by JimThackerSAFE24 | Dec 22, 2021 | Prosecutors
When Melvin Lewis was charged with using a knife to rob a Naperville Dollar Tree store of $60 some were surprised a judge set his bond at $1.5 Million. The homeless man will have to post 10% of that amount to go free while he awaits trial. The high bond and stiff...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Dec 22, 2021 | Car Jackings
The Senate Majority Leader was traveling in Broadview with her husband last night when their vehicle was taken at gunpoint. State Sen. Kimberly Lightford, the Senate majority leader, was carjacked last night in Broadview. Neither Lightford, D-Maywood,...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Dec 22, 2021 | Chicago Crime, Chicago Suburban Crime
COOK COUNTY, Ill. — While Chicago gets most of the attention when it comes to crime concerns, nearby suburbs are also seeing a significant surge in carjackings, shootings and murders. WGN Investigates analyzed homicide data from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Dec 22, 2021 | Chicago Crime
CHICAGO (CBS) — It looks like a scene from the “Fast and the Furious” movies, but it’s real – drivers were recently seen on video pulling dangerous stunts right on the Eisenhower Expressway. If you’re wondering how it was allowed to happen, so are we. CBS 2’s Jermont...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Dec 20, 2021 | Illinois News, National News
The just-revealed report by Special Prosecutor Dan Webb is unsparing in its criticism. Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her staff badly mishandled the prosecution of TV star Jussie Smollett and repeatedly made “false and misleading statements” to the public...
