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Robert E. Crimo Jr., father of Robert Crimo III, waits for court to begin before Judge George D. Strickland at the Lake County, Ill., Courthouse Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in Waukegan, Ill. Crimo Jr., faces seven counts of felony reckless conduct for signing the application for his son's firearm owners ID card in December of 2019. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool)

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Grand jury indicts father of July 4 parade shooting suspect
By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press
Wed,02/15/23-6:00PM , 132 Reads
CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois grand jury on Wednesday formally indicted the father of a man charged with fatally shooting seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago, the Lake County State's Attorney Office said.
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This image taking from video provided by Raheem McCaskill/16ShotEm Visualz shows Zachary Stoner at the Refuge music club in Chicago on May 29, 2018. Chicago police documents obtained by The Associated Press show investigators believe they solved the 2018 killing of a gangland journalist known as “ZackTV” but that prosecutors declined to prosecute. Police never announced arrests in the downtown shooting of Zachary Stoner.(Raheem McCaskill/16ShotEm Visualz via AP)

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Cops: ‘Hood CNN’ reporter’s murder solved but no prosecution
By MICHAEL TARM - AP Legal Affairs Writer
Thu,11/03/22-10:01AM , 239 Reads
CHICAGO (AP) — The 2018 killing of “ZackTV," a trailblazer in a perilous genre of gangland reporting he called "‘hood CNN,” seemed destined to go unsolved, even though gunmen attacked him on a downtown Chicago street lined with surveillance cameras.
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Musician R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case on May 8, 2019, in Chicago. Closing arguments are scheduled Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 for R. Kelly and two co-defendants in the R&B singer’s trial on federal charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex, with jury deliberations to follow. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

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EXPLAINER: R. Kelly acquitted on rigging trial. Why?
By MICHAEL TARM - AP Legal Affairs Writer
Thu,09/15/22-5:50PM , 178 Reads
CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors this week scored multiple convictions against R.
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Musician R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case on May 8, 2019, in Chicago. Closing arguments are scheduled Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 for R. Kelly and two co-defendants in the R&B singer’s trial on federal charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex, with jury deliberations to follow. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

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Prosecutor: R. Kelly 'degraded' girl for his 'sick pleasure'
By MICHAEL TARM - AP Legal Affairs Writer
Sun,09/11/22-10:52PM , 131 Reads
CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly parlayed his fame as an R&B superstar to sexually abuse minors and record that abuse on video, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the singer's federal trial on charges of child pornography and of rigging his 2008 state child pornography trial.
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