Michael Tarm
WCTV Eyewitness News
Chicago, IL, United States
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Prosecutor: R. Kelly ‘degraded’ girl for his ‘sick pleasure’
A prosecutor said Kelly and his co-defendants played roles in recovering child pornography videos and hiding evidence before Kelly’s 2008 trial, at which he was acquitted. → Read More
Chicago-area July 4 parade attack suspect pleads not guilty
The 21-year-old man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more in a shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago has pleaded not guilty. → Read More
Jury set in trial of 4 charged in Michigan governor plot
A jury was selected Tuesday for the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 because they were angry over pandemic restrictions the Democratic governor imposed. → Read More
LIVE: Jury reaches verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial
Rittenhouse, an 18-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, faces life in prison if convicted of the most serious charge against him over the August 2020 fatal shootings of two men and the wounding of a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin. → Read More
GRAPHIC: Rittenhouse jury to resume after fresh mistrial request
Judge Bruce Schroeder did not immediately rule on the request, which stemmed from the defense team’s assertion that it received an inferior copy of a potentially critical video from prosecutors. → Read More
Jury to begin deliberations at Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial
Jurors will begin deliberations Tuesday at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial after two weeks of testimony in which prosecutors and defense attorneys painted starkly different pictures of his actions the night he shot three men on the streets of Kenosha. → Read More
GRAPHIC: Rittenhouse gives account of shootings: ‘I defended myself’
In a high-stakes gamble, the 18-year-old took the stand at his murder trial to tell his side of what happened on the streets that day in the summer of 2020, sobbing so hard at one point that the judge called a break. → Read More
Shooting victim says he was pointing his gun at Rittenhouse
Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, ended up getting shot and seriously wounded in the arm by Rittenhouse. Grosskreutz went into action that night after seeing Rittenhouse kill a man just feet away — the second person Rittenhouse fatally shot that night. → Read More
Prosecutor says Kyle Rittenhouse instigated Kenosha bloodshed
Prosecutor Thomas Binger described what he said were “two of the roughest nights that our community has ever seen,” when Kenosha was rocked by rioting, arson and looting over the police wounding of a Black man. → Read More
Capitol rioter who breached Senate faces 1st felony sentence
Prosecutors want Paul Allard Hodgkins to serve 18 months behind bars, saying in a recent filing that he, “like each rioter, contributed to the collective threat to democracy” by forcing lawmakers to temporarily abandon their certification of Joe Biden’s election victory and to scramble for shelter from incoming mobs. → Read More
Feds withheld info on virus cases following executions
Two journalists tested positive for coronavirus after witnessing the Trump administration’s final three federal executions, but the Bureau of Prisons knowingly withheld the diagnoses from other media witnesses and did not perform any contact tracing. → Read More
Tropical Storm Beta forecast to make landfall Monday
Tropical Storm Beta was set to make landfall along Texas' central or upper Gulf Coast late Monday night. It was then expected to move northeastward along the coast and head into Louisiana sometime mid-week, with rainfall as its biggest threat. → Read More
Deadline looms for Smollett to pay city investigative costs
Nonpayment will likely prompt the city to sue the 'Empire' actor, which would mean a civil trial where standards for proving he staged the incident will be lower than in criminal court. → Read More
Citing cash woes, R Kelly asks judge for OK to fly to Dubai
The motion said Kelly is scrambling to pay child support, legal fees and everyday expenses because of the cancellation of Illinois concerts and a record contract, as well as the removal of his songs from streaming services. → Read More