Tom Schuba

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has given employees law enforcement powers, arrests during immigration appointments have surged, and thousands have applied to become "Homeland Defenders" who scrutinize green card applications.

Officer Krystal Rivera's family says in the wrongful death suit that Officer Carlos Baker was struggling to accept her decision to end their romantic relationship when he shot her in her back in Chatham on June 5.

Kevin Tyler Martin, a ransomware threat negotiator for River North-based DigitalMint at the time, admitted to carrying out the 2023 cyberattack last week in federal court in Miami. A second cybersecurity professional also pleaded guiilty.

Chief of Patrol Jon Hein ultimately approved Officer Carlos Baker’s transfer despite having denied his request for the move less than a year earlier because of “discipline" problems.

Officer Joseph Vecchio has been the subject of 15 lawsuits and 76 complaints since joining the department in 2019. Many of the complaints stem from his time working on a tactical team that’s faced allegations of disproportionately stopping African Americans and violating their civil rights.

Prosecutors have said that Officer Jeffery Shafer punched the 17-year-old driver of a stolen car while he laid on the sidewalk, then pushed his face into the concrete. Shafer's criminal case was dismissed when the teenage boy stopped cooperating.

Angelo Martino negotiated for companies hit by ransomware attacks as an employee of Chicago-based DigitalMint. But prosecutors say he actually helped carry out the hacks at the center of those same ransom schemes.

David Berger, who was convicted of laundering more than $300,000 for a reputed Mexican cocaine-trafficker, is closely associated with Ivy Hall, a chain of social equity marijuana dispensaries. Berger, who grew up in Northbrook, "can still benefit from the industry. I think that's wrong,” state Rep.…

The Chicago Police Department fought to keep secret any details of its investigation into a Glock handgun that was taken from a room full of cops at the Gresham District station in late 2023. In the end, no one was charged, and no cops were disciplined.

David Berger, a co-founder and manager of Ivy Hall recreational weed dispensaries, held a cannabis license that was terminated in May, almost half a year after he was convicted of helping a drug trafficker pay for private jet flights with cocaine proceeds.