by JimThackerSAFE24 | Feb 3, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime, Illinois News, McHenry, News & Events
The worst experience of Angela Osorio’s life was while she was detained at the McHenry County Jail last year, the 40-year-old mother of three said at a rally Tuesday outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in downtown Chicago. Osorio spoke at...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Feb 3, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime, Illinois News
Illinois Senate Republicans float an anti-crime package that features a “two-strikes-and-you’re-out” clause and more police funding. Does it have any chance in the Legislature? Illinois Senate Republicans tightened the screws another notch on what the GOP...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Feb 3, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime
An out-of-town company scraps its plan for a local office after a shootout near the Fulton Market tech hub, as scary street violence chills recruiting in the fast-growing sector. At about 5 p.m. on a Wednesday in late September, gunmen in two cars sped down Milwaukee...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 31, 2022 | Illinois Crime
ROCKFORD — Businesses on the city’s northeast side had freshly boarded up doors and windows Sunday, and at least one was cleaning up and assessing losses after a weekend break-in. Some of those businesses included Jewelry by Christopher on Lexus Drive, Zavius...
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 3, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime, National News
Baltimore’s woke mayor’s calls to defund the police have come back to haunt him after the city’s notoriously high murder rate climbed again in 2021. Charm City saw 337 homicides last year, up from 334 in 2020, and well above the 290 that the...
