In Illinois, a battery involves a touching of another person, although not every touching constitutes a battery. For instance, shaking another person's hand is not a battery. The touching must either be proven to be harmful or offensive. Obvious examples of a harmful touching include causing pain to another, breaking the bone of another, hitting...
Read MoreA suburb of Chicago, Aurora spans the counties of Kane, DuPage, Kendall, and Will. Just this week, an elected alderman from Aurora was arrested for the second time on retail theft of merchandise from the same Meijer store location. According to Aurora police, the alderman paid for several items in her shopping cart, but left...
Read MoreYour mother probably told you not to drive in winter with the windows down or you might catch a cold. Of course, that was good advice. But, she probably never told you that if you drive with the windows down you might also catch an arrest.
Read MoreA Chicago suburban school teacher was arrested recently at an Orland Park movie theater for resisting police, criminal trespass, and disorderly conduct. The Homewood-Flossmoor High School math teacher had been attending a sold-out screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens along with another person who identified himself as a dean at the high school.
Read MoreHundreds of times a day, police all around the state of Illinois detain arrestees for criminal and traffic cases ranging from speeding tickets to DUI to retail theft offenses. It's obviously important for police to determine with certainty whom they have in custody. Sometimes, the arrestee will give another person’s name, birth date, and personal...
Read MoreThe fatal Chicago Police shooting of Laquan McDonald made national headlines after he was shot 16 times while walking down the street with a knife. When police squad car video and audio was released, public outrage reached a boiling point in Chicago. Some took to the streets to protest, but for the most part, the...
Read MoreOnly hours after it was announced that the U.S. Department of Justice was initiating a sweeping examination of police practices in Chicago, video was released showing a prisoner being tased while in police lock-up and then dragged from his cell. The 38 year old man later died from an adverse reaction to an antipsychotic drug...
Read MoreChicago police commander Glenn Evans was recently found not guilty after a criminal court bench trial. The case was prosecuted by the Cook County State’s Attorney. It had been alleged that the commander shoved a gun down the throat of a suspect while questioning him about a criminal case. This finding of not guilty occurred...
Read MoreAccording to a server at a Chicago Denny’s restaurant, a customer became irate when she was told that she couldn't share in the $4 “all-you-can-eat” pancake special that her friend had ordered. When the server told her that this was not how store policy intended this meal deal to work, the customer began to swear...
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