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“Temporary restraining orders are considered to be emergency orders, and so they take precedence over other things on the docket,” Krent said. “I expect that we could have a ruling from an appellate court within the next 10 to 14 days. And then after that, potentially, the Illinois Supreme Court.”

Toni Collins, 21, of the 100 block of W. 110th Street, Chicago, was charged with burglary, a second class felony, and retail theft, a third class felony, Du Page County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Oak Brook Interim Police Chief John Krull announced Tuesday. Judge Leah Bendik set bond at $50,000 with 10% to apply.

Those picked to serve on the jury include an IT professional, a customer service representative and part-time music teacher, a sales associate at a furniture store, a high school teacher, a physical educational instructor, a rail car cleaner, and a shipping manager at a dental center.

The apartment was so densely filled with objects “it was difficult to get around in the building,” said Larry Langford, a spokesman for the Fire Department. Space heaters were being used as the building didn’t have a functioning heating system, but investigators had not yet determined whether that was a contributing factor in the fire, he said.

The 71-page motion, filed in August 2020, accuses prosecutors of directing Solis to have “scripted interactions” with Burke and lie about the post office deal in an effort to curry favor with the government. At the time, Solis had been recorded “committing a number of different crimes,” the motion stated.

Ephraim Wolfe was on his way to F.R.E.E. Synagogue when he heard two banging sounds and saw flashes out of the corner of his eye. But it was July 2, 1999, just days before the Fourth of July, when fireworks were frequent, so it didn’t immediately register as gunfire until Wolfe, then a teenager, tried to walk a few steps — and realized he had been shot below the knee.

Eddie Bocanegra kisses his son Eliseo, 2, at his home on Feb. 7, 2022, in La Grange Park. Bocanegra, who has worked in violence prevention in Chicago for more than 15 years, has been named a senior adviser to the Justice Department on violence prevention. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

Just after 7 a.m. Jan. 12, Bychowski was driving a white van and pulled in line behind the special agent, who was waiting in a car line on South Leavitt Street, which is on the west side of the FBI’s Chicago field office, at 2111 W. Roosevelt Road, the complaint said.

Bruce Claver, 57, of the 3000 block of Knollwood Lane, was charged Friday with predatory criminal sexual assault and criminal sexual abuse following a complaint made on Jan. 10, according to a news release Monday. The continued investigation of these incidents revealed two additional complaints involving separate minor children. Claver was brought to the Skokie Courthouse for a bond hearing on Feb. 5.

Gary Police Chief Brian Evans, at a Monday afternoon news conference at Gary Police Headquarters, said the officer, identified as Sgt. William Fazekas, 54, was patrolling the area of 4th Avenue and Lincoln Street around 12:57 p.m. when he saw a vehicle hit another vehicle. As Fazekas approached the scene to offer assistance, a person in the car that hit the other vehicle shot at and hit him in the left shoulder, Evans said.