In 2002, Edgar Naranjo was a 26-year-old drug addict desperate for money. He hatched a plan to rob a flea market vendor he figured had a large supply of cologne he could unload for cash. His haphazard scheme went badly awry. After Naranjo and a teenage accomplice broke into their target’s Northwest Side home, the vendor’s son, a Chicago police officer, shot and killed the younger intruder and wounded Naranjo, who was later arrested after seeking treatment.

Sangamon County's re-appointed State's Attorney has a new top lieutenant. Mary Beth Rodgers, chief of the office's felony division, was named First Assistant State's Attorney Thursday by John Milhiser, who returned to the State's Attorney office in November after serving as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois during the Donald Trump presidency.

Wesley E. Rogers told a judge Thursday he has a mental health condition that makes him want to flee any time he sees a police officer. His malady also appears to include an aversion to showing up in court, as he had to be chased down and arrested by the cops after cutting off an ankle monitor and skipping a sentencing hearing scheduled for Nov. 7.

With the start of a new year, a total of 41 Buffalo Grove patrol officers continue to work without a contract. One sticking point has been language that still needs to be worked out pertaining to body cameras. Last March, village trustees approved an agreement with Axon Enterprise, Inc., in the amount of $1.41 million over the next decade, to provide body cameras as well as other types of cameras to help with daily police work.

A Texas transportation company is taking the nation’s third largest city to federal court, ratcheting up a legal battle over the migrant crisis that’s left U.S. cities struggling for more than a year. The lawsuit against Chicago comes amid a larger political battle involving federal immigration policy and arguments about the rights and treatment of asylum seekers.

Illinois basketball player Terrence Shannon Jr. made a virtual appearance in Kansas court on Thursday, his first such appearance for a rape charge being filed against him in December.