Cook County Criminal Courthouse

Nearly 90 percent of Cook County defendants rely on free help from the public defender's office.

Cellphones have been banned since 2013. Popular storage lockers will be re-installed Monday.

Law Professor Richard Kling said prosecutors might have mischarged Det. Dante Servin.

Tito Rodriguez Jr. was riding with two other Chicago officers when he was killed this summer.

Ericka Blair, 35, insulted and threatened the woman as she worked in South Shore, prosecutors said.

Cmdr. Glenn Evans will appear in bond court Thursday, the Cook County State's Attorney announced.

Tania McCallum, a UIC student, and Jacquay Holmes, a UIC employee, allegedly sold heroin to DEA agents.

Damarion Cooper, one of two men charged, had escaped electronic monitoring in July, prosecutors said.

Danzell Thrower was ordered held on $350,000 bail Monday for a robbery near the Adler Planetarium.

At least six people appeared in bond court Monday on drug charges stemming from the music festival.

The man used a wine bottle as a weapon after he tried to steal it, prosecutors said.

The man charged in the accident had his bail set at $300,000 Friday.

The three boys, ages 15 through 16, ordered held without bail Saturday.

Luis Padin, 23, is charged with first-degree murder for the 2010 death of 22-year-old Jennifer Alvarado.

A man accused of impersonating an officer told police "he always says he is a sheriff," prosecutors said.