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“Nobody deserves to go through what I went through”
Ex-Waukegan cop, convicted of felony misconduct for 2019 beating, gets jail time on delay.
by Dave Byrnes Oct 29, 2025
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Ex-Waukegan cop guilty of official misconduct, cleared on aggravated battery charge
Lake County judge returns mixed ruling in the first of two criminal trials against ex-police officer Dante Salinas.
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Aggravated battery trial begins for ex-cop also accused of murder
Fired Waukegan police officer Dante Salinas faced trial Monday on felony charges stemming from an August 2019 arrest in which he’s accused of breaking bones in a man’s face. He faces separate murder and manslaughter charges for fatally shooting a Black teen in October 2020.
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What happened to Silverio Villegas González
Immigration agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses.
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Eyes on the heartland
A vast network of new license plate cameras has exploded across Illinois in recent years—paid for by state grants to fight retail crime. With the federal government clamoring for more information on people’s movements, how worried should we be about leaving our privacy in the hands of Flock Safety?
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DEA agent used Illinois cop’s Flock license plate reader password for immigration enforcement searches
A federal Drug Enforcement Administration agent on a Chicago area task force used Palos Heights Detective Todd Hutchinson’s login credentials to perform unauthorized searches this past January. Group chat screenshots obtained via public records request show the detective and the feds discussing the incident.