Jeff Coen

Jeff Coen is a deputy metro editor overseeing the Tribune’s criminal justice report and GA desk.  With more than 25 years of experience, he was previously an investigative and enterprise reporter for the paper, and covered both Chicago’s main criminal courthouse and U.S. District Court, including both trials of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

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The Arab American Action Network and other groups rally in March 2017 outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in the Loop in response to the Trump administration's revised travel ban.

Chaotic year in immigration policy challenges Chicago

A tumultuous year in national immigration policy will end with worry still gripping Chicago’s immigrant communities, a heavy backlog of cases in immigration court and federal officials scrambling to make...
Michael LaPorta's head shows the damage left seven years after a bullet entered the back of his head. LaPorta was shot at Chicago police Officer Patrick Kelly's home in 2010.

City: Friend can’t prove Chicago officer shot him

Michael LaPorta cannot hold the Chicago police responsible for a life-changing gunshot wound to his head because he cannot prove that Officer Patrick Kelly pulled the trigger, a city attorney...