Family Secrets jury takes break
The jury in the Family Secrets case completed a second day of deliberations Thursday without reaching a decision on whether four Outfit figures can be held responsible for the 18 murders. In a surprise, U.S. District Judge James Zagel’s office issued a statement saying the jury wouldn’t resume deliberations until next Thursday. The extended break was not explained, but some associated with the case said they understood that the time off was anticipated.
Teen charged as adult in murder
A Chicago teenager is being held in lieu of $2.5 million bail on charges that he shot a 27-year-old man in the head in a Southwest Side alley. Samuel Salas, 16, has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder. About 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sergio Ojeda was retrieving a soccer ball from the alley in the 4500 block of South Spaulding Avenue when Salas shot him in the head, said Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Karin Sullivan.
Woman stabbed to death, man hurt
A woman was stabbed to death and a man injured during a domestic dispute in North Chicago early Thursday, police said. Darlean Timberlake-Donaldson, 47, of the 2000 block of Dickey Avenue was pronounced dead of multiple stab wounds about 4 a.m. in Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, said Lake County Coroner Richard Keller.
