Crime Stories from September 6, 2019 (Change date)
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California warehouse fire trial limps on after hung jurySep 06, 2019 7:00 am - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - An emotionally taxing criminal case over the deaths of 36 people trapped inside a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse nearly three years ago will con...
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Navy dismisses SEAL team leaders, cites discipline failuresSep 06, 2019 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - In a highly unusual move, three senior leaders of a SEAL team were dismissed Friday due to a loss of confidence in their leadership skills only weeks af...
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Sentences of 3 Blackwater guards reduced from 2007 massacreSep 06, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday greatly reduced the sentences of three former Blackwater security contractors, in the latest development from a complex cas...
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Judge threatens to bring the heat to Texas prison officialsSep 06, 2019 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - A federal judge threatened Friday to subject some Texas officials to the same hot temperatures prisoners have experienced after a group of inmates accused...
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Why 'Lake County Five' charges might be best hope for opponents of felony murder lawSep 06, 2019 5:27 am - To the opponents of Illinois' controversial felony murder law, the case of five teenagers charged with first-degree murder for the killing of another teen by a Lake Coun...
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Arlington Heights police cite 153 for not wearing seat beltsSep 06, 2019 1:00 am - Arlington Heights police cited 153 people for not wearing seat belts during stepped-up enforcement Aug. 16 through Sept. 3. That was among the statistics released by pol...
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Glen Ellyn-area man accused of racing down I-355 at 136 mphSep 06, 2019 1:00 am - A Glen Ellyn-area man has been charged with felony street racing for going 136 mph early Friday morning on I-355, authorities said. Vinsent T. Salca, 23, of the 21W600 b...
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Man who fatally stabbed Des Plaines musician gets 9 yearsSep 06, 2019 1:00 am - A Chicago man pleaded guilty in the stabbing death of beloved Des Plaines musician Jeffrey "Wookie" Ziolo, the former sound engineer at Ye Olde Town Inn in Mount Prospec...
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Woman gets 90 days in jail for stealing more than $100K from W. Chicago businessSep 06, 2019 1:00 am - A West Chicago woman was sentenced Wednesday to 90 days of periodic imprisonment in DuPage County's jail for stealing from a West Chicago company. DuPage County Judge Ro...
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Ex-Elgin mental hospital social worker admits sexual misconductSep 06, 2019 1:00 am - A former Elgin Mental Health Center social worker pleaded guilty Friday to one count of sexual misconduct with a person with a disability. Christy L. Lenhardt, 55, was s...