Man paid prostitutes in heroin, food from McDonald’s dollar menu: cops

A West Side man who allegedly forced young girls into prostitution — and then rewarded them with drugs and food from McDonald’s dollar menu — was ordered held in lieu of $1 million Wednesday. DaJuan Brown, also know “Juan Clark,” beat and exploited at least …

L.A. man charged with felony after allegedly striking cop in NATO protest

A Los Angeles man was ordered held in lieu of $10,000 bail Wednesday for allegedly punching a Chicago Police sergeant off his bike during an anti-deportation protest in the Loop.

Lake Shore Drive hit-and-run leaves woman in serious condition

A hit-and-run accident on South Lake Shore Drive left one person in serious condition Wednesday morning. About 8 a.m., police were notified that a woman was laying on the ground after she was struck by a maroon Saturn in the 500 block of South Lake …

Warrant issued for husband of bride found murdered

Authorities are searching for the bridegroom of a newly married woman found stabbed to death Sunday in her Burbank condo’s bathtub. Thirty-year-old Arnoldo Jimenez, of Chicago, is wanted for the murder of his 26-year-old bride, Estrella Carrera, who was found stabbed “several” times, police said.

Two fake cops charged with stealing $39,000 in cigarettes

Two Chicago men were charged with dressing as police officers to rob a west suburban Elmhurst store of $39,000 worth of cigarettes last Friday.

Claiborne Robertson and Charles Tyrone Watkins entered the Little Shopper store at 697 N. York Rd. in Elmhurst about 9:40 a.m. …

County OKs $600,000 settlement in police torture case

Cook County taxpayers will fork over $600,000 to close one chapter of an ongoing police torture lawsuit that will put former Mayor Richard M. Daley on the hotseat later this summer.

This week, Cook County commissioners signed off on the $600,000 settlement with Michael Tillman, …

Man imprisoned in Virginia charged with killing two Zion girls in 2005

A man already serving life in a Virginia prison has been charged with first-degree murder for the 2005 stabbings of 8-year-old Laura Hobbs and Krystal Tobias, 9. Jorge Torrez was charged with the crimes some seven years after Laura’s father, Jerry Hobbs, was first charged with them.

Police: Man gave women heroin, made them work as prostitutes

A West Side man was charged Tuesday with giving women heroin several times a day and making them work as prostitutes.

Dajuan Brown, 35, of the 1400 block of North Laramie Avenue, was charged with 10 counts of involuntary sexual servitude and one count of …

Former Buddhist priest charged after fathering child with suburban teen

Camnong Bual Ubol, a former Buddhist priest, is being held in an Alaskan prison on charges of aggravated criminal sexual assault for fathering a child with a 15-year-old girl in west suburban Stickney Township, authorities said.

Top cop: Neighborhoods also will have more police during NATO

Despite extraordinary police resources devoted to the NATO Summit, Chicago neighborhoods will get a 15 percent increase in police protection this weekend, thanks to 12-hour shifts and the decision to cancel days off, Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said Tuesday.

Charges dropped in 1985 Lake County rape case

Sexual assault charges against Bennie Starks from a 1985 sexual assault case were dropped in Lake County court Tuesday.

Emanuel outlines ‘wraparound’ strategy to fight crime

Under fire for a 52 percent surge in homicides in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled a “wraparound strategy” designed to maintain control of crime-ridden streets after police reclaim them from drug-dealing street gangs.

Cops: South Side fire, explosion caused by illegal gas hook-up

An explosion that caused a fire on the South Side early Tuesday may have been caused by an illegal gas hook-up, officials said. The two-and-a-half story building in the 9100 block of South Woodlawn Avenue was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived near 1:30 a.m. …

Cops from as far as Philly, Carolina to help with NATO

Police officers from Philadelphia, Milwaukee and Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C.; will assist the Chicago Police Department in handling thousands of protesters expected to descend on Chicago for this weekend’s NATO summit.

The out-of-state officers will join as many as 700 troopers from the Illinois State Police and …

Northwestern hospital worker charged with stealing patients’ identities

A Northwestern Memorial Hospital employee has been charged with stealing the identity of patients to pay off her personal bills.

Shatina Golden, 35, of south suburban Matteson, was charged Monday with one count each of aggravated identity theft and identity theft, according to the Cook …