Mother allegedly stabbed 5-year-old daughter to dying in

An East Garfield Park lady allegedly stabbed her 5-year-old daughter to dying as her 8-year-old daughter witnessed the bloodshed and later attempted to forestall the homicide. The older woman pulled her mom’s hair in try to interfere in what Cook County Judge Mary Marubio described as a “brutal and vicious” assault. But she used to be too overdue and couldn’t save Serenity Arrington, prosecutors mentioned. The 8-year-old woman later instructed her maternal grandfather that “mommy killed her little sister,” Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy mentioned. The sisters were within the room in their mom — Simone Austin — Saturday morning, when Austin requested her older daughter to depart, Murphy mentioned. The older daughter left however then stood out of doors the door,

Pickpocketing’s a demise artwork, however getting old Chicago staff nonetheless

The operation used to be known as Three Blind Mice, and the Chicago police introduced it previous this yr to focus on a three-man staff of pickpockets running subways and L platforms. Pickpocketing’s a demise artwork, professionals say. The 3 males the police officers had been after — all of their 60s — had rap sheets courting to the 1970s. Police say they stuck the staff on CTA surveillance cameras stalking sufferers. Sometimes, they used stolen bank cards to shop for Ventra passes they might promote at a cut price, police say, and would additionally use what they took to regard themselves at McDonald’s. The Blue Line L station on the Thompson Center used to be their favourite searching