press reported. The Sangamon County …
Neighbors in an Illinois town came to the aid of a 66-year-old woman Tuesday night after a man dragged her out of her home and tried to rape her. Henry M. Yates, 22, was captured by police and charged with attempted criminal sexual assault, unlawful restraint, aggravated battery, and resisting a peace officer, The Lake …
A 16-year-old boy has been charged in the shooting death of a retired Chicago police officer, who died in a shootout outside his home with the suspect and another person earlier this month. Larry Neuman, 73, was outside his home on June 20, paying a worker who had been doing yard work, when he saw …
A suburban Chicago man was arrested Saturday and charged with the axe murder of his 90-year-old grandfather. Dean L. Faulk, 90, was found dead in the Hickory Hills home he shared with his 32-year-old grandson on Friday, WMAQ reported.. Dean J. Faulk was charged with first degree murder. Cook County court documents say he struck …
Police in Joliet, Illinois, have arrested a man connected with the shooting deaths of eight people at four crime scenes in January — a shocking crime spree that ended when the gunman, Romeo Nance, killed himself 1,200 miles away in Texas as US Marshals closed in on him. The Will County Sheriff’s Office said it …
An Illinois grandmother believes her missing grandson is alive and perhaps living in a remote Mormon enclave 13 years after the boy’s disappearance. Timmothy Pitzen was 6 when his mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen, took him out of school on May 11, 2011, and onto a two-day road trip that included zoos and waterparks in neighboring Wisconsin, …
An Illinois man was ordered held without bail on Thursday, charged with multiple counts, including attempted murder and a hate crime, after he shot his neighbor with an assault-style rifle on Tuesday in a Chicago suburb. Melissa Robertson, 45, is in critical but stable condition after two surgeries, her aunt, Jeanne Beyer, told WLS. “She’s …
One man is in custody after a mass stabbing attack in a Rockford, Illinois, neighborhood on Wednesday. Police Chief Carla Redd said that three people died on the scene and a fourth died at a local hospital. She said that not all the victims were stabbed, and none were shot. One person was in critical …
An Illinois mother was sentenced last week to 35 years in prison for beating to death her 8-month-old daughter in 2017. Shanquilla Garvey, 30, pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the death of Cherish Freeman on December 20, 2017. Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow said that Garvey was living at the Bel-Air Motel …
An Illinois car salesman was found shot to death in Chicago nearly two weeks ago after he took two people out on a test drive and never returned. Crisoforo Osorio-Gonzalez took two customers out on February 9 from 21st Auto Sales in Rockford, according to the business owner who declined to be identified. The owner …
An Illinois man has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend’s 9-year-old daughter multiple times. The Beach Park Fire Department transported the girl by ambulance to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, where she was reported to be in critical condition, The Lake and McHenry County Scanner reported. The Lake County …
An Illinois man suspected in the shootin deaths of eight people in Illinois was found dead Monday night in Texas. US Marshals confronted Romeo Nance in Natalia, Texas, at about 8:30 p.m., and the confrontation ended when Nance shot himself, the Country Herald reported. Joliet Police launched an extensive manhunt for the Nance, who was …
