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Sam Charles
@samjcharles
@chicagotribune reporter covering the Chicago Police Department / criminal justice. @ctguild member. Ex-@suntimes & @WGNNews. I bomb atomically.
Jul 17, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Trying something new today Let’s see how this goes
Jul 16, 2019 • 31 tweets • 3 min read
10 minutes until R. Kelly's next appearance in federal court here in Chicago. Kelly's lawyers have entered the courtroom.
May 3, 2019 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
I'm over at the Dirksen for the 2 p.m. sentencing of former YouTube star Austin Jones. He pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography last February and prosecutors are asking Judge John Z. Lee to sentence him to 11 years. chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/… Judge Lee has called a recess. For the last 90 min or so, several of Jones' victims & members of their families have given some sobering statements. Several have hurt themselves or attempted suicide. Some forgive him, others haven't. Jones has broken down crying at least 4 times.
Jan 8, 2019 • 22 tweets • 7 min read
The Sun-Times was the first major media outlet to report on the allegations made against R. Kelly, way back in 2000. I went into the CST archives and dug up 20 stellar stories from @JimDeRogatis, @AbdonPallasch, @kimjnews & others. This is crucial work. chicago.suntimes.com/news/r-kelly-c… -Dec. 21, 2000
R. Kelly accused of sex with teenage girls
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Nov 7, 2018 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
In the race for Illinois' 3rd Congressional District, which covers parts of Chicago's SW Side and the SW suburbs, more than 7,000 people have cast a ballot for Art Jones, a Holocaust denying neo-Nazi. elections.suntimes.com/results/illino… Art Jones' vote totals now are nearing 32,000. I just got off the phone with him (when his total was about 26K) and he said: "I'm gratified that there were at least 26,000 people so far that agree with me and my position. They can't say they didn't know who they were voting for."