A conflict between two women over a man reportedly sparked a 20 person-brawl at an Illinois park last Thursday that left another woman dead and a teen boy injured. According to the Peoria Journal Star, Charee Alexander, 19, died Friday after suffering a neck wound at Schmoeger Park during a melee which stemmed from two women fighting …
Authorities in Illinois say officers responded to the residence of one of their own recently in response to a report of a battered child. According to WMAQ, 55-year-old Wayman Vela — a Round Lake Park police officer — was arrested by deputies from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office following an incident reported on Friday. The …
An Illinois father is grateful for the service of local nurses — not just for their treatment of his young daughter during a recent emergency, but for their generosity when they learned he had been arrested. The criminal charges against Darius Hinkle stemmed from his alleged violation of multiple traffic laws when he sped to …
Amid reports that prosecutors reached a deal to drop all 16 criminal counts against actor Jussie Smollett, new evidence appears to show he had defenders actively working to clear his name early on in the process. As CrimeOnline has previously reported, the one-time star of “Empire” had been written out of the season’s remaining episodes …
Two Head Start teachers in Illinois were placed on paid administrative leave following allegations that preschoolers were ordered to get naked and stand in a closet as punishment. According to KMOV, the alleged incidents occurred at Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center’s Head Start program, which is managed by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). University police alleged that four of …
The search continues for a pregnant Illinois woman who’s been missing for five months and is due to give birth any day now. Kierra Coles, 26, hasn’t been seen since on October 2, after walking out her Chicago apartment in her postal worker uniform. Before her disappearance, surveillance cameras caught her walking past her car …
There’s now a third video in which R. Kelly is allegedly seen engaging in sexual abuse, according to high-profile attorney Gloria Allred. According to the Associated Press, Allred is representing Gary Dennis, a man who claims he was looking through a box of video cassettes and found the tape. Kelly’s attorney, however, denies the video …
Authorities in Illinois say a 34-year-old police officer was shot while he attempted to serve a search warrant at a home in Chicago on Saturday. According to WGN, 19-year-old Emily Petronella was the subject of the warrant and allegedly opened fire, striking the officer in the shoulder. She is accused of firing through the door …
Authorities in Illinois have confirmed that last month’s deaths of a mother, father, and their 1- and 6-year-old children were the result of a murder-suicide carried out by the father. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Brandyn Lee, 34, fatally shot his girlfriend, Jaquelon Gaskin, 28, their daughter, Gianna Lee, 6, and son, Giovanni Lee, 1, before killing himself at …
According to the disgraced R&B star’s lawyer, R. Kelly spent another night in jail Saturday because he did not have the $100,000 necessary to secure his release on bond. He’s required to post 10 percent of the total $1 million bond to walk out of Cook County jail following his indictment and arrest last week …
Authorities in Illinois are pushing back against recent reports alleging that actor Jussie Smollett was seen alongside two persons of interest in a hate-crime attack the “Empire” star claimed occurred last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, investigators looked into a reports from a witness claiming to have seen the three men together in the building …
The wife of one of five employees shot and killed Friday at an Illinois industrial warehouse revealed the final text he sent her before succumbing to his injuries. USA Today reported that Josh Pinkard, 37, was a plant manager at the Henry Pratt Co., where he and four of his co-workers were killed by a 15-year …
