Crime
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Mount Prospect police investigate shooting in reckless driving incidentJan 22, 2024 7:51 pm - The Mount Prospect Police Department is currently investigating a shooting in a reckless driving incident late Sunday evening, officials said in a news release. Police we...
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Self-defense argued in Elmhurst bar murder trialJan 22, 2024 6:16 pm - Karl Bomba was drunk the night he was ejected from the Spring Inn bar in Elmhurst, punched out a window and got into a confrontation with the bartender. But DuPage Count...
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Man gets 30 years in prison for hijacking woman’s car in Downers GroveJan 22, 2024 6:07 pm - A former Chicago man accused of carjacking a woman at her home in Downers Grove was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison. A jury convicted Martavious Robinson, 21, in J...
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Des Plaines man charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of a childJan 22, 2024 6:00 pm - Glenview police arrested a 24-year-old man Monday afternoon following an investigation into two separate incidents of indecent exposure to minors, authorities said in a n...
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Authorities: Four killed in the South Suburbs after domestic-related shooting, police have a suspectJan 21, 2024 2:52 pm - A man shot four people dead in a “domestic-related” incident in the South Suburbs, officials said Sunday. Police arrived on the scene shortly before 11:30 a.m. and found ...
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Judge orders release of 'Newburgh Four' defendant and blasts FBI's role in terror sting
Jan 21, 2024 7:39 am - A man convicted in a post-9/11 terrorism sting was ordered freed from prison by a judge who criticized the FBI for relying on an "unsavory” confidential informant for an ...
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Itasca man charged with home invasion, denied pre-trial releaseJan 20, 2024 3:55 pm - An Itasca man accused of using an AR-15 rifle to shoot his way into an Itasca home was denied pre-trial release in a court hearing Saturday in Wheaton. Sean Brutto, 34, o...
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Bartlett man accused of threatening police with knifeJan 20, 2024 10:15 am - Bartlett police on Friday arrested a man they said was threatening officers with a knife. Bartlett resident Colin DeVitt, 22, was charged on three counts of aggravated as...
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Man charged with DUI in crash that killed pedestrianJan 19, 2024 8:09 pm - A man has been charged with aggravated DUI, accused of killing a pedestrian last May in West Chicago. Jesus Gonzalez, 33, of the 200 block of Easton Avenue in West Chicag...
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Elgin’s 2023 crime stats show decades-long decline continuesJan 19, 2024 4:16 pm - Violent crime and gunfire incidents were down in Elgin in 2023 as part of what the city’s police department says is a more than 50-year downward crime trend. The departme...