Buffalo Grove Crime
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Stroger associate sentenced in corruption caseApr 23, 2014 1:00 am - A former high-ranking aide to ex-Cook County Board President Todd Stroger was sentenced to 6½ years in prison Wednesday after being convicted last year on corruption cha...
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Lake County judge: No need to reoffer rejected plea deal in murder caseApr 23, 2014 1:00 am - A Lake County judge ruled Wednesday that prosecutors don't have to reoffer the plea deal that was rejected months earlier by a Round Lake Park man charged in the murder ...
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Cook County sheriff reopens priest abuse inquiryApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - The Cook County sheriff's office says it is reopening an investigation of sexual abuse allegations made against a Roman Catholic priest. The Rev. Michael W. O'Connell st...
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Study: Minority kids hit hardest by Illinois lawApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - A 32-year-old Illinois law that requires juveniles accused of the most serious crimes to be charged as adults may be discriminatory, prevents judges from e...
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Testimony begins in second trial of 1994 murder of Waukegan appliance store ownerApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - A Lake County prosecutor told a jury Tuesday that Fred Reckling was closing his Waukegan appliance store for the night when Hezekieh Whitfield wrapped a gun in a cloth a...
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Judge rejects sex abuse plea deal for 75-year-old manApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - A judge rejected a plea deal with a sentence that included 30 days in jail for a 75-year-old Lake Villa man accused of sexually abusing a child. Lake County Judge George...
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Former Lake Forest High School theater adviser pleads guilty to sex abuse chargesApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - A former Lake Forest High School employee pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for having inappropriate sexual contact with two female studen...
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Suspect charged with shooting teensApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - A South suburban man has been charged in the deaths of two teenagers who were found shot in the head in the basement of a home on Chicago's South Side. The Chicago Sun-T...
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Man gets 42 months in beating death of dogApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - After apologizing to a Lake Villa woman for beating her dog to death with his hands, a Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of animal torture and will spend...
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Slain Zion girl's grandfather testifies in death penalty caseApr 22, 2014 1:00 am - ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An Illinois grandfather shook in the witness chair as he told jurors about discovering his 8-year-old granddaughter and her best friend dead from stab...