Law enforcement steps up efforts to fight online child exploitation
AG Raoul expects reports to climb 23% this year By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – State Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined local and federal prosecutors Monday to announce new efforts to combat a rise in online child exploitation in Illinois. The efforts include greater outreach and education for parents and teachers, and […]
Car theft ring used fake IDs to finance cars at dealerships across Illinois
Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced charges against a half-dozen defendants who allegedly made off with luxury cars from suburban dealers. By Andy Grimm@agrimm34 Updated Sep 28, 2021, 5:39pm CD A multistate car theft ring based in Chicago “stole” cars off the lots of luxury dealers by using bogus identification to set up financing for high-end cars, Attorney General […]
Why thousands of migrants, many from Haiti, are stuck at Texas-Mexico border
Officials said that flights are removing migrants daily from the border. ByKenneth Moton,Tenzin Shakya,Knez Walker,James Scholz,Candace Smith, andMarlene Lenthang A mounting crisis is unfolding at the U.S.-Mexico border where thousands of migrants, many from Haiti, have trekked across dozens of countries, facing blistering heat and other dangers to seek refuge in the United States. But entering the […]
Task force to crack down on organized retail thefts amid string of crimes along Chicago’s Mag Mile
By Diane Pathieu and Michelle Gallardo CHICAGO (WLS) — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is cracking down on retail thefts in Chicago and the suburbs by creating a new task force to target organized hits on retail stores. Retail theft is often thought of as something that is committed by a couple of people breaking into a store […]