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Una banda de gaitas tocó afuera en la nublada mañana mientras oficiales uniformados esperaban la llegada de una procesión que llevaba el cuerpo del oficial Enrique Martínez a la Capilla del Santuario de Santa Rita de Casia. Fue baleado y asesinado durante una parada de tráfico el 4 de noviembre en Chatham.
Ald. Matt Martin (47th) said the former sergeant’s condition is “improving,” though he’s still being treated in the intensive care unit at Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
Humza D. Raja told a supervisor they wouldn’t be seeing each other anymore because he “shot someone who rolled up on him,” prosecutors allege.
The six-car holiday train will run on all eight lines, starting on the Green and Orange Lines Nov. 29 and concluding on the Yellow Line on Dec. 23.
Devontay Shields was taken into custody at Union Station Saturday on suspicion of attempted kidnapping, court documents show. He allegedly told an informant that he wanted to kidnap a child in Florida and bought toys, zip ties, a train ticket and rented a car.
Five people were traveling south early Tuesday morning in a stolen white Chrysler 300 in the 7700 block of South Vincennes Avenue when they slammed into a pole, Chicago police said.
Alexandra Szustakiewicz, 64, of Darien, allegedly berated and hit a man who was wearing a hoodie with the word “Palestine” while also taking swings at his pregnant wife Saturday. “F—- Palestine,” she allegedly said.
Polo Masonry Builders Inc. and United Builders Group Co. and company owners Petro Pariychuk and Oleh Synychak will be ordered to pay workers the wages they were owed as well as $12,500 in investigative costs, records show.
Christopher Porter, 53, robbed two Chicago banks and one in Evergreen Park between November 2020 and February 2021, stealing more than $11,300, prosecutors said. In all of them, he pointed a gun at tellers and customers.
Judge John Blakey also told jurors Monday that Madigan’s trial is no longer expected to wrap up by the end of the year. Rather, he said it could last through the holiday season and into January.
A bagpipe band played outside on the overcast morning as uniformed officers awaited the arrival of a procession carrying Officer Enrique Martinez’s body to St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel. He was shot and killed during a traffic stop Nov. 4 in Chatham.
“It’s absolutely horrific whether it’s 9 a.m. [or] 9 p.m., whether it’s North Center or anywhere else in the city,” Ald. Matt Martin told the Sun-Times. “It’s absolutely unacceptable.”
Low temperatures could drop to around 35 degrees Wednesday, Friday and Saturday night, with central Illinois getting even colder, though precipitation will move out of the area by Thursday evening.
Terrence Bender, 32, entered a plea to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The co-defendants were accused of fraudulently obtaining credit card information and using it for luxury travel and expenses.
An autopsy Monday determined the cause of death of the 25-year-old man shot early Sunday morning.
The wait time for phone calls to Planned Parenthood of Illinois also doubled in the days immediately after the election.
“I don’t understand this idea that the mayor has something that he’s brokered,” said Ald. Andre Vasquez. “The first proposal he had was voted down, and there have not been substantive meetings to land any commitments since then.”
Los robos se remontan al 19 de octubre, pero 15 de ellos ocurrieron durante la última semana. Varias de las víctimas fueron “golpeadas a pistola o con los puños”, dijo la policía.
An autopsy Monday determined Olga Duchon, 42, of Vernon Hills, died of a gunshot wound to the chest, officials said.