SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN -- Law enforcement officials in the pre-dawn hours on Thursday, October 6th conducted a major roundup of violent gang members accused of trafficking drugs into southeast Wisconsin.

ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) --One suburban Chicago community is taking a street gang to court -- not to criminal court, as is the standard practice nationwide -- but to civil court. The city of Elgin, in a ...

Since 2010, the Kane County state’s attorney’s office has secured 120 injunctions on specific gang members from Aurora and Elgin as part of a series of lawsuits aimed at limiting gang activity and ...

Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon took aim at a second Elgin gang Tuesday, filing a civil suit against the Maniac Latin Disciples gang and 25 of its known members. It’s the third such suit he ...

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Unlike his predecessors, however, McCarthy says he isn't simply flooding hotspots for a few days or weeks. He vows to keep up the pressure on the city's most ruthless gangs long-term. More than 40 ...

One northeast Illinois city is taking a street gang to civil court. The Kane County state's attorney's office announced Tuesday it's filed a lawsuit on the city of Elgin's behalf naming the Maniac ...

Since 2010, the Kane County state’s attorney’s office has secured 120 injunctions on specific gang members from Aurora and Elgin as part of a series of lawsuits aimed at limiting gang activity and ...