Illinois Crime Watch

Peoria Police call this their biggest drug bust ever after a search warrant.

• Scale of seizure: 820 grams fentanyl, 198 grams cocaine, two guns,...

Illinois AG Kwame Raoul executed a search warrant at Ford Heights Village Hall, with Cook County deputies removing boxes during an IT-focused raid....

Enforcer title and Calaveras patches triggered mob-action counts and gang references in the Lake in the Hills beating case, yet Salas pleaded only to...

Prosecutors have charged three people with murder in the Sept. 7 attack that killed Kyle Bickham on a moving Red Line train.

• Christian McBounds,...

Frank Nitti transformed the Chicago Outfit from Prohibition-era chaos into a disciplined, enduring criminal network by prioritizing systemic...

• 23 alleged members of SQAD and BP face state RICO conspiracy charges for a criminal enterprise spanning August 2024 to September 2026
• Four...

Federal and local agencies seized 352 kilograms of cocaine and $700,000 in cash across northeastern Illinois, arresting two suspects tied to a...

• Key arrests: Two 27-year-old Decatur men charged in a Central Illinois spree hitting gaming parlors, bars and businesses.
• Disruption effect:...

A Chicago man received a three-year federal prison sentence after smuggling five firearms and more than 1,700 rounds of ammunition into Mexico. The...

What does Lil Durk's full acquittal change for his federal exposure?

• Murder-for-hire cleared: Jury rejected cooperator testimony and lyric evidence...

Illinois’ Legislative Inspector General post faces renewed vacancy after Michael McCuskey’s Sept. 30 resignation amid criticism over investigative...

Chicago defendant Vincent Calvin, 66, received a 12-year federal sentence in Cedar Rapids for fentanyl distribution linked to a September 2020 fatal...

Three descendants of notorious organized crime figures will discuss family secrets, personal discoveries, and coming to terms with their pasts at The...

An FBI undercover employee worked over a year inside Gino’s Steakhouse, secretly recording dozens of hours while mapping the Gerodemos gambling and...

Detective Kevin Rice was fatally shot off-duty in 2001 while investigating suspicious men in his sister's Rockford neighborhood. Police arrested gang...

• City contractors discovered human remains in a field near 11th Street and McCasland Avenue while cutting grass.
• Remains unidentified;...

Jawad Fakroune built a multimillion-dollar scam on fabricated organized-crime ties and intimidation.

• Posed as a Colombian drug lord's son and...

The Organized Crime and Gang Section was formed in late 2010 through the merger of the former Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, Gang Unit, and...

• Donnita Bryant, mother of convicted Faceworld killer Diontae Harper, was found guilty of conspiring to retaliate against witnesses by posting their...

The 2006 disappearance of underboss Anthony "Little Tony" Zizzo ended Chicago's last mob hit and prompted Outfit bosses to abandon public killings,...