Law
Summary of recent cases brought by the US Attorney in Northern District of Illinois: September 15, 2022
Here is a brief summary of recent cases brought by the US Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois.
Chicagoland News
Business
BP reaches $2.75M deal over Indiana refinery pollution
The agreement is the second in the past year between advocacy groups and BP involving the refinery on the southwestern Lake Michigan shoreline between Hammond, Indiana, and Chicago.
Chicagoland News
Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be laid to rest, at last
A 21-year-old sailor from Grayslake will be laid to rest on Tuesday following a decades-long effort to identify remains pulled from Pearl Harbor, more than 80 years after he was killed in the attack that propelled the United States into World War II.
Business
Production resumes at Indiana refinery shutdown after fire
Regular production has resumed at a northwest Indiana refinery that was shut down last month following an electrical fire.
Crime
Inverness man kills self and son with carbon monoxide, daughter in critical condition
A father in northwest suburban Inverness killed himself and his 10-year-old son Sunday afternoon by carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said. The man's 6-year-old daughter is currently in critical condition.
Crime
Zion officer fatally shoots man who fired at officers
Zion police were responding to an emergency call from a woman who said a relative was trying to break into her home. Police said the woman had obtained a protective order against the man earlier Thursday, but he had not yet been served with that order.
Bears
Bears release initial renderings for enclosed suburban stadium
The Bears released conceptual illustrations Tuesday of the proposed stadium and entertainment complex that would be built on the site of a former horse racing track in Arlington Heights, Ill.
News
Boater reports body 12 miles off Lake Michigan shore
Investigators were working to identify the person whose body was pulled from Lake Michigan after being spotted about 12 miles from shore, authorities said Monday.
Crime
Rockford man slain after exchanging shots with officers
Officers were responding to a domestic dispute and entered the home Thursday night where they exchanged shots with the man.
Crime
Springfield man gets 55 years for killing deputy US marshal
Special Deputy U.S. Marshal Jacob Keltner, 35, was a McHenry County deputy working with a Marshal’s Service fugitive task force when he was killed on March 7, 2019, at a Rockford hotel.
Crime
Chicago man admits to robbing eight banks in city and suburbs
A man admitted in federal court that he robbed eight Chicago-area banks over a seven-month period in 2019. Two co-defendants previously pleaded guilty to three counts of bank robbery apiece and admitted to participating in some of the heists.
Chicagoland News
Waukegan Officer fatally shoots man who had gas can taped to chest
A Waukegan police officer shot and killed a man Wednesday afternoon who was advancing toward him with a knife and hammer and had a gas can taped to his chest, police said.