Michael Cronin was an expert on West Side street gangs for the Chicago Public Department. He cultivated informants who helped ...

Six alleged Chicago street gang members and associates were accused of participating in several crimes by federal prosecutors. The defendants were allegedly a part of the Faceworld street gang, ...

The Latin Kings street gang has reportedly issued a “shoot on sight” order against Customs and Border Protection agents in Chicago, prompting a security alert from federal authorities. CBP officials ...

A federal grand jury has indicted six purported Chicago gang members for racketeering conspiracy, accusing the gang of involvement in 13 homicides as well as spates of other violence across the city ...

A federal grand jury has indicted six alleged members of a South Side Chicago street gang, accusing them of running an operation that committed armed robberies and carjackings, murdered rivals, and ...

A suspected gang leader has been arrested in Chicago for allegedly placing a bounty on the head of a senior U.S. Border Patrol officer, in what federal authorities are calling a direct threat to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An alleged Latin Kings member accused of putting a bounty out on U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino in Chicago entered a plea of not guilty at a Friday afternoon arraignment ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- A federal grand jury indicted six alleged members and associates of a Chicago street gang for participating in a criminal organization that murdered rivals, committed armed robberies ...

Before gangsters were glamorized by movies and myth, they were known (and feared) as shadowy figures carving out power in cities like Chicago and New York. From prohibition-era mobsters slinging ...

CHICAGO — A federal grand jury has indicted six purported Chicago gang members for racketeering conspiracy, accusing the gang of involvement in 13 homicides as well as spates of other violence across ...