Caroline Kubzansky

Caroline Kubzansky covers criminal justice with a focus on violence and its root causes for the Tribune. She previously worked as a general assignment reporter and started her career covering the northern suburbs. A graduate of the University of Illinois-Springfield's Public Affairs Reporting Program and the University of Chicago, she is a committed Chicago partisan and a native of Washington, D.C.

Video released by the U.S. attorney's office shows an incident from Oct. 4, 2025, where Diego Emmanuel Reyes allegedly rammed his sport utility vehicle into the rear of a vehicle driven by an ICE agent on Chicago's Southwest Side and accelerated his vehicle forward pushing the agent’s SUV. A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Reyes with using a deadly or dangerous weapon, specifically, his vehicle, to assault a federal immigration agent during Operation Midway Blitz. (U.S. Attorney's Office)

Man charged with ‘ramming’ federal agents in Brighton Park confrontation

May 21, 2026 at 3:09 p.m.

A federal grand jury has indicted a 21-year-old man for allegedly ramming a car driven by federal immigration agents.

Chicago police Deputy Chief Jon Hein speaks to the media after a shooting in Chicago's Loop on Jan. 26, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

Jon Hein, chief of patrol at CPD and leader in Midway Blitz response, prepares to exit June 1

May 18, 2026 at 7:11 a.m.

Jon Hein, the Chicago Police Department’s chief of patrol and effectively the second-in-command of the nation’s second-largest police department, will retire next month, according to two sources with knowledge of...

Crime scene tape flaps in the wind in the 200 block of North Homan Avenue on May 9, 2026, in Chicago. A ride-share driver and passenger were fatally shot at the intersection of North Homan Avenue and West Lake Street on May 7, 2026, by a gunman in a passing SUV, according to police. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Teen released without charges in East Garfield Park homicides

May 15, 2026 at 2:43 p.m.

Chicago police originally arrested the boy after the shooting deaths of Jassen Cho, 38, and Damarion Johnson, 18.

Man charged with forcing CTA bus driver to drive for miles at knifepoint

May 15, 2026 at 1:08 p.m.

Authorities have charged a 51-year-old man with threatening a CTA bus driver with a knife and forcing her to drive about 6 miles before the bus driver was able to...

Thornton Fractional North High School senior Emon’ee Miller, 18, shows off some of the accessories to go with the custom prom dress she and her mother, Beverly Fisher, purchased from Makeda E. Designs in Humboldt Park more than a year ago. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Frustrated teens and parents say Humboldt Park designer failed to fulfill prom dresses

May 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Customers said a West Side dressmaker who told dozens their prom dresses would be ready in time allegedly locked her store and stopped answering the phone Wednesday.

Teen questioned in homicides of high school basketball player and Uber driver

May 14, 2026 at 2:45 p.m.

Chicago police were questioning a 17-year-old boy in connection with last week's fatal shooting of Damarion Johnson and Jassen Cho, according to department representatives and police sources.

U.S. Border Patrol agents transfer a man they took from an H-Mart parking lot into a van in Niles on Oct. 31, 2025, during immigration enforcement operations. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Judge issues injunction to keep DHS from attempting to block web page that monitors ICE

May 12, 2026 at 3:13 p.m.

A federal judge has ordered officials at the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security to drop a campaign aimed at getting Meta and Apple to shut...

Chicago police officers salute during ceremonies at the conclusion of funeral services for slain 17th District police Officer John Bartholomew at St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Church on May 8, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

‘A cop’s cop’: Mourners gather to remember slain Chicago police Officer John Bartholomew

May 8, 2026 at 7:17 p.m.

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling called fallen Chicago police Officer John Bartholomew a "cop's cop," remembering a photograph of the patrol officer wearing a helmet while working hard during the...

Former immigration judge Carla Espinoza on Feb. 27, 2026. Espinoza has accused the federal government of firing her based on her previous work as a lawyer for immigrants as well as her race and sex. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

Dismissed Chicago immigration judge sues Trump administration

May 5, 2026 at 6:03 p.m.

A former Chicago immigration judge has accused the federal government of firing her based on her previous work as a lawyer for immigrants as well as her race and sex.

Blue ribbons are hung and red roses are left at the front door of the 17th District station, April 26, 2026, in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood after police Officer John Bartholomew was fatally shot and another officer wounded April 25 at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Two officers face internal affairs probe over search of suspect before shooting of cops at Chicago hospital

May 1, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

The Chicago Police Department’s Bureau of Internal Affairs has opened an investigation into two officers who searched Alphanso Talley last weekend before he was taken to Swedish Hospital where he...

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