Crime
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Authorities: Lake County jail inmate attacked guard, tried to escapeMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - Additional charges were levied against a Waukegan man who officials said attacked a Lake County jail guard and tried to escape while being transferred from a cell to the...
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Teen charged with Bolingbrook triple murder pleads not guilty in first court appearance
Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - A 17-year-old accused of first-degree murder in the weekend slayings of a man, female teen and a girl inside a Bolingbrook home appeared before a Will County judge on Tu...
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Chicago man faces murder charge in Glenview motel shootingMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - A Chicago man was charged early Tuesday with murder in connection with a fatal shooting Sunday at a Glenview motel. Glenview police said Melvin Trimble, 37, of the 1600 ...
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Police recover accomplice vehicle used in Libertyville-area carjackingMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - Authorities have recovered a stolen white BMW that was used in a carjacking last month in the Libertyville area, the Lake County sheriff's office announced Tuesday. Two...
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Scammer swiped $200,000 in cryptocurrency from Des Plaines man, police sayMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - A Des Plaines man was scammed out of roughly $200,000 worth of bitcoin cryptocurrency in recent weeks, police said. The thefts occurred in several transactions between F...
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Two survivors of deadly Mexico abduction returned to the U.S.
Mar 07, 2023 12:00 am - CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico - A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two d...
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Police: St. Charles man caught stealing from parked carsMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - A 22-year-old man was charged with nine felony counts after he was caught stealing items from parked cars early Monday morning near the 100 block of Walnut Drive, St. Ch...
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Passenger impaled by a fence post in Mettawa crashMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - One person was impaled by a wooden fence post and critically injured Monday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash in Mettawa that investigators said was caused by a driver ...
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Elmhurst police issue warning about mail theftMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - Elmhurst police are investigating a recent spate of mailbox break-ins. A resident reported a U.S. Postal Service mailbox with its door ajar at the northeast corner of Fi...
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Man charged with drug-induced homicide of fellow DuPage County jail inmateMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - A DuPage County jail detainee is accused of killing another inmate by supplying him fentanyl-laced heroin in the jail. Derichard P. Brown, 22, of the 100 block of South ...