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Illinois carjacking bill falls short; organized retail crime measure more promising

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...

Democrats offer another anti-crime proposal, this one on carjackings. Pritzker says ‘We are making progress’

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...

State Sen. Kim Lightford carjacked, uninjured

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,...

Toni Preckwinkle’s security detail targeted by carjackers, shots fired in Hyde Park

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...

Chicago ‘defund the police’ politician protected by police amid shooting, accused of hiding incident

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...

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