FBI: LITH man was investigated for alleged murder-for-hire plot (Northwest Herald)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:13:52 GMT
A Lake in the Hills man charged Monday with possessing one of the world’s most deadly toxins was investigated in January 2006 for allegedly trying to arrange a woman’s murder, according to an FBI agent's affidavit.
Pontiac residents fight to keep prison (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:32:35 GMT
PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) - It has been nearly two months since the Illinois Department of Corrections said it would try to close the aging Pontiac Correctional Center to shave about $4 million off next year's budget.
Murder suspect informed of charges (St. Clair County Journal)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:00:59 GMT
Dressed in prison garb, murder suspect Nicholas Troy Sheley showed no emotion and said little when he was informed Wednesday of felony charges he faces out of Knox County Illinois.
Man Charged in Crash That Injured 2 Officers (CBS 2 Chicago)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:14:29 GMT
A Chicago man has been charged with drunken driving for allegedly running a South Side stop sign and crashing into a police car Friday night in the Back-of-the-Yards neighborhood.
Public tipsters help foil fugitive murder suspect (AP via Yahoo! News)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:11:27 GMT
The television image of fugitive murder suspect Nicholas Sheley's mug shot was fresh in Samantha Butler's mind as she ventured out to get dinner for the family, warning her relatives to lock the door behind her.
Beaman enjoys 'simple things' as he awaits retrial in ISU killing (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:32:40 GMT
CHICAGO (AP) - Alan Beaman spent his first days of freedom after 13 years in prison enjoying simple things. He took a driver's test, learned to use a cell phone and looked through a telescope at the night sky.
U.S. Marshals-led effort nets dozens of arrests in Central Illinois (The Pantagraph)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:44:31 GMT
BLOOMINGTON -- A weeklong operation led by the U.S. Marshals Service with help from Bloomington police and the McLean County sheriff’s office ended with the arrest of 20 fugitives in McLean County, authorities said Thursday in a statement.
Call from homicide suspect set up his arrest (Columbia Missourian)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:50:02 GMT
CHICAGO — As the manhunt for the ex-con suspected of bludgeoning eight people to death in Missuri and Illinois wound down, a disheveled Nicholas T. Sheley walked calmly into a ...
Woman charged in fatal shooting of Chicago police officer (Chicago Tribune)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:34:36 GMT
Judge orders her held on no bond upon her release from hospital A 44-year-old woman was charged Thursday evening with murder and attempted murder for the fatal shooting of Chicago Police Officer Richard Francis in a struggle near his North Side police station.
Police arrest Illinois man suspected in 8 murders (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:40:24 GMT
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois man suspected in a killing spree in which eight people, ranging from a 2-year-old boy to a 93-year-old man, were beaten or hacked to death was captured by police outside a bar, authorities said.
