Man convicted on sex trafficking, kidnapping charges faces up to life in prison
A jury on Tuesday convicted Dennis Williams, 33, on all seven sex trafficking and kidnapping counts against him following a week-long trial.
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A jury on Tuesday convicted Dennis Williams, 33, on all seven sex trafficking and kidnapping counts against him following a week-long trial.
The U.S. Marshals said they had arrested Ricardo Gonzales, 32, in Cobb County, Georgia. He was wanted on a Chicago Police Department warrant for kidnapping, and is wanted on probable cause for two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder.
Marcus Bausley, 40, was taken into custody by Chicago police and the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Task Force on Thursday around 11 a.m. in the 2200 block of North Main Street in Crown Point, Indiana.
Marcus Bausley, 40, was taken into custody by Chicago police and the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Task Force on Thursday around 11 a.m. in the 2200 block of North Main Street in Crown Point, Indiana.
A man was arrested in northwest Indiana on Friday in connection to the stabbing death of the mother of his child on the South Side of Chicago, and the kidnapping and stabbing of her two other children.
The suspect behind the wheel was also wanted in Iowa on a warrant for a probation violation.
The suspect, who was also wanted in Iowa on a nationwide warrant for a probation violation, was arrested.
Police said a 29-year-old woman and a 1-year-old girl were in the back seat of a car in the 400 block of West Harrison Street, when two people got in the car and started driving.
Prosecutors said Andrew Anania faces 7 years to life in prison.
On Tuesday, Robert Brandt, 44, was arrested in the 4300 block of South Champlain.
Damonte McCorkle is charged with aggravated kidnapping, two counts of aggravated carjacking, and armed robbery.
Two infant girls were reported missing after the car they were in was stolen. The babies were later found left out in the cold.
Devontay Shields, 35, of Danville, was arrested on Saturday at Union Station, as he tried to board an Amtrak train to Miami, according to federal prosecutors.
Further details about this conclusion were not released.
A possible armed kidnapping that originated in the north suburbs ended in a crash overnight on the Northwest Side of Chicago. North Chicago police said, around 10:30 p.m. Monday, officers responded to a call from woman who said she was being chased by her boyfriend in a gray Mazda sedan, and he might be armed with a gun.
The woman who called police was found inside the Mazda, but North Chicago police said she was not cooperating with the investigation.
Police did not specify the relationship between Redzic and the woman.
A neighbor told CBS 2 that her husband heard screams, and when he looked out the window, he saw the adult victim in a headlock and being shoved into the vehicle.
A woman and her child were inside an apartment before being forced into an SUV by two unknown males, a witness told police.
The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday morning.
Derek Swift, 48, is charged with one count each of aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, criminal sexual assault, and aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
A woman nearby intervened and told the man to leave the girl alone.
Jonatan Luna-Carrasco is accused of convincing a woman to get in his car while he helped her and her friend with a flat tire - only to speed off with her. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The students, between eight and 15, were getting ready to start the school day when dozens of men on motorcycles rode into the schoolyard and seized them.
A CPS spokesperson said Christopher McFarland is suspended without pay, pending a dismissal proceeding on unrelated incidents.
A jury on Tuesday convicted Dennis Williams, 33, on all seven sex trafficking and kidnapping counts against him following a week-long trial.
A Chicago businessman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for defrauding financial institutions of more than $3 million.
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An employee in the Will County Sheriff's Office was arrested by agents from the Department of Homeland Security and charged with two counts of child sex assault, officials said Friday.
Bruno will stay at the school as the special assistant to the vice president/director of athletics for women's basketball.
According to the public health department, the cuts affect 22 contracts and over 100 staff positions.
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Catch “La Boheme” at the Lyric Opera of Chicago through April 12.
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A jury on Tuesday convicted Dennis Williams, 33, on all seven sex trafficking and kidnapping counts against him following a week-long trial.
Video shows the masked thief exiting the front seat of the van and making his way into the rear, were thousands of dollars' worth of tools were stored.
A Chicago businessman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for defrauding financial institutions of more than $3 million.
According to the public health department, the cuts affect 22 contracts and over 100 staff positions.
In most of Lisle, residents get their water from the village. But in one section, the Oak View subdivision, a private company supplies the water, and residents are furious about the bills.
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Bruno will stay at the school as the special assistant to the vice president/director of athletics for women's basketball.
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Video shows the masked thief exiting the front seat of the van and making his way into the rear, were thousands of dollars' worth of tools were stored.
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There was a large police presence outside a Citibank branch in the heart of Chicago's Loop Thursday afternoon.
The thief drops off empty packages and steals what was already on people's stoops.
