Crime
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US police rarely deploy deadly robots to confront suspects
Dec 05, 2022 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO - The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use ...
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Police: Buffalo Grove man murdered family, then killed himselfDec 05, 2022 12:00 am - A Buffalo Grove man murdered his wife, mother and two young daughters before taking his own life last week in the family home, police said Monday, ending days of uncerta...
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Police seek public's help to find who broke into Batavia homeDec 05, 2022 12:00 am - Batavia police are asking for the public's help to identify who broke into a home Friday on the 800 block of Gosselin Circle. The intruder or intruders broke a first-flo...
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'Wish we could have helped her more': Fundraiser launched in memory of Buffalo Grove mom, daughtersDec 04, 2022 12:00 am - Friends of a Buffalo Grove mother found dead in her home Wednesday along with her two young daughters have launched an online fundraiser to help pay for their burial. Th...
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Vera Kisliak describes a tormented life with husband, according to court recordsDec 03, 2022 12:00 am - A few weeks before she was killed, Vera Kisliak made what appears to be a fateful decision: she let her estranged husband, who for months had tormented and threatened he...
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Firearms charges follow drive-by shooting in WaucondaDec 03, 2022 12:00 am - Wauconda police have arrested two brothers in connection with a drive-by shooting Friday night. Two women, both 17, reported being fired on by individuals they knew whil...
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Volo man charged with criminal sexual assault, home invasion; deputy aids childrenDec 03, 2022 12:00 am - A Lake County sheriff's deputy's quick intervention helped two children whose father was charged with home invasion and criminal sexual assault Friday, officials said. T...
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Misconduct or a team player? Naperville cop's firing winds up in federal courtDec 02, 2022 4:00 am - Was a veteran police officer fired this fall for misconduct involving falsified traffic stop information, or for failing to play along with a quota system he believes to...
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Pro skateboarder Terry Kennedy acquitted of murdering Wheaton man, convicted of batteryDec 02, 2022 12:00 am - Professional skateboarder Terry Kennedy was acquitted Friday of charges he murdered a Wheaton man by punching him in the head. He was, however, found guilty of two count...
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2 plead guilty in kidnapping, beating of woman in AuroraDec 02, 2022 12:00 am - Prosecutors dropped charges of attempted murder against two Aurora women after they pleaded guilty to lesser charges in the 2020 beating of a woman. Esther J. Ortiz, 58,...