The story of the holdup involved a trusting banker, clever robbers, patient police work, an indiscreet suspect, multiple ...

Weeks after pleading guilty to murder and being sentenced to Illinois Department of Corrections, Shanquilla Garvey had a ...

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1958: Nathan Leopold, who was convicted with Richard Loeb in the “perfect murder” of Bobby Franks in 1924, was released from ...

An Illinois man may avoid prison for hitting a car and shooting at the fleeing driver in November 2019. Ralph Bevineau, 30, of Joliet, pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbery, a Level 5 felony ...

A law signed by former President Joe Biden before he left office in January directed agencies to measure the true occupancy ...

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By Robert Chiarito and Mitch Smith Robert Chiarito reported from Joliet, Ill. Mitch Smith reported ... Czuba, 73, faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced by a state judge in May.