Bond was set at $300,000 Tuesday for a Chicago man charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl he met on the internet.

Marcus Kuykendoll, 24, who was arrested in South Holland, appeared before a judge in the Cook County circuit court house in Markham. He was charged with predatory criminal sexual assault involving a minor. He was in custody at Cook County jail as of late Tuesday afternoon.

The lead defendant in one of the biggest mortgage fraud schemes ever prosecuted in Chicago has allegedly been threatening some of his co-defendants and other individuals involved in his case, a federal prosecutor disclosed Tuesday during an arraignment at the Dirksen Federal Building.

The child pornography trial of R&B singer and songwriter R. Kelly concluded in Chicago this week. After being acquited, the singer left the Cook County Courthouse Here is a look at key developments in the final two weeks of the R. Kelly trial.