Madeline Buckley

3 days ago | dailyitem.com | Madeline Buckley |Jason Meisner |Caroline Kubzansky

CHICAGO — The jury in the federal bribery trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III has begun its deliberations, starting its discussions at about 2:30 p.m. Monday. Before receiving the case, the jury was told Jones ignored “screaming red flags” in entertaining a red-light camera company executive’s ask for help with legislation in exchange for a promised $5,000 campaign contribution and a no-show job for his intern, federal prosecutors argued Monday. kAmx?

3 days ago | swoknews.com | Madeline Buckley |Jason Meisner |Caroline Kubzansky

CHICAGO — Closing arguments are expected Monday in the bribery trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III, a Chicago Democrat accused of soliciting $5,000 in campaign funding and a job for his former district office intern from a red-light camera company executive in exchange for Jones’ help with legislation in Springfield.

1 week ago | pantagraph.com | Madeline Buckley

CHICAGO — A Cook County jury on April 11 acquitted a man of shooting and killing 7-year-old Natalia Wallace, making him the second defendant to be found not guilty in the slaying on the Fourth of July in 2020. Davion Mitchell was found not guilty of murder and other felonies a week after jury selection began on April 4. In December, Cook County Judge Joanne Rosado found a co-defendant, Kevin Boyd, guilty of murder, but she acquitted the alleged getaway driver, Reginald Merrill.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Madeline Buckley |Deanese Williams-Harris

A Chicago man stabbed his wife to death in their Lincoln Square apartment, prosecutors alleged Tuesday, attacking her even as their young children ran into their father’s bedroom when they heard their mother scream. A Cook County judge ordered Nurmuhammed Inus, 35, detained while awaiting trial during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. He is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Mairunnisa B.

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Madeline Buckley

A Cook County jury on Friday acquitted a man of shooting and killing 7-year-old Natalia Wallace, making him the second defendant to be found not guilty in the slaying on the Fourth of July in 2020. Davion Mitchell was found not guilty of murder and other felonies a week after jury selection began on April 4. In December, Cook County Judge Joanne Rosado found a co-defendant, Kevin Boyd, guilty of murder, but she acquitted the alleged getaway driver, Reginald Merrill.