Crime Stories from July 6, 2022
Park Ridge police investigating off-duty Chicago officer's restraint of boy
By Eric Peterson
Jul 6, 2022 7:16 PM - A Park Ridge couple are expressing outrage over what they say was an off-duty Chicago police officer's unwarranted and excessive restraint of their 14-year-old son during a confrontation Friday outside a Starbucks.
Prosecutors: Highland Park mass shooting suspect contemplated second attack in Wisconsin
By Doug T. Graham
Jul 6, 2022 7:04 PM - The 21-year-old Highwood man accused of carrying out a mass shooting during the Highland Park Independence Day parade Monday admitted to police officers that he carried out the attack, prosecutors said during a Wednesday bond court hearing. Additionally, prosecutors said the shooting suspect considered another attack in or near Madison, Wisconsin after he fled Highland Park.
Police: No injuries after teen crashes into Bartlett squad car
By Scott C. Morgan
Jul 6, 2022 6:14 PM - Bartlett police cited a teenage driver for multiple offenses after she struck a parked patrol vehicle Monday evening following Bartlett's Fourth of July fireworks display, officials said.
Former 'Cheer' star from Naperville sentenced to 12 years in prison
Jul 6, 2022 6:05 PM - Jerry Harris, the former star of the Netflix docuseries "Cheer," was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to child pornography and sex-crime charges involving multiple victims.
Ex-alderman who's part of Daley family sentenced to 4 months
Jul 6, 2022 5:31 PM - A grandson and nephew of Chicago's two longest-serving mayors has been sentenced to four months in prison after being convicted of tax crimes and making false statements
Sen. Graham to fight Georgia election subpoena, lawyers say
Jul 6, 2022 5:29 PM - Attorneys representing Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina say he intends to challenge a subpoena compelling him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating ex-President Donald Trump and his allies' actions after the 2020 election
Highland Park victim remembered as 'extraordinary mother and an extraordinary wife'
By Russell Lissau
Jul 6, 2022 5:20 PM - Katherine Goldstein, one of the seven people killed by a gunman during Monday's Independence Day parade in Highland Park, is being remembered as "an extraordinary mother and an extraordinary wife."
Arrest made after Brookfield Zoo threat
Jul 6, 2022 5:08 PM - A Chicago woman has been arrested after making a threat to "do harm" to visitors at Brookfield Zoo, authorities said.
Man carjacked Tuesday night in south Naperville
Daily Herald report
Jul 6, 2022 4:40 PM - Police are searching for four suspects who carjacked a man at gunpoint Tuesday night in Naperville.
Former Chicago Alderman Patrick Daley Thompson sentenced to 4 months
Jul 6, 2022 4:17 PM - Former Chicago Alderman Patrick Daley Thompson has been sentenced to four months in federal prison for cheating on his taxes and lying to regulators in the federal criminal case that cost him his seat on the city council earlier this year.
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