Hitting too close to home.

More crime in Chicago's south suburbs:

Twin brothers from Dolton have pleaded guilty and were each sentenced to four years in prison for forcing young women into prostitution in the south suburbs, prosecutors said this morning.

Tyrelle and Myrelle Lockett, 18, pleaded guilty in the Markham courthouse Tuesday to felony charges of human trafficking for forced labor or services after an undercover sting operation found that they forced young women, including one underage victim, to perform sex acts with men for money, according to a news release.

In the sting, sheriff's police officers met with Tyrelle Lockett in a Lansing motel after they answered an Internet ad placed by the Locketts, authorities said.
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The 17- and 18-year-old victims, who were not charged, told police that the brothers beat them and threatened them if they didn't perform the sex acts, and took all the money.

You don't solve a problem just by transferring it out of your own jurisdiction.

ADDED: Good news!

A woman today shot and killed a man who Chicago police said was breaking into her South Chicago neighborhood home on the city's Southeast Side.

Police said the victim heard glass breaking in her basement on the 8200 block of South Kingston Avenue at about 10 a.m.

After grabbing her handgun, the woman confronted two intruders, but struck only one when she opened fire, police spokeswoman Officer Anne Dwyer said. The second man fled.

The wounded intruder, identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office as Vincent Fleming, 20, of the 300 block of West 42nd Street, was pronounced dead a short time later at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.

Police said that the wounded man was holding a tire iron when he was shot and that the victim wouldn’t face any criminal charges. A representative with the Cook County state’s attorney’s office, which files felony charges, couldn’t be reached for comment.

Reached by telephone Monday evening, the 45-year-old victim said she remained traumatized by the shooting.

"I was scared for my life. I've never been so scared before in my entire life," said the woman who asked that her name not be released.

"And I thank God that I'm still here," she added.

In a brief interview with the Tribune, the victim wouldn't discuss specific details about the shooting, but described a seemingly constant streak of break-ins and home invasions in her lakefront community that has kept her on edge.

One neighbor's home was broken into three times just last summer, while an elderly neighbor's home was broken into twice while she was home, the victim said. The woman said her pleas to her local elected officials had gone unanswered.

STILL MORE:
Good Lord!

The 16-year-old girl is one of four victims authorities have linked to Tommie Naylor, a Forest Park mail handler, since 2003.

The girl was walking to a CTA bus stop on the South Side on the night of July 4, 2005, when her first attacker--who has never been found--approached in his car and talked her into getting in, said Calumet Area Lt. Anthony Carothers. She told police she voluntarily got in.

The man took her to what he said was his residence, apparently in the area of 79th Street and Loomis Boulevard, and there raped her, Carothers said.

Her assailant allowed her to leave, and as she was walking on the street about 2:45 a.m., Naylor pulled up in his car. The teen told him she had been raped, Carothers said. At that point, Naylor offered to help and drive her home, he said.

Instead, Naylor allegedly drove her into an alley in the area and assaulted her again before letting her go.

Naylor, of the 7900 block of South Yale Avenue, was charged earlier this month with two attacks in 2006 and 2008 and Wednesday night was charged with two more, the assault on the 16-year-old and another on a 14-year-old girl Dec. 10, 2003, in the 4300 block of West End Avenue on the West Side.

FINALLY:
I gotta stop clicking these links...

Glenwood police were called to a home in the south suburb this afternoon for what neighbors were told was a hostage situation.

Glenwood police officials said a firefighter was delivering light-up signs for homes in the area when a man approached the firefighter brandishing a gun.

The firefighter went to call police and when police arrived, the man went into the home and continued to brandish the weapon from inside the residence, police said. Officials believe the man was inside the home and were trying to negotiate a peaceful end, police said.

Kelly Powell, who lives near the incident on the 00 to 100 block of Centre Street, said that when her son was being dropped off near the home her son's bus was redirected about two blocks away, after officers said a hostage situation was underway.

Powell said the incident has been occurring since about 2:30 p.m., and she said many police and fire officials were at the scene.

One neighbor close to the standoff said police told her to shut off her deck light and stay in the basement, away from windows.