Cook County Crime
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Calls threatening arrest for missing jury duty are a scam, Cook County sheriff saysAug 08, 2023 6:47 pm - Calls from someone purporting to be a member of the Cook County sheriff's office and threatening arrest for missing jury duty are a scam, Sheriff Tom Dart says. The call...
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Prosecutor: Victims of suburban sex trafficking ring lived in fearJul 24, 2023 11:33 pm - As authorities continue to investigate a suburban sex trafficking ring, details emerge about the women who were victimized. Investigators found one of the women told her...
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Elation, dismay from suburban leaders over state Supreme Court's landmark bail rulingJul 20, 2023 11:14 am - The Illinois Supreme Court's landmark decision Tuesday upholding the constitutionality of cashless bail sparked elation from some suburban leaders and dismay among other...
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Forest Preserves of Cook County raises fines for fly dumpingJul 17, 2023 12:16 pm - Piles of crumbling asphalt, disassembled and busted furniture, and mini mountains of used tires; these are scenes one might expect to see at a landfill. But for some Fo...
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Man charged with trying to kill Cook deputy by hitting him with carJul 18, 2023 6:03 am - A Wood Dale man has been accused of trying to kill a Cook County deputy by hitting him with a car. DuPage County Judge Mia McPherson set bail at $2 million Friday for El...
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Investigation continues into shooting of two men outside Wheeling Township sports barJul 05, 2023 6:46 am - Cook County sheriff's police continue to investigate the shooting of two men early Saturday outside a sports bar near Arlington Heights. According to the sheriff's offic...
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'I leave now with my head held high': Oft-embattled Kim Foxx won't seek reelectionMay 19, 2023 9:11 am - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx announced she will not seek a third term as the leader of the nation's second-largest prosecutors' office. “At the conclusion of my...
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Cook County correctional officer charged in deadly Niles shootingApr 26, 2023 7:43 pm - A Cook County correctional officer faces a first-degree murder charge stemming from the deadly shooting of an acquaintance early Sunday outside a Niles nightclub, police...
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Appeals court tosses probation sentence for operator of kennel where 29 dogs diedApr 23, 2023 8:27 am - When DuPage County Judge Robert Miller sentenced a suburban kennel operator on charges stemming from a 2019 fire that killed 29 dogs, he acknowledged there was nothing h...
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Gacy prosecutor Robert Egan dies at 74Apr 18, 2023 7:25 pm - Robert Egan's wife, Tracy, remembers her husband as a gifted storyteller, though she said he rarely spared the gory details, even at the dinner table. After decades work...