Crimes Notebook

Buffalo Grove Woman Charged with Fleeing and Eluding, Other Charges Near Arlington Heights Rd and Lake Cook Rd

Fri Mar 7, 2025 09:33 am Cardinal News

Buffalo Grove police responded to stop a fleeing motorist in the area of Arlington Heights Road and Lake Cook Road about 11:55 a.m. Thursday, February 20, 2025. Shikita A. Cain, a female, age: 37 of […]

Brandon C. Roberson, charged with possession of Child Pornography (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives Arrest Waukegan Resident Accused of Possessing Extremely Vulgar Child Pornography

Fri Mar 7, 2025 08:42 am Cardinal News

Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives arrested a Waukegan man for possessing hundreds of photos and videos depicting child pornography. Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives received a tip from an online cloud storage website indicating a device in […]

Woman Dies 35 Hours After She Was Hit By Cook County Sheriff’s SUV on Milwaukee Ave, Glenview, Des Plaines Border

Thu Mar 6, 2025 03:23 pm Cardinal News

Chicago woman Mercedes Smith, who was hit by a Cook County Sheriff’s Office squad car, died after a crash on Milwaukee Avenue near Greenwood Road near the border of Glenview and Des Plaines (ABC 7 […]

Evan E. Crews, charged with Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver within 500 feet of a school (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Lake County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Group Arrests Alleged Beach Park Cocaine Trafficker

Thu Mar 6, 2025 11:11 am Cardinal News

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group (SIG), a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) funded task force, with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) – Chicago Field […]

Buffalo Grove Police SUV (CARDINAL NEWS)

Buffalo Grove Police Department Launches New Transparency Web Section with Crime Blotter, Incident Map, Crime Trends

Thu Mar 6, 2025 08:53 am Cardinal News

Kudos to the Village of Buffalo Grove for introducing a Police Transparency section to their website, which includes a … Weekly Police Blotter Incident Map, and Current Crime Trends Kudos also to the Buffalo Grove […]

One Wounded in Domestic Related Shooting on Edgelawn Drive in Aurora

Wed Mar 5, 2025 01:35 pm Cardinal News

Police, firefighters, and paramedics responded about 4:28 PM Tuesday, March 4, 2025 to a report of a shooting in the block of 1000 North Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. According to the Aurora Police Department, the […]

Demetrius Shorter, charged with First-Degree Murder after a fatal shooting at a combined hotel, apartment building on Grand Avenue in the River North neighborhood on Saturday, February 22, 2025 (SOURCE: Cook County Sheriff's Office)

Homicide Suspect Charged with Murder After Woman Shot and Killed, Another Wounded at River North Hotel in Chicago

Wed Mar 5, 2025 11:25 am Cardinal News

One woman killed, another hurt in River North, Chicago hotel shooting Saturday night, February 23, 2025 (CBS Chicago). YouTube Tips ⓘ Demietris Shorter, age 35, of Davenport, Iowa turned himself in to the Chicago Police […]

James Solger, identified as fatal gunshot victim in Glenview (SOURCE: Facebook)

Homicide Investigation: Identity Released of Man Shot on Glenview Rd, Glenview

Wed Mar 5, 2025 09:36 am Cardinal News

The identity of a fatal gunshot victim in Glenview was released Tuesday night March 4, 2025. The man who was found dead inside a home in the block of 0-99 Glenview Road in Glenview is […]

Michael Vazquez, Aggravated Driving Under the Influence Involving Death (Class 2 Felony) after a fatal crash Friday, October 18, 2025 (SOURCE: Illinois State Police)

Co-Worker Charged with DUI Cocaine; Ran Over, Killed Man with Skid Steer at I-94 Tollway M4 Building, Grand Ave Gurnee

Wed Mar 5, 2025 08:08 am Cardinal News

Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 Violent Crimes Unit special agents arrested 39-year-old Michael Vazquez of Oak Forest, IL for Aggravated Driving Under the Influence Involving Death (Class 2 Felony) stemming […]

Death Investigation on Glenview Rd, Glenview Involves North Regional Violent Crimes Task Force

Mon Mar 3, 2025 07:30 pm Cardinal News

Police from Glenview responded about 7:31 p.m. Sunday, March 2, 2025 for a check for well being call in the block of 0-99 Glenview Road Glenview. Inside a home they found a 61 year-old man […]

Video frame from security video showing Tesla crash into house in Woodridge

Two Die in Tesla Crash and Fire Involving House in Woodridge

Mon Mar 3, 2025 12:24 pm Cardinal News

Woodridge police said two people were killed after a Tesla crashed into a home in the 2400-block of Kildeer Street (ABC 7 Chicago). YouTube Tips ⓘ The Woodridge Police Department and the Lisle-Woodridge Fire Department […]

Highland Park Mass Shooter Robert Crimo III Changes Plea to Guilty at Trial Opening

Mon Mar 3, 2025 11:01 am Cardinal News

The Highland Park parade shooter changed his plea to guilty on the first day of the trial, Monday, March 3, 2025. Robert Crimo III is pleading guilty to all 21 counts of first-degree murder and […]

Stephen Perdue, charged with Aggravated Battery Great Bodily Harm and other charges (SOURCE: St. Charles Police Department)

St. Charles Resident Charged with Aggravated Battery Deadly Weapon, Accused of Stabbing Schiller Park Man

Mon Mar 3, 2025 10:06 am Cardinal News

St. Charles Police Officers were dispatched to a disturbance about 12:58 a.m. Wednesday, February 26, 2025 to a report that a male subject was heard yelling for help in the block of 3800 Chesapeake Road […]

Man Shot and Killed in the Street on Rand Road (Route 120) in Lakemoor

Sun Mar 2, 2025 10:04 pm Cardinal News

Video shows the scene on Rand Road (Route 120) in Lakemoor where a man was shot and killed in the street (CBS Chicago). YouTube Tips ⓘ Police officers from Lakemoor and firefighters and paramedics from […]

Man Stabbed by Female Offender Inside Harold Washington Library in Chicago’s South Loop

Sun Mar 2, 2025 07:57 am Cardinal News

Chicago police, firefighters and paramedics responded late Friday afternoon to a report that a man was stabbed in the Harold Washington Library in Chicago’s South Loop. Chicago police, firefighters and paramedics responded about 4:40 p.m. […]

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