Facing Firing, Cop Quits / R. Kelly Back In Chicago / Tom Brady Video

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• Fresh off getting sentenced to 30 years in prison, R. Kelly is back in a Chicago federal prison awaiting trial on additional felony sex crime charges in August. (Patch)
• Eight children connected to the state's Department of Children and Family Services have died since December, while the agency's director has been held in contempt of court 12 times so far this year, according to a filing that detailed the department's recent failings. (Patch)
• Former Bears' punter Bob Parsons, who also played tight end during his nine-year NFL career, died on Friday. He was 72. (NBC5)
• NFL superstar Tom Brady sent a video message to police officer Dan Golden, who was left paralyzed after being shot at a Beverly bar. “What’s up, Danny? So sorry to hear about what you’re going through, and just know we’re thinking about you. Appreciate all your hard work and commitment to service. ... We’re all pulling for you." (WGN9)
• Officer Dan Golden's fiancé, Casey Szaflarsk, took to social media to criticize city leaders. "It sickens me at the same time to know for 100% fact that a so-called "leader" Lori Lightfoot and Superintendent David Brown have not even acknowledged the fact that my husband literally almost lost his life protecting and serving his community," she said. (FOX32)
• Chicago cop Nicholas Jovanovich, who struck 18-year-old activist Miracle Boyd during a chaotic protest in 2020, resigned before the police board considered whether to fire him. (WBEZ)

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About me: Mark Konkol, recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning series "Time: The Kalief Browder Story." He was a producer, writer and narrator for the "Chicagoland" docuseries on CNN and a consulting producer on the Showtime documentary "16 Shots."

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