Burlington Crime
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Crystal Lake man gets probation in connection with fatal Elgin overdoseApr 09, 2021 1:00 am - A Crystal Lake man was sentenced Thursday to probation in connection with a 22-year-old Elgin woman's fatal overdose. McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt sentenced 24-...
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Why Kane County sheriff, state's attorney teamed up to set a drug suspect freeApr 02, 2021 5:20 am - When a county's top two law enforcement officials team up in a courtroom, it's usually to put someone behind bars. So it was an unusual twist last week when Kane County ...
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Driver gets probation for DUI, pot crash that killed Elgin womanApr 01, 2021 1:00 am - The driver in a crash that killed an Elgin woman in 2018 pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana. In exchange, Dave Fl...
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Kane County sees huge spike in child abuse, neglect casesMar 31, 2021 5:10 am - Child abuse and neglect cases in Kane County are on pace to triple numbers from as recent as 2018 - so high that leading members of the county's court system asked the c...
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Hoffman Estates man charged with Elgin robbery held on $100,000 bailMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - A Hoffman Estates man who authorities say took a woman's purse and cellphone as she entered an Elgin car dealership was ordered held on $100,000 bail Friday. Harold Fra...
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Police chief, state's attorney tell Elgin leaders how new criminal justice law is flawedMar 25, 2021 5:00 am - Criminal justice reform legislation put on the books in February contains flaws that may create dangerous situations for both civilians and police, according to Elgin an...
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Elgin man convicted of robbing gas stationMar 25, 2021 1:00 am - A Kane County jury has found a 30-year-old Elgin man guilty of armed robbery with a firearm. The jury convicted Jeffrey D. Richardson on March 19, according to a news re...
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Elgin police investigating suspected murder-suicideMar 18, 2021 1:00 am - A man and a woman are dead in what Elgin police suspect is a murder-suicide. Police report they were called at 4:53 a.m. to a home on Bluff City Boulevard by a woman who...
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Elgin man found guilty of second-degree murder in shooting of teenage rivalMar 15, 2021 1:00 am - An Elgin man was convicted Monday of second-degree murder for the shooting of a teenage rival in December 2016. Kane County Judge David Kliment issued the guilty verdict...
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Man gets 10 years in prison for DUI crash that killed 2 in ElginMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - A Glendale Heights man was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for killing two people in a drunken, high-speed crash in Elgin in 2019. Adrian Velasco, 23, could hav...