Crime Stories from May 20, 2019 (Change date)
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11 people killed in reported gun attack at bar in BrazilMay 20, 2019 1:05 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A gang of gunmen reportedly attacked a bar in the capital of Brazil's northern Pará state Sunday afternoon, and authorities said 11 p...
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Police, prosecutors find fault with legal pot: How do you test drivers for it?May 21, 2019 6:37 am - A plan to legalize recreational marijuana leaves some Illinois lawmakers on a collision course with many cops and prosecutors tasked with catching stoned drivers. "It's ...
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A jewelry box led police to revisit hundreds of deaths. They may have found a serial killer.May 21, 2019 6:37 am - Phyllis Payne's family thought that she had died of natural causes. There was no reason to be suspicious when the spunky Texas grandmother, who had been spending the las...
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'Mindless murdering savages': Authorities say border agent used slurs before hitting migrantMay 21, 2019 6:37 am - In November 2017, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Matthew Bowen fumed about the humane treatment his agency was expected to give migrants who had illegally crossed into the cou...
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Racist graffiti spray-painted on Wauconda playground equipmentMay 22, 2019 6:48 am - Anti-Semitic and racist graffiti was spray-painted on playground equipment at two Wauconda parks over the weekend. The damage occurred Saturday night or early Sunday at ...
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Downers Grove police seeking help in solving April robberyMay 21, 2019 6:27 am - Downers Grove police are asking for the public's help to solve an April 12 armed robbery. Police said they responded around 2 p.m. to the robbery at Android Wireless and...
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Suspect in custody in Saturday night Naperville shootingsMay 22, 2019 6:48 am - Naperville police say a suspect is in custody for the Saturday night shooting of two men on the city's northwest side in what authorities are saying was not a random act...
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Drug-induced homicide charges in death of St. Charles-area manMay 22, 2019 6:48 am - An Elgin man is held on $500,000 bail after he was charged with providing a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin to 25-year-old Trevor Brubaker, who was found in his St. ...
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Wood Dale woman charged in stabbingMay 20, 2019 6:22 pm - A Wood Dale woman was free on bond a little more than a day after being accused of stabbing a man as many as eight times. Margaret Cyran, 45, of the 400 block of Jason L...
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Inverness boy remains hospitalized as investigation into hit-and-run continuesMay 22, 2019 6:48 am - A 13-year-old Inverness boy severely injured in a weekend hit-and-run, then dropped off at his home by an unknown person remains hospitalized in serious but stable condi...