by SAFE Winnebago County | Apr 8, 2022 | Car Jackings, Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime, News & Events
Lawmakers have already unveiled a weak measure to combat crime in Illinois by creating a task force, with an added provision for new spending on witness protection and a companion measure to modestly boost social programs said to target crime prevention. They’ve also...
by SAFE Winnebago County | Apr 8, 2022 | Car Jackings, Chicago Crime, News & Events
SPRINGFIELD — Democrats who control the Illinois legislature on Tuesday continued searching for common ground on issues ranging from temporary tax relief to crime as the clock winds down on a truncated spring session. In what’s become a daily occurrence in the run-up...
by SAFE Winnebago County | 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 SAFE Winnebago County | Oct 11, 2021 | Car Jackings
CHICAGO (WLS) — Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle had a security scare after two suspects tried to carjack a member of her security detail outside her home in Hyde Park. Preckwinkle was not harmed and was not in the vehicle when it happened, but the...
by SAFE Winnebago County | Oct 11, 2021 | Car Jackings
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com A prominent Chicago Democrat who has condemned “systemic racism” in police departments and pushed to redirect funding away from law enforcement has suggested she was herself a victim in a carjacking and shooting...
