CHICAGO - A Chicago Police commander who was found not guilty last year of misdemeanor telephone harassment is now the focus of an abuse investigation. A spokesman for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services confirmed Saturday that the agency is looking into allegations of child abuse involving Harrison District Cmdr. Penelope Trahanas and her teenage daughter. “DCFS is investigating ...

LOS ANGELES — Police searched for a motive yesterday for a fatal shooting at a San Bernardino restaurant in which a gunman attacked his stepdaughter’s family, killing her husband and 6-year-old son, and then fatally shooting himself. The woman and another child were wounded in the attack. Jimmy Schlager, 56, arrived at the Del Taco restaurant in San Bernardino on a ...

MERCED COUNTY, CA - Merced County Sheriff Mark Pazin said Wednesday he's proposed the closure of the department's main jail to meet county budget cuts — a bombshell certain to intensify an already dire $20 million budget crisis. Further upping the ante, Pazin said the proposal includes the early release of 150 to 200 inmates and laying off up to 20 ...

[photo:597502] DALLAS - Police in the Dallas suburb of Garland issued an arrest warrant for Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib, accusing him of firing a gun at his sister’s boyfriend. Garland police said Tuesday that they believe Talib and his mother, Okolo Talib, shot at the man March 21. The man wasn’t injured. Earlier that day, the man had been ...