A Chicago man was arrested on Monday for allegedly cutting off his electric monitoring bracelet before driving to Iowa and attempting to murder two people, CWB Chicago reported.
A suspect in Chicago who was shot twice in separate incidents earlier this year and faces charges relating to an illegal handgun and stolen vehicle is again in custody as the crime wave sweeps the city and nation.
Cook County, Illinois, Chief Judge Timothy Evans and Sheriff Tom Dart are asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit that seeks to hold them responsible for the killing of a Vietnam War veteran allegedly at the hands of two accused criminals released from jail on electronic home monitoring.
The family of a woman who was the victim of an apparent murder-suicide is suing the Cook County sheriff and chief judge, claiming they bear responsibility for her death by placing the alleged murderer in an electronic monitoring program they knew was not being adequately managed.
