An Illinois college student was arrested and charged with strangling a woman in his campus dorm room and attacking her with a deadly weapon. Lake Forest Police did not provide details of the assault, but siad Luca Vulpescu, 22, was charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault, and battery. He was released without bond after an …
An Illinois jury on Friday deliberated less than 90 minutes before returning a guilty verdict for a landlord accused of the brutal stabbing death of a 6-year-old Palestinian boy after the start of the Gaza war in 2023. Joseph Czuba had pleaded not guilty in the death of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his …
Jury selection is slated to begin Monday in the trial of an Illinois man who allegedly opened fire on a Highland Park Fourth of July parade in 2022, killing seven people and wounding dozens more. Robert Crimo III faces more than 100 charges, including 21 counts of first degree murder, as CrimeOnline reported. Crimo’s trial …
The mother of a “missing” Illinois 4-year-old girl — later determined not to be missing at all — has been arrested for filing a false report in the case. The Rock Island Police Department said Princess Ilunga, 37, called police on January 16 and reported that her car had been stolen with her daughter inside …
An Illinois man has been charged with hiring two men to gun down his estranged wife’s girlfriend last month in what prosecutors called “a personal grievance” killing. Sammy Schafer Jr., 36, was charged with two counts of first degree murder and two counts of soliciation of murder in the death of 32-year-old Portia Rowland on …
An Illinois man is dead after he disarmed a police officer conducting a well-being check and shot himself with the officer’s weapon. The Charleston Police Department said officers were called to the home just after 1 a.m. on Saturday to check on a 22-year-old man who had called 911 himself asking for help. “During the …
A convicted Illinois felon is dead after a standoff Friday that included a hostage at a home in Missouri, but the man’s wife — reported missing on Thursday — has not be found. Chadwick Kelly, 33, was released from prison in Illinois in July after serving less than half of a 23-year sentence for a …
An Illinois woman was arrested this week after a nearly four month investigation into the death of her 13-month-old baby girl. The Bloomington Police Department said that Quvonnay Collins, 24, brought the toddler to Carle Bromenn Medical Center on August 25 just before 1 a.m. “with no signs of life.” An autopsy conducted the next …
Six people were arrested in a sex trafficking operation in Illinois targeting people soliciting children in commercial sex acts. Illinois State Police said the operation took place on December 4 and 5 in the Rockford area, KCRG reported. Five of the people arrested were Illinois residents, and the sixth was from Wisconsin. All were charged …
An Illinois teenager has been charged with abusing his 7-month-old son, leaving the child hospitalized with a skull fracture, two broken arms, and numerous bruises. Tyler J. Holmes, 18, was charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm to a child, four counts of aggravated battery to a child, three counts of aggravated domestic battery …
Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy for the murder of a postal worker on Chicago’s South Side in July. The boy, whose name has not been released, was arrested in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, WBBM reported. Octavia Redmond, 48, was shot multiple times while delivering mail on July 19. She was rushed to Advocate Christ Medical …
A 1-month-old Illinois baby died of severe dehydration and hyperthermia after he was left in a vehicle without food of water for an “extended period.” Andrea Luncsford, 25, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with endangering the health and life of a child, the Peoria Police Department said. Her son, Grayson Luncsford, was found dead …
