Crime
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A flurry of filings as SAFE-T Act fight heads to state Supreme CourtMar 03, 2023 4:00 am - After a flurry of legal filings this week, the opposing sides in the fight over the elimination of cash bail in Illinois are now less than two weeks away from a SAFE-T A...
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Alex Murdaugh gets life in prison in murder of wife, son
Mar 03, 2023 12:00 am - WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday, a day after he was convicted of murder in the shooti...
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Search continues for men who stole a car with toddler inside, ran over momMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - Despite ongoing efforts from investigators, neither of the two men who police say stole a Volkswagen that had a 2-year-old inside - and then ran over the child's mother ...
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Fugitive suspect in wife's Hanover Park slaying dies of medical condition in MichiganMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - A man wanted for murder in the Feb. 13 shooting death of his wife in Hanover Park has died in Michigan from a medical issue that began while he was still a fugitive. Wil...
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Person in custody, charges pending in fatal stabbing of Schaumburg womanMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - Charges are pending against a person now in custody as Schaumburg police continue their investigation of the fatal stabbing of a 24-year-old woman who lived in the villa...
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Two charged in kidnapping from Des Plaines car dealership; victims tortured, cops sayMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - Two suburban men have been charged in the February kidnapping and torture of a Des Plaines car dealership's two owners and an employee, police said Friday. Police are wo...
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Aurora man convicted of murdering man he thought was member of rival gangMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - A Kane County jury Thursday convicted an Aurora man of murdering a man he suspected belonged to a rival gang. Cesar J. Ponce, 19, did not fire the shots that killed 46-y...
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Skateboarder Terry Kennedy gets 5 years in prison for battery that led to Wheaton man's deathMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - Professional skateboarder and television personality Terry Kennedy has been sentenced to five years in prison for an attack that fatally injured a Wheaton man. DuPage Co...
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Bail denied as new details revealed about fatal shooting of Chicago police officer
Mar 03, 2023 12:00 am - Prosecutors disclosed new details Friday about the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer near a playground at a grade school in Gage Park this week, including the d...
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Elburn businesses likely part of burglary spreeMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - The people who burglarized stores in Geneva and Batavia early Wednesday are suspected of similar burglaries an hour before in Elburn, according to police. Elburn police ...