The 19-year-old attacker, John Z. Kammrad, now faces five felony charges, including three for aggravated battery (and one of those for inflicting great bodily harm), one for mob action, and one for a ...

The Windy City Times reports that prosecutors are considering hate crime charges against two people accused of brutally jumping a lesbian at a McDonald’s in ...

Kady Grass said she was waiting to use the restroom when she was called a derogatory slur by a 16-year-old boy. She tried to ...

Two males, including one juvenile, are facing hate crime charges after allegedly physically attacking a 19-year-old woman and ...

John Kammrad and a juvenile started a verbal confrontation with Kady Grass, then punched and kicked her in the head, leaving ...

"I genuinely think that their plan was to kill me, and that they didn't care if they ended my life that day," victim Kady Grass said.

Two are being charged with a hate crime after they allegedly beat someone after making derogatory remarks about her sexual ...

An Elgin man and a 16-year-old juvenile accused of attacking a lesbian woman at a Carpentersville McDonald’s, leaving her ...

A Kane County grand jury indicted John Z. Kammrad, 19, of Elgin and a 16-year-old male with a hate crime stemming from a May ...

One of two people accused of beating a young woman inside a Carpentersville McDonald's earlier this month is now facing a hate crime charge.

A man and a 16-year-old boy have been indicted on hate crime charges, accused of attacking a woman at a McDonald's in Carpentersville, Illinois, because she is a lesbian.