Cook County jail

A 29-year-old Palatine man was charged with reckless homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal injury crash after hitting a pedestrian on I-80 in Lansing. The victim, a 23-year-old Carpentersville resident, was changing a tire near Torrence Avenue when struck and pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect was arrested two days later and is currently in Cook County jail.

Steve Fanady, a disabled options trader, has been detained for four years in Cook County Jail without a criminal conviction due to a civil contempt order from a 17-year-old divorce case. The court continues to hold him based on a 2021 stock valuation without evidence of current holdings, and he argues his detention has become punitive rather than coercive.

Steve Fanady, a 61-year-old Chicago options trader, has been held in Cook County Jail for four years due to civil contempt for failing to comply with a court order to transfer stock shares awarded to his ex-wife during their divorce. Over 2,500 people in Cook County have been jailed in the past decade for unpaid spousal or child-support obligations, with most released quickly but some detained for years.

Chicago drill rapper Mello Buckzz was arrested on weapons and resisting charges after being found with a stolen gun and an open bottle of vodka in her Mercedes SUV on the West Side. She was booked into Cook County Jail without bail following the June 16 arrest and was previously involved in a mass shooting last summer that killed four people, including her boyfriend, and injured 14 others.

The family of Sheridan Gorman expressed outrage after Jose Medina, the accused killer of the Loyola University Chicago student, was found with a makeshift knife at Cook County Jail. Medina's defense claims he has the brain development of a child due to a prior head injury, but the family argues this is untrue and highlights his danger to others.

Jose Medina, charged with the Chicago shooting death of Loyola student Sheridan Gorman, was caught with a weapon at the Cook County Jail, according to police. The incident involves a murder charge related to a Loyola student.

Jose Medina, a 26-year-old Venezuelan immigrant, is accused of killing Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman with a gunshot in Rogers Park near the Loyola campus. He was later found in possession of a shank while in custody at Cook County Jail.

Jose Medina, charged with murder in the death of Loyola student Sheridan Gorman, was found with a weapon in Cook County Jail. The weapon, described as a sharpened metal piece with a medical tape handle, led to an additional felony charge. Medina is scheduled for a court appearance on June 1 for the murder case.

Jose Medina, accused of murdering 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman, was charged with possessing a six-inch shank while in Cook County Jail. He has been detained since March 23 following Gorman's killing.