Originally Reported, Hyperlocal Neighborhood News

A 25-year-old man wanted in Georgia on a felony charge of child molestation was arrested Wednesday morning after Cook County Sheriff's officers staked out a home in Chicago's Marquette Park neighborhood and stopped the car he was riding in. Jalynn Montgomery is now being held in Cook County Jail while he awaits extradition to Georgia.

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A group of armed, masked suspects has robbed four Chicago businesses since early July, smashing glass display cases, beating victims and making off with cash, jewelry and a stolen wallet and cellphone, according to Chicago police. Investigators released surveillance video connected to the case Friday and are now asking the public for help identifying the people responsible.

A Cook County judge has ordered two men held without bond after determining they posed a danger to both the victim and the wider community in connection with a Wednesday shooting that left a man in critical condition on the 1300 block of Jeffery Drive in Homewood. Judge Luciano Panici went further during the detention hearing, describing the attack as a planned murder rather ...

A 51-year-old Aurora man is facing 15 felony counts after investigators say a cloud storage company flagged suspicious files tied to his account, leading Kane County authorities to arrest him at his Hartford Avenue home last Tuesday. Robert L. Reese was taken into custody on Aug. 11 following a tip received in July, according to prosecutors who laid out the case in court.

A 69-year-old Chicago woman died Friday morning following a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 57 near Ludlow in rural northern Champaign County. She was taken to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead from injuries sustained in the wreck.

The Champaign County Coroner's Office identified the victim as Elease Tolar, according to