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Ahmeel Fowler, homicide suspect (SOURCE: Greene County Sheriff's Office)

Wheeling Police Announce Arrest Warrant for the Homicide of Ja’nya Murphy, Found Murdered in Her Apartment

Fri Nov 12, 2021 04:35 pm Cardinal News

Wheeling Police Department announced Friday afternoon, November 12, 2021 that an arrest warrant was approved by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office for Ahmeel Fowler, age 26, of Pingree Grove connected to the homicide of […]

Star Market Grocery aka Star Mini Market, 1580 South Busse Road in Mount Prospect where Arlington Heights resident Ersely Arita-Mejia worked (Image capture October 2018 ©2021)

Arlington Heights Resident, Other Owners of Chicago-Area Convenience Stores Charged With Defrauding Low-Income WIC Food Program

Fri Nov 12, 2021 01:28 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — The owners of several Chicago-area convenience stores have been charged in federal court with scheming to defraud a low-income food program for women, infants, and children. A 16-count indictment returned in U.S. District […]

Garrett Mercado, guilty three counts of animal cruelty (DuPage County State's Attorney's Office)

Former Kennel Operator Sentenced to 20 Days in Jail for Fire That Killed 29 Dogs in Unincorporated West Chicago

Fri Nov 12, 2021 11:58 am Cardinal News

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Judge Robert Miller has sentenced Garrett Mercado, 32, of Woodridge, to twenty days in the DuPage County Jail. The State had asked for a sentence […]

Ja'nya Murphy (left) and Jaclyn Dobbs (SOURCE: Wheeling Police Department)

Body of Missing Jaclyn “Angel” Dobbs of Inland Dr, Wheeling Found in Pond at I-80 and Kennedy Dr, Hammond, Indiana

Thu Nov 11, 2021 11:22 pm Cardinal News

Daughter of Ja’nya Murphy of Inland Dr, Wheeling Found in Interchange Retention Pond at I-80 and Kennedy Dr, Hammond, Indiana A body found in a retention pond Northwest Indiana on Thursday afternoon has now been […]

Zechariah C. Myles, warrant for First Degree Murder (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Warrant Issued for Murder Suspect in Death of Melanie Yates in Zion

Thu Nov 11, 2021 01:48 pm Cardinal News

Members of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force and Zion Police Department have been conducting extensive investigation into the shooting death of Melanie Yates. During the course of their investigation, detectives determined Zechariah C. […]

Person of Interest Located in Murder, Kidnapping Case on Inland Drive Wheeling; Had Previous Relationship with Homicide Victim

Thu Nov 11, 2021 11:26 am Cardinal News

Dodge Grand Caravan and Person of Interest Connected to Murder, Kidnapping Case on Inland Drive in Wheeling Found in Missouri Wheeling, Illinois police were searching Wednesday for Jaclyn “Angel” Dobbs, and were investigating a maroon […]

Murder, Kidnapping at Apartment on Inland Drive in Wheeling

Wed Nov 10, 2021 03:31 pm Cardinal News

Wheeling police responded about 10:22 p.m. on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 to a report of a missing person with a residence at 365 Inland Drive in Wheeling. Family members became concerned that 21 year-old Ms. […]

Labar Spann Garfield Park, convicted murderer Garfield Park and Humboldt Park neighborhoods of Chicago (SOURCE: Chicago Police Department/Map data ©2021)

Federal Jury Convicts Chicago Street Gang Leader of Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Multiple Murders, Other Acts of Violence

Wed Nov 10, 2021 09:47 am Cardinal News

CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted a leader of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang of participating in a criminal organization that committed murders and other acts of violence while brutally protecting a drug-dealing […]

Jarvis Wright, homicide suspect, fugitive (SOURCE: FBI)

FBI Seeks Public’s Help Locating Jarvis Wright; Fugitive, First Degree Murder Sauk Village

Tue Nov 9, 2021 04:32 pm Cardinal News

Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution and Custody – First Degree Murder The FBI’s Chicago Field Office is assisting the Sauk Village Police Department (SVPD) in Illinois with their investigation regarding Jarvis Wright. Wright is wanted […]

Maserati Gran Turismo S-MC Sport Line (SOURCE: Alexandre Prévot from Nancy, France/CC BY-SA 2.0)

Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced 20 Years in Federal Prison for Supplying Heroin To Open-Air Market on Chicago’s West Side

Tue Nov 9, 2021 03:37 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — The leader of a drug trafficking organization has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for supplying heroin to an illegal open-air market on the West Side of Chicago. He could have […]

Bombardier Challenger 600, not actual aircraft and color markings modified to avoid connection of seized aircraft identity to file photo identity (Original photo by Alain Rioux)

Federal Law Enforcement in Chicago Seizes Private Plane and 100 Kilograms of Cocaine; Three Defendants Arrested

Mon Nov 8, 2021 08:24 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — Three individuals have been arrested on federal charges as part of an investigation that disrupted a suspected Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline and resulted in government seizures of a private plane and 100 kilograms of […]

Two Businessmen Charged With Running Fencing Operation Out of Stores in Crestwood

Sat Nov 6, 2021 11:35 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — Two businessmen have been charged in federal court with running a fencing operation out of their suburban Chicago stores. Ziad I. Zayed, also known as “Zee,” age 46, and Mosas I. Zayed, age […]

Lanny Ramirez, armed robbery and aggravated battery suspect (DuPage County Sheriff's Office)

Bond Set at $500,000 for Addison Suspect Charged with Aggravated Battery (Shooting) and Armed Robbery Following a Halloween Party

Sat Nov 6, 2021 10:11 pm Cardinal News

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Addison Director of Police Bill Hayden announced Thursday, November 4, 2021 that bond has been set for an Addison man accused of robbing a car full of people […]

Dante Donnell Howse, drug trafficking suspect drug (SOURCE: Kane County Sheriff's Office)

Kane County Sheriff’s Detectives Arrest Hoffman Estates Suspect Retrieving Fentanyl and Meth by Mail in Elgin Area

Thu Nov 4, 2021 03:19 pm Cardinal News

Elgin Township – Kane County Sheriff’s Detectives and United States Postal Inspectors on October 28th, 2021 conducted an investigation into narcotics being trafficked through the mail. Detectives conducted a traffic stop in the area of […]

Retail Theft at Nordstrom Rack on Skokie Blvd, Northbrook

Thu Nov 4, 2021 02:34 pm Cardinal News

Northbrook police reported a retail theft about 1:58 p.m., Thursday, November 4, 2021 at Nordstrom Rack, 199 Skokie Boulevard in Northbrook, IL. Two offenders were reported to be involved in a retail theft of shoes […]

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