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Ill. Bus Driver Facing Charges for Allegedly Hitting Special Needs Child
An Illinois bus driver for Orland School District 135 is being accused of hitting a 4-year-old child with special needs in the face Friday, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the report, a teacher heard the driver, Linda Bell, telling the victim, “I’m sorry for hitting you,” as the child was being helped off the…
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Personal Trainer Accused of Knowingly Transmitting HIV to 3 Women
An Illinois personal trainer is being held on $150,000 bail after being accused of knowingly transmitting HIV to three women he dated, the Chicago Tribune reports. Prosecutors claim that 46-year-old Jimmy Amutavi of Wilmette repeatedly had unprotected sex with the three women and later denied having the virus, even though he was diagnosed as early…
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Man Faces 20 to Life in Fatal Beating of Child With Belt
Darrell A. Reynolds, 29, appeared Thursday in Macon County Circuit Court in Illinois, where he was arraigned on charges he beat his 4-year-old daughter to death with a belt, CBS News reports. Reynolds, of Decatur, Ill., had been giving his daughter beatings for some two years, authorities say. On Aug. 31, paramedics arrived at the Reynolds home…
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New Ill. Law Aims to Train Drivers on What to Do if Stopped by Police
Illinois has a new law intended to help drivers figure out what to do if they are stopped by police, the Chicago Tribune reports. As the site notes, the new piece of legislation comes in the middle of widespread tension over how traffic stops can often escalate and even be deadly. The bill, which was…
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Sex Offender Charged in 1991 Rape, Murder After 5 Men Were Wrongly Convicted
A 58-year-old convicted sex offender has been charged with the 1991 kidnapping and murder of a 14-year-old suburban Chicago girl, for which five wrongly convicted men spent at least a decade in prison, CBS News reports. As CBS notes, more than two years ago the five men, known as the Dixmoor Five, reached a $40…
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White Woman Walks Around Chicago's South Side Bearing Sign: ‘Black America I'm Sorry’
One Illinois woman is capturing attention as she makes her way around the streets of Chicago’s South Side bearing a sign that reads, “Black America I’m Sorry!!!” CBS Chicago reports that Laurella Willis of Blue Island has been walking about 20 miles a day with the sign, saying that she’s sorry about “everything that’s going…
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Chicago Police Launch Internal Investigation After Facebook Video Shows Officer Punching a Man
Chicago police have opened an internal investigation after video of a man being repeatedly punched by an officer was posted to Facebook on Sunday, WGN-TV reports. The video was posted by Maurice Fulson, who said he saw the officer tackle 22-year-old Robert Foreman just before the cop started throwing punches. “He was down, you can see…
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Report: Ill. Man Charged With Weapons Offense Told Police He Acquired Illegal Gun Through Social Media Site
Round Lake Park, Ill., police say that a man who was apprehended early Sunday on charges of possession of a .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun told them that he acquired the gun through social media, the Chicago Tribune reports. Osvaldo Colon 21, faces charges including aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of cannabis after being pulled over…
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Ill. School Bus Monitor Denies Hitting 8-Year-Old Boy With Special Needs
A 68-year-old Illinois woman, a former bus monitor for the First Student bus company, denies slapping and hitting an 8-year-old boy with special needs from the Naperville area of suburban Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. The incident, which reportedly occurred in April, prompted an investigation, and now she is facing charges of misdemeanor battery. “This is…
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Chicago Father Charged With Murder in Death of 2-Month-Old Son
Brandon Holman, a Chicago father, is facing charges of first-degree murder in the death of his 2-month-old son over the weekend, the Chicago Tribune reports. The child, identified as Bryson Holman, died of multiple abuse injuries after he was found at his home Saturday, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled after an autopsy. Brandon Holman…