CHICAGO – Illinois lawmakers have approved a measure that reforms criminal sentencing for minors, particularly victims of child sex trafficking. House Bill 3414 adds to the factors…
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois and Lee Enterprises. As Blaine Reichard rose from a breakfast table at…
Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a petition on Thursday, Feb. 10 asking the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene in a controversial sexual assault case that ended with a circuit judge…
A 39-year-old Cottage Hills man has been sentenced to prison for the sexual assault and solicitation of two girls. Joshua Brown pleaded guilty in December to indecent solicitation of…
Richard S. Cleveland, 60, of Minooka, was convicted of six separate counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault, two counts of Aggravated Domestic Battery and one of Aggravated Battery…
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed two bills into law Thursday, June 16 aimed at protecting the victims of sexual assault. One of those new laws allows victims to press charges,…
SPRINGFIELD — Representatives of the Illinois State Police say the backlog of forensic evidence in Illinois has been reduced significantly, but the support of lawmakers is needed…
The youth pastor of an East Peoria area Baptist church could spend a decade behind bars for sexually assaulting a teen church member over a four-year span. Jacob Coyle, formerly the…
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