Crime Stories from June 15, 2022 (Change date)
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Malta activists protest, seek to decriminalize abortionJun 15, 2022 2:05 pm - VALLETTA, Malta (AP) - Abortion rights activists filed a legal protest in Malta's courts on Wednesday demanding the legalization of abortion in the only European Union m...
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Spy agencies' focus on China could snare Chinese AmericansJun 16, 2022 6:44 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - As U.S. intelligence agencies ramp up their efforts against China, top officials acknowledge they may also end up collecting more phone calls and email...
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Lawyers urge leniency at sentencing for Ghislaine MaxwellJun 15, 2022 7:05 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell urged leniency at sentencing, asking a judge Wednesday to disregard a probation department recommendation...
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'If I can't have them neither can you': Man charged in drownings wrote to wife, prosecutors sayJun 16, 2022 1:49 pm - The Round Lake Beach man charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the drownings of his three children left a note to his wife reading, "if I can't have them n...
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'I can't wait to see you tomorrow,' Round Lake Beach mom told children a day before their drowningJun 16, 2022 7:28 pm - The last conversation Debra Karels had with her children was over the phone Sunday night. "I said, 'I love you so much. I can't wait to see you tomorrow,'" Debra Karels ...
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Batavia investigating overnight thefts of gay pride flagsJun 15, 2022 8:20 pm - Batavia police are investigating the theft of gay pride flags as hate crimes. According to a news release, people stole the flags overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday...
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'Lean on your neighbors': Round Lake Beach residents gather after murders of three childrenJun 17, 2022 12:13 am - Members of a distraught Round Lake Beach community gathered Wednesday night to support each other after the deaths of three children who authorities say were killed by t...
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Sheriff: 2 charged with gun crimes after I-90 road-rage incidentJun 16, 2022 2:42 pm - A couple stopped during an investigation into a road-rage incident near Hampshire Tuesday now face gun-related charges after a Kane County detective found body armor and...
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Oak Brook man gets 18-year prison sentence after child porn pleaJun 16, 2022 7:17 am - A 27-year-old Oak Brook man was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to coercing more than a dozen underage girls to send sexually explicit imag...
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Man charged with killing Aurora mother of his child in cold case from 19 years agoJun 16, 2022 11:14 am - Victim was mother of his young daughter