CINCINNATI (AP) — A 23-year-old man authorities say impersonated a long-missing child pleaded not guilty Friday to lying to federal agents. Brian Michael Rini, of Medina, Ohio, was arraigned after his indictment this week on those charges and charges of aggravated identity theft. He was ...Read more
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — It wasn’t a routine day for a sheriff’s officer after she spotted a donkey meandering along Interstate 90 near Chicago. Video from a body camera taken Wednesday shows the bewildered Cook County officer radioing: “There’s a donkey in the ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a 64-year-old man with a concealed carry license and a man recently released from prison fatally shot each other in what is believed to be an attempted robbery. Police spokeswoman Officer Michelle Tannehill says Mark Miller was outside a property he owns on the ...Read more
RUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois woman has been charged with using an unidentified substance to spike the sports drink of an Illinois State Police trooper. Authorities say 45-year-old Valeria Martinez and Kevin Weinmann, both of Beardstown, were stopped Tuesday along U.S. 67 in ...Read more
JOLIET – A Joliet man was arrested on child pornography charges, Thursday. According to the Illinois State Police, after an on-going investigation in conjunction with the Attorney General’s Office and Homeland Security, ISP Investigators executed a search warrant on Samuel Prado’s ...Read more
MENDOTA – Training is underway for two future Mendota Police Officers. Police Chief Greg Kellen was proud to announce that Zachary Urbanski of Spring Valley and Lucas Krammer of Princeton graduated South Suburban Law Enforcement Academy in Glen Ellyn. Official swearing in of both officers ...Read more
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio man accused of claiming to be a missing child from Illinois is facing new charges. A federal grand jury has indicted 23-year-old Brian Michael Rini, of Medina, Ohio, on two counts of lying to federal agents and one count of aggravated identity theft. He had been ...Read more
GOODFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a mobile home fire that killed three children and two adults in central Illinois was intentionally set. Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman said Thursday that the deaths will be ruled homicides and a juvenile is being questioned. He previously ruled that ...Read more
WASHINGTON – After almost two years, a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is released. The 448 page report is said to include an account of how President Donald Trump attempted to seize control of Mueller’s investigation on Russia’s alleged ...Read more
AMBOY – Two residents of a home in rural Lee County Northeast of Amboy escaped injury Thursday morning after a fire heavily damaged their home. According to the Amboy Fire Department, they were called to the scene around 6:30 AM to the home and when they arrived they discovered flames ...Read more
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