Andy Grimm
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago, IL, United States
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Former CPD Chief Charlie Beck offers suggestions for Chicago’s next top cop
Charlie Beck, who retired after running LAPD, served five months as CPD boss, implementing some key changes — most of which were rolled back by successor David Brown. → Read More
Activist Sister Helen Prejean has counseled popes, governors on death penalty: ‘She’s not a scold; she appeals to your reason’
Prejean, 84, addresses Catholic lawyers in Chicago, reminisces about fights against capital punishment — and will likely attend her seventh execution later this year. → Read More
Judge slams city’s handling of Chicago police abuse lawsuit, orders deposition of former top cop
Former Chicago Police Supt. David Brown signed off on a letter finding that an officer used “massively excessive force” against Bernard Kersh in 2019, but the city never turned over records to Kersh’s lawyers. → Read More
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx won’t seek reelection
Chosen twice by voters to be the county’s top prosecutor by wide margins, Foxx also faced near-constant criticism for her office’s progressive policy choices and their perceived impact on crime in Chicago. → Read More
Foxx political exit sets the stage for a free-for-all in 2024 race for state’s attorney
After two terms, Kim Foxx said she would not run for reelection, leaving an open seat for Cook County’s top prosecutor next year. → Read More
One-quarter of minority youth in Cook County juvenile justice system are shot, killed after detention, study finds
Long-term research from Northwestern University finds that rates of firearm injury or death are higher for juvenile detainees than for the general population and those from similar demographic backgrounds. → Read More
A new leaf: Legal assistance to expunge pot convictions goes unused across Illinois
Three years after pot was legalized, legal aid groups have been surprised by the small number of residents seeking out help clearing marijuana arrests from their records. → Read More
Political operative Roberto Caldero sentenced to nearly 5 years for bribery scheme
Caldero, 70, a consultant and activist, was charged with trying to bribe indicted Ald. Danny Solis and a CPS official. → Read More
‘King Rudy’ Acosta pleads guilty in deal with prosecutors— a day after his father is sentenced to probation
Rudy Acosta Jr. cooperated with the government against corrupt Chicago politicians. His son, Rudy Acosta III, worked with the feds targeting drug traffickers. → Read More
Prosecution rests in ComEd bribery trial as defense says former CEO Anne Pramaggiore will testify
Prosecutors called three dozen witnesses over four weeks as they sought to prove four former political players conspired to bribe Madigan by arranging for jobs, contracts and money for his allies. → Read More
Think your marijuana case has been wiped off your record? You might want to check — and get some help
State law and sweeping moves by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and State’s Attorney Kim Foxx cleared cannabis convictions off the books, but many cases have not been expunged. → Read More
Hadiya Pendleton murder conviction overturned; new trial ordered in Chicago teen’s slaying
Micheail Ward was sentenced to 84 years for the 2013 killing of the 15-year-old honor student, who had just returned from Obama’s second inauguration. → Read More
Jury awards $5 million to family of 84-year-old woman killed in crash with CPD vehicle
Verona Gunn, a former teacher, died after a speeding Chicago Police Department cruiser struck her car in 2019. Ten police officers were also injured in the crash. → Read More
Kevin Powell sought refuge at a subway station. A CTA worker beat him viciously and left him for dead, prosecutors say.
“He was just a nice guy, never gave anyone no trouble,” said Willie Love, a supervisor at a Bronzeville soup kitchen who knew Powell from their younger days at the Robert Taylor Homes. → Read More
Facing lawsuit by white business owner, Cook County retools grant program for minorities, women
County’s Source Grow Grants will accept new applications after an Edison Park chiropractor claimed bias in how county would distribute $10,000 grants from federal COVID relief funds. → Read More
Data error blamed as thousands of Cook County homeowners got erroneous tax delinquency notices from banks
The issue might have arisen because of data errors in a data set provided by CoreLogic, according to a source with knowledge of the discrepancies. → Read More
Shooting victim Dakotah Earley sues CPD over chase policy
Hours before Dakotah Earley was shot and robbed in Lincoln Park, police had opted to end a chase of the gunman, lawsuit says. → Read More
7-Eleven to pay $91 million to suburban man who lost both legs in storefront crash
The man’s legs were crushed in 2017 when a driver plowed into a Bensenville store, one of thousands of similar crashes at 7-Elevens across the U.S., attorneys said. → Read More
Probe of nonprofit CORE Center halts millions in HIV, COVID research funds at Cook County Health
Research staff of CORE Center in Chicago may lose their jobs as Cook County investigates a nonprofit that handles grants that have funded landmark medical research. → Read More
Husband found dead with family in Buffalo Grove home had been barred from house, allowed back Nov. 1
Andrei Kisliak had harassed his wife for months after filing for divorce, but she agreed to let him move back into their home — despite a judge’s warning. → Read More