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Several students of Adlai E. Stevenson High School, a highly-ranked public school in Lincolnshire, are the targets of a police drug investigation, according to WGN News.

Students at the school reportedly told WGN that several students have been expelled and dozens more suspended for their possible involvement in drug dealing at the school.

One-to-two-hundred students are reportedly on police investigation lists because they either sent a text message or an email connected to the drug dealings, according to WGN. Many of the students’ phones were confiscated as part of the investigation.

Three white teenagers were charged with a hate crime for the alleged beating of a black teenager because he was dating one of their cousins, reports the Chicago Tribune.

Eighteen-year-old Matthew Herrmann and two other minors are accused of beating 17-year-old Joshua Merritt, putting a noose around his neck, yelling racial epithets at him, and holding him at knife-point in December.

The alleged leader of the Latin Kings gang, reportedly one of the largest street gangs in the United States, was sentenced to the maximum punishment he could receive in prison on Wednesday, reports WGNtv.

Augustin Zambrano received the hefty, 60-year prison sentence for his convictions on several federal charges - including racketeering, extortion and assault - in August. The charges were connected to the Latin Kings' alleged drug-dealing operation.

Luggage theft has been a problem for airports across the country, and Chicago's O'Hare Airport is no different. This time, however, the suspected thief targeted the wrong victim.

O'Hare Airport baggage handler Abdoulaye Barry is accused of stealing a Chicago police officer's gun from his checked luggage, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.

Winning a playoff spot may be a longshot for the Chicago Bears, but their odds may be better than their former wide receiver's chance at avoiding jail.

Sam Hurd was arrested Wednesday on federal drug charges after he allegedly tried to buy massive amounts of drugs from a federal agent for distribution in the Chicago area, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.

Hurd is accused of agreeing to pay an undercover federal agent who posed as a drug supplier $25,000 per kilogram for five to 10 kilos of cocaine and $450 per pound of 1,000 pounds of marijuana. The agreement would have cost him up to $2.8 million a month, according to the Sun-Times.

It’s not hard to argue that Americans love their dogs. Look at the temporary fall of NFL quarterback Michael Vick, who was convicted of dog fighting and sentenced to 23 months in prison.

Vick would eventually serve 21 of those months, which doesn’t bode well for South Holland resident Kevin Taylor. Taylor was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a massive dog fighting operation, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.

If you have eaten at DeLuca’s Pizzeria and Catering in Buffalo Grove and felt a little funny, it may not have been the anchovies. Police suspect the Arlington Heights couple who own the pizzeria have been using it as a front for a drug-trafficking operation, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Maria Garza and Carmelo Rios were arrested with four other people on suspicion of criminal drug conspiracy, according to the Cook County state attorney’s office. Police have reportedly been investigating DeLuca’s for six months, which ended with the recovery of approximately $900,000 worth of drugs and their arrests.

Has the Rod Blagojevich corruption fiasco come to an end? In possibly the worst birthday present ever, U.S. District Judge James Zagel sentenced the disgraced former governor to 14 years in prison on Wednesday, four days before his 55th birthday, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.

Despite Blago's last-minute plea for leniency, Zagel looked toward the lasting consequences of his crimes in determining his sentence. During a sentencing hearing, a judge will consider several factors to determine the appropriate sentence. The judge can consider factors such as if the person is a repeat offender or those injured by the crime.

"When it is the governor who goes bad, the fabric of Illinois is torn and disfigured and not easily or quickly repaired," Zagel said.

Halloween can be a fun time for many, but it can also turn into a nightmare for some. Here is a list of five types of Chicago Halloween crime you may want to watch out for.

1. Sexual Assault

What better night for a sex offender than young children marching up to their doorsteps and ringing their doorbells. While sex offenders are registered with the state, many parents fail to check or simply forget that a neighbor could be a sex offender.

Francisco Tirado was arrested last week for beating a woman and holding her and her children captive. This was the 65th arrest for the Northbrook man since 2001.

The 27-year-old Tirado was allegedly drunk when he returned home on September 22 and urinated on the floor, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. After peeing, Tirado was confronted by the unidentified woman and Tirado then beat and kicked her. The nature of Tirado’s relationship with the woman was not reported.