The man who tried to rob a Skokie bank Friday is suspected of carrying out or attempting five other bank robberies in Chicago, the FBI said.
Prosecutors said the teacher charged with sexual assaulting a girl while she was age 9 and 10 behaved inappropriately around other students.
A 32-year-old teacher at a Skokie religious school was ordered held without bail Tuesday.
A pair of carjackers confronted a man as he loaded up his SUV in an alley, stealing his car after shooting him once, police said.
Inspired middle-schooler from the 2007 Skokie Police International Youth Police Academy to take 2019 Skokie Police Officer test
After a heavy police presence appeared Monday night on Niles Center Road, the investigation remains active Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Police said the man was last seen at the home of a family friend.
Police said the north suburban man with prior DUI convictions hit a pedestrian and kept driving until other drivers stopped him.
Revenge porn blackmail, several robberies and a series of home burglaries were reported by Skokie police between April 21 and May 30.
The convicted murderer turned down a plea deal that could have seen him released after five years in prison.
Robert Serritella put himself at the scene of the 1992 murder of 15-year-old David Chereck, witnesses testified Tuesday.
A registered sex offender is accused of killing a 15-year-old Niles West student found dead in a Morton Grove forest preserve in 1992.
Old Orchard Junior High was put on lockdown Tuesday afternoon while police investigated a possibly suicidal person across the street.
A 41-year-old unlicensed Zion man was driving under the influence when he fatally struck a pedestrian, according to state police.
Detectives are investigating after a 22-year-old man was shot and killed around 8:45 p.m. Monday, police said.
Charges of aggravated battery to a senior, a robbery at Old Orchard on the Skokie police blotter from March 22 to April 5.
Police said she may be in danger and urged anyone with information to immediately call authorities.
A bullet lodged in a parked car, several strong-arm robberies reported on the Skokie Police Department blotter from March 1 to March 21.
Prosecutors said the teen shoved a 69-year-old woman while fleeing a Skokie shop, causing a brain bleed and requiring stitches and surgery.
A sexual assault reported on a school bus and an armed robbery of a taxi driver are on the Skokie Police Department blotter from Feb. 14–28.
Prosecutors will clear convictions for cannabis misdemeanors and won't charge more barring "special circumstances," the new policy states.
A judge found he violated probation when he was expelled from a court-ordered program after using a slur while threatening a man with a bat.
Now wanted in 3 states, Marin Ghimes cons people out of luxury cars and hotel stays while claiming to be wheelchair-bound, prosecutors said.
The Skokie Fire Department installed 168 smoke alarms in 50 homes as part of the "Be Alarmed!" program.
An armed robbery at Walgreens, a beating in the McDonald's parking lot on the Skokie police blotter from Jan. 22 to Feb. 13.
Allegations he repeatedly had sex and exchanged naked photos with a student are "disturbing on a whole bunch of levels," a judge said.
A driver was cited under Scott's Law after crashing into the back of a squad car with its lights on Wednesday on I-94 near Touhy Avenue.
Prosecutors accused the girl's former teacher of sexual assault, solicitation of child pornography, grooming and other offenses.
Groups charged with shoplifting, driver with DUI and fleeing: Incidents and arrests from the Skokie police blotter from Jan. 7 to Jan. 21
Two men in ski masks robbed a woman at gunpoint Monday, fleeing in a stolen car found two days later at the Walmart, police said.
7 skip out on steakhouse bill, underage drinkers cited at New Year's Eve party on the Skokie Police Department blotter, Dec. 31 to Jan. 6
"She is going to get it," he posted, according to prosecutors, along with a photo of a Cook County judge.
Intoxicated man damages McDonald's, batters customer on Christmas Eve; fake Apple employee burglarizes home: Skokie Blotter, Dec. 18 to 30
Armed robber arrested, British hotel guest charged with battery and shoplifting pairs arrested at local stores: Skokie Blotter, Dec. 6 to 17
Include Kathleen Furgala as Deputy Chief
The scammers conspired to defraud victims out of over $2 million with the promise of friendship, romance and fake jobs, prosecutors said.
A gunman stole a car from Niles North High School parking lot Tuesday after shoplifters at Old Orchard Mall crashed a stolen getaway car.
A former firefighter settled a federal lawsuit with the private company that manages the Lincolnwood Fire Department.
Federal investigators and north suburban cops took part in a multi-year investigation into cocaine delivery called "Operation Flawed Deal."
Eliza Wasni should be transferred to Cook County Jail upon her 18th birthday next week, a judge ruled Wednesday.