Des Plaines Crime
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Prosecutors: Rosemont police arrested gang member trying to sell assault rifleNov 16, 2018 12:00 am - A 30-year-old admitted gang member who prosecutors say planned to sell an AK-47 assault rifle was charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and ordered held on $7...
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Police: St. Charles man pistol-whipped couple in Elgin apartmentNov 13, 2018 12:00 am - A 41-year-old St. Charles man is charged with entering an Elgin apartment early Saturday and beating a woman and a man with a gun, causing a shot to be fired. Joshua B. ...
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8 years later, hit-and-run driver who killed Maine West student still unknownNov 02, 2018 5:30 am - Monday marks the eighth anniversary of the death of Choice Taylor, a popular Maine West High School student struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as he walked across...
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Lake County giving free tablets to jail inmates, but some say there's a catchNov 02, 2018 5:30 am - Most jails issue inmates little more than an orange jumpsuit, slip-on shoes and some sparse bedding when they arrive at the lockup. Detainees at the Lake County jail soo...
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Chicago's known for Capone, but gangsters held sway in the suburbs and beyondOct 27, 2018 1:00 am - When it came to organized crime in Illinois, Chicago-based Prohibition-era gangsters loomed large during the 1920s and 1930s. Al Capone, Frank Nitti, Lester “Baby Face N...
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$2 million bail for suspect in Elgin shooting that wounded threeOct 23, 2018 1:00 am - An Elgin man charged with shooting and wounding three men early Sunday is held on $2 million bail, and police are still searching for another suspect. Luis K. Mora-Otero...
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Maine East High School student arrested over Snapchat postOct 17, 2018 1:00 am - Park Ridge police have arrested a Maine East High School student accused of posing on social media with what appeared to be a handgun, according to reports. Mustafa Ob...
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McMahon bills Cook County almost $50K for Van Dyke prosecutionOct 17, 2018 1:00 am - Kane County State's Attorney Joseph McMahon has billed Cook County for nearly $50,000 for expenses from his more than two years spent as the special prosecutor in Chicag...
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Rosemont cop charged in armed robberies suspended without payOct 17, 2018 1:00 am - A Rosemont cop charged with armed robbery was suspended without pay Wednesday by the village panel considering firing him from the public safety department. The board of...
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Police: Charges could be upgraded after death of Des Plaines manOct 13, 2018 1:00 am - Des Plaines police said Friday they're awaiting autopsy results before deciding whether to upgrade charges against a Lake in the Hills man charged with the attempted mur...