CHICAGO (WLS) -- There are more than three thousand people charged with crimes right now wearing ankle bracelets in Cook County so authorities can keep track of them; a more than 30-percent spike in ...

Earlier this month, at around 4:30 a.m., Chicago police officers noticed a car with a broken headlight and initiated a stop. The officers spotted a black bag on the floorboard, felt an L-shaped object ...

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The Cook County Sheriff’s Office has officially ended its electronic monitoring program. The Chief Judge’s Office, through the Adult Probation Department, will now handle all electronic monitoring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Cook County chief judge’s office has toughened protocols around its electronic monitoring program, making changes in the wake ...

Weekends will see a 24-hour time limit on reporting violations for judicial review starting Feb. 7, and unauthorized absences have been reduced to three hours from the previous 48 hours.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.,None — He wasn't gone long. Less than two days after police say he cut off his electronic monitor, officers arrested Tomonta Simmons at a home in southwest Charlotte Friday morning.

Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Tim Evans pushed back on criticisms of the county’s electronic monitoring program Thursday, following Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s comments last week faulting ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COOK COUNTY, Ill. — For more than three ...

ATLANTA – Truancy not only keeps students from getting an education, it also acts as a gateway to the commission of illegal activities, such as vandalism, theft or more serious crimes. That’s why ...

NEW ORLEANS — A plan is in the works to transform the juvenile electronic monitoring program in New Orleans. “It became very clear that the courts in juvenile were sending young people out with ...