Tom Schuba

2 weeks ago | dailyherald.com | Violet Miller |Tom Schuba

Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has instructed her prosecutors to object to electronic monitoring, saying she does not believe the program can be safely administered by the chief judge's office. Anthony Vazquez / Sun-Times file Cook County’s top prosecutor says she does not believe the chief judge can safely administer electronic monitoring and has instructed her lawyers to object every time it is imposed.

2 weeks ago | nbcchicago.com | Violet Miller |Tom Schuba

Cook County’s top prosecutor says she does not believe the chief judge can safely administer electronic monitoring and she has instructed her lawyers to object every time it is imposed against their wishes. Judges can still order electronic monitoring despite the objections, but State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said she believes “this is a serious threat to public safety and we must make that clear on the record.”Chief Cook County Judge Timothy Evans’ office had no immediate comment.

2 weeks ago | wbez.org | Violet Miller |Tom Schuba

Cook County’s top prosecutor says she does not believe the chief judge can safely administer electronic monitoring and she has instructed her lawyers to object every time it is imposed against their wishes. Judges can still order electronic monitoring despite the objections, but State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said she believes “this is a serious threat to public safety and we must make that clear on the record.”Chief Cook County Judge Timothy Evans’ office had no immediate comment.

2 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Casey Toner |Tom Schuba |Peter Nickeas

On a typically brisk day in December 2023, a throng of people gathered in the basement of St. Sabina Church in Auburn Gresham to hand over hundreds of guns. The scene was similar to dozens of other gun buyback events held at the Catholic parish, where more than 5,100 guns have been exchanged for gift cards over the past 19 years, more than any other location in the city.

2 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Casey Toner |Tom Schuba |Peter Nickeas

Cook County Judge William Stewart Boyd turned over two old guns at Immaculate Conception Church in South Chicago nearly two decades ago. They were among more than 5,900 guns the Chicago Police Department recovered at buybacks that day — its most successful haul ever. But five years later, one of the guns Boyd had given up resurfaced at the scene of a fatal police shooting in Cicero.