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People charged with drug crimes, shoplifting have a new path to avoid a conviction in Cook County (opens the original)
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People charged with drug crimes, shoplifting and other nonviolent misdemeanors can now avoid a criminal conviction under a new program being touted by Cook County prosecutors. This week, the Cook County state’s attorney’s office will start allowing defendants in certain low-level cases to complete programming in exchange for having their charges dropped. “By providing services to address challenges such as substance abuse or mental health, we can make it less likely that these individuals will c
Chicago cop with UFC aspirations faces firing for sexually assaulting teenage girlfriend (opens the original)
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A Chicago cop and mixed martial arts fighter is facing dismissal from the police department after investigators found he sexually assaulted a teenager multiple times, new records show. Officer Alberto Rodriguez met the woman around July 2018 when he was invited to her 18th birthday party by her brother, whom Rodriguez knew from an MMA gym, according to a report released this week by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. The two began talking and were in a relationship by the following sp
Illinois Supreme Court hears arguments in fight over Chicago police disciplinary process (opens the original)
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Lawyers for the city and its largest police union faced off Thursday morning before the Illinois Supreme Court, arguing over the handling of disciplinary hearings for officers accused of egregious misconduct. The arguments marked the latest chapter of a yearslong legal battle that snaked its way from the union bargaining table to City Council and now all levels of state court, halting Chicago’s police oversight system in the process. Last year, a panel of appellate judges ruled officers could ha
Indiana man charged in armed robbery attempt at Orland Park gas station (opens the original)
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A 20-year-old Indiana man is facing charges after he allegedly attempted an armed robbery Tuesday morning at an Orland Park gas station. Orland Park police responded at about 9 a.m. to reports of gunfire at a Shell gas station at 15100 Harlem Ave., village officials said in a statement. Police said Christopher Brown, who was masked, approached a man pumping gas and pointed a gun at him while demanding his property. The man, an Illinois concealed carry license holder, fired a gun and struck Brown
Chicago police supervisor who led botched Anjanette Young raid should be fired, appeals court rules (opens the original)
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An appeals court panel has upheld a decision to fire the Chicago police supervisor in charge of the botched raid in 2019 that led to social worker Anjanette Young being handcuffed naked in her home. The decision came down last week, with the appeals court affirming the Chicago Police Board’s finding that Sgt. Alex Wolinski’s inability to lead or intervene “allowed the horrible treatment of Ms. Young to occur and continue.” The board voted in June 2023 to discharge Wolinski from the police depart
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