A judge revoked his pretrial release following his arrest Sunday in Skokie. He was awaiting trial over having a stolen car in Rogers Park.
Barnes, who joined the Skokie Police Department in 2000, was appointed to succeed retiring Chief Brian Baker.
A man passed a demand note to tellers Monday afternoon at the Lincoln Avenue bank, according to the FBI.
Someone defaced EJ's Pizzeria with street gang graffiti containing a swastika on Thanksgiving.
The 33-year-old is accused of discharging pepper spray into a crowd of demonstrators outside a pro-Israel event on Sunday, injuring a cop.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said many sex trafficking victims are being advertised online through websites that do not cooperate with cops.
Only one sex offender in Skokie is "non-compliant" with the requirements of the sex offender registry, according to state police.
Police and school officials said they are aware of reports of possible violence against predominantly Jewish communities on Friday.
Authorities said he first targeted his boss in March before making six threats of bombings and shooting in eight days ending Monday.
Eyvonne Bender and Susan Ovington were found shot dead in the Cook County Forest Preserve 44 years ago.
A Highwood man is charged over 1.2 ounces of cocaine sold in four transactions with an undercover officer at the Old Orchard parking lot.
Judge Paul Pavlus found Sgt. Michael Vitellaro not guilty of official misconduct and aggravated battery over last summer's confrontation.
Police searching a cell phone of a man found in a stolen car found disturbing videos depicting child sexual abuse, authorities said.
Michael Vitellaro is charged with official misconduct and aggravated battery.
Two men fired more than a dozen bullets, failing to hit each other but striking a bystander back in November 2021, according to prosecutors.
The high-speed crash reportedly pushed one of the cars into the lawn of a nearby home.
Four masked gunmen stole a car in Skokie before it crashed while fleeing police in Evanston, prosecutors say.
Skokie police asked the public to be aware of their surroundings and call 911 if they see anything suspicious.
A 35-year-old Chicago woman is accused of illegally having someone else's credit card and carrying a gun in her car.
The co-owner of a Chicago plumbing company fired 10 shots into a competitor's garage in broad daylight, authorities said.
Jacquis Irby, 18, was one of three people that were shot at Clark Street Beach on Wednesday night in an incident police said wasn't random.
Skokie police helped DEA, ATF and CPD with 11-month probe into drug trafficking operation affiliated with La Familia Stones gang, feds say.
Masked gunmen kidnapped three people from the Des Plaines dealership and tortured them at a house in rural Woodstock, authorities said.
A Bolingbrook man is accused of attacking one state trooper on Saturday while drunk at a toll plaza and another on Wednesday while speeding.
State police described it as a "road rage incident." The man's attorney said he was frightened.
Hotel guests called the front desk to report screaming coming from a room at the Holiday Inn, authorities said.
After the 56-year-old woman refused his sexual advances, the parolee she permitted to stay at her home became "enraged," authorities said.
Allen Dorfman, an insurance salesman with close ties to the Chicago mob, was gunned down outside the old Purple Hyatt Hotel in 1983.
A 22-year-old Evanston man was ordered held without bond after he was charged with the knifepoint armed robbery of a 7-Eleven in Skokie.
A 70-year-old woman walking in a crosswalk was struck and killed by car, Skokie police said.
Marcos Mendez was extradited from Mexico in 2019 before pleading guilty earlier this year to one count of production of child pornography.
The 18-year-old — who is also charged in an Evanston "ghost gun" case — was found hiding in a Starbucks bathroom Tuesday, prosecutors said.
Two masked men in hoodies robbed the Bank of America branch at Touhy Avenue and McCormick Boulevard late Saturday morning.
Convicted Jan. 6 rioter Shane Woods intentionally crashed into oncoming traffic on Interstate 55, killing Lauren Wegner, authorities said.
Police tracked down the trio using the items they stole at gunpoint from a Touhy Avenue AT&T store Sunday evening, according to prosecutors.
The 24-year-old refused to leave after watching pornography on a cellphone in the Lincolnwood Town Center T-Mobile store, authorities said.
A pair of masked men brandished a gun and demanded cash Tuesday afternoon at a Bank of America in Skokie, according to the FBI.
Video from an ambulance shows an EMT and paramedic duck to avoid a hail of bullets in a brazen daylight shooting last month in Jackson Park.
Police asked area residents to check video surveillance for any suspicious activity Wednesday morning.
Three registered sex offenders in Skokie are "non-compliant" with the requirements of the sex offender registry, according to state police.