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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Blotter: Police arrest Chicago man who attempted to hit boy with car

April 19, 2019

Evanston Police Department officers arrested a 19-year-old Chicago man Monday in connection with assault. On April 9 around 1:45 p.m., EPD responded to a disturbance in a parking lot near the intersection...

An Evanston Police Department squad car. EPD is one of five police departments being sued by a man wrongfully convicted of murder.

Man wrongfully convicted of murder sues Evanston police, alleging ‘coercion, threats, fabrication and misrepresentation

April 18, 2019

Jesús Sánchez, who was wrongfully convicted and served over four years in prison for murder, filed a lawsuit April 10 against the Evanston Police Department and two of its officers. According to the...

Man arrested for unlawful use of a weapon after finding brass knuckle handle attached to knife

April 16, 2019

Police responded Monday afternoon to a report of a person waving a knife around in an alley near the 1800 block of Monroe Street. Evanston Police Department officers responded to the area and found...

Evanston Police Department squad cars.

City approves $1.25 million settlement for man hit by police car during chase

April 10, 2019

City officials approved a $1.25 million settlement with Paul Caldwell at a Monday City Council meeting, three years after he was struck by a vehicle being pursued by two Evanston police officers.   On...

An Evanston Police Department squad car. EPD officers charged Sandoval Cobian with two counts of first degree murder on Thursday.

Police charge Chicago resident with homicide in ‘romantic rivalry’

March 16, 2019
Officers arrested and charged 38-year-old Sandoval Cobian with two counts of first degree murder.
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