Barrington Hills Crime
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Animal hoarding: When 'compassion' can become a crimeFeb 22, 2014 10:00 pm - Several years ago, David Skeberdis found two abandoned parakeets while installing computers at O'Hare International Airport. He decided to rescue the birds. A few weeks ...
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Murder trial begins for South suburban businessmanFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - A South suburban businessman's trial on charges he killed his wife in September 2010 has started. Prosecutors accuse 63-year-old Allan Kustok of Orland Park of shooting ...
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Elgin cocaine dealer convicted, faces prisonFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - A 35-year-old Elgin man faces six to 30 years in prison after a jury convicted him this week of coordinating three cocaine sales in October 2012 near an Elgin park. Lade...
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Milwaukee man accepts plea deal for attack near Old Mill CreekFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty to a single count of attempted murder for beating a former friend nearly to death and dumping his body in a wooded area near Old Mill Cree...
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Ex-cop Mandell found guilty of one kidnapping-murder plotFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - A federal jury Friday found Steven Mandell of Buffalo Grove guilty of a grisly plot to kidnap, torture and kill a suburban businessman, but acquitted him on other charge...
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Murder trial delayed after attorney slips on iceFeb 21, 2014 12:00 am - A South suburban businessman's murder trial has been delayed after a defense attorney slipped on ice outside the Bridgeview courthouse and was injured. Orland Park busin...
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Buffalo Grove man testifies in federal murder-for-hire caseFeb 20, 2014 12:01 am - Steven Mandell of Buffalo Grove told a federal jury Thursday that his recorded conversations about torturing, killing and dismembering a suburban businessmen were all fa...
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Ex-teacher found not guilty of having sex with minorFeb 20, 2014 12:00 am - A former Waukegan High School physical education teacher was found not guilty on charges that he had sex with a minor in 2010. In announcing his ruling Thursday, Lake Co...
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Defense attorney wants plea deal in Highland Park huffing caseFeb 19, 2014 12:01 am - The defense attorney for a Highland Park woman accused of huffing computer dust cleaner before driving into and killing a 5-year-old girl told a Lake County judge that p...
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Former Waukegan teacher has to wait until Thursday to hear fateFeb 19, 2014 12:01 am - A Lake County judge said he will take 24 hours to decide whether a former Waukegan gym teacher had sex with a former student before her 18th birthday. Testimony and clo...