by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 24, 2022 | Chicago Crime
A 15-year-old is facing nearly two dozen counts of burglary and theft, including a felony charge, after allegedly targeting several Chicago Ulta stores, the city’s top cop announced Friday. Chicago Police Supt. David Brown announced the arrest Friday during a...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 21, 2022 | National News, News & Events
A Philadelphia man shot and killed a man who was trying to steal his car from outside his house, according to reports. The licensed gun owner shot at least once early Tuesday after seeing three men trying to tow away his car, possibly just to rip out its catalytic...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 21, 2022 | Illinois News
Republicans are calling for their Democratic counterparts in the Illinois House to join them in efforts to repeal criminal justice reforms, known as the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act. GOP Reps. Patrick Windhorst of Metropolis, Ryan Spain of...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 18, 2022 | Illinois Crime
With crime spiking across the state, both parties in Springfield find themselves wrestling with a life-and-death issue that’s begging for problem-solvers, not demagoguery. Yet politics is never far behind. In Illinois, the issue provides an obvious target for...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 17, 2022 | National News
The scene was a stretch of railroad tracks in Lincoln Heights on Saturday: A blizzard of torn plastic wrappers, cardboard boxes and paper packaging attesting to a wave of rail car thievery that officials say has been on the rise in recent months. Several scavengers...
