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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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 ...

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 ...

Charles Beach was sworn in on Monday as Cook County's first new chief judge in 24 years, and takes over amid a political firestorm over what appears to be systemic issues with how accused criminals ...

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.

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.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Frustrations within the New Orleans City Council reached a boiling point Monday (Aug. 26) over issues with the electronic monitoring program in the juvenile court system. Council ...

HARMONY, Maine (WMTW) - When pretrial inmates are released on bail, many victims find themselves fearing for their lives. Electronic monitoring could provide a measure of security, but it’s only ...