Crime Stories from February 19, 2019 (Change date)
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Correction: Not Real News storyFeb 19, 2019 3:06 pm - In a story Feb. 15 about a false claim involving U.S. Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Netflix, The Associated Press misspelled the surname of documentary director Rache...
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Jailed Citgo executives in limbo amid Venezuela turmoilFeb 19, 2019 12:05 am - HOUSTON (AP) - A faint voice comes through the crackled phone line. On the other end, Tomeu Vadell, speaking from a military counterintelligence prison in Venezuela's ca...
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Legal hurdles would look familiar in any new R. Kelly caseFeb 19, 2019 6:05 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors will have to clear a series of high legal hurdles if they intend to charge R. Kelly and convict him, even if there's video evidence. One case ...
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Southern Baptist president says database of abusers possibleFeb 19, 2019 1:06 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - More than a decade after the Southern Baptist Convention rejected the idea of creating a database of ministers credibly accused of sexual abuse, ...
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Police: Sting leads to seizure of drugs, stolen guns at South Elgin homeFeb 21, 2019 5:36 am - After a covert operation by the North Central Narcotics Task Force, police have recovered drugs and weapons, some of which were stolen, from a South Elgin home and charg...
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How training helped Aurora, Naperville police coordinate shooting responseFeb 20, 2019 1:21 pm - Before an Aurora man went on a shooting rampage that killed five people in his workplace, police officers in Aurora and Naperville trained for more than a year for exact...
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NIU vigil to honor student, alumnus killed in AuroraFeb 19, 2019 1:37 pm - Northern Illinois University will conduct a vigil, "Standing With Aurora: Honoring Our Huskies," to remember a student and an alumnus who were killed Feb. 15 in the shoo...
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Fox Lake man sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting childFeb 20, 2019 4:59 am - A Fox Lake man has been sentenced to 7½ years in prison after admitting he sexually molested a child under the age of 13, McHenry County authorities announced Tuesday. ...
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13-year prison sentence for man who drove at Palatine copsFeb 20, 2019 4:59 am - A 28-year-old Chicago man who drove his car at two Palatine police officers who were trying to arrest him in 2016 has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. After a Decem...
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Kane state's attorney praises law enforcement for Aurora shooting responseFeb 20, 2019 4:30 am - Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon offered condolences to the five people killed in Friday's Henry Pratt workplace shooting, but he also praised various and numero...
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