Des Plaines Crime
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Report: Suburban Cook County has more DUI, fewer drug cases than ChicagoMar 02, 2018 12:00 am - For the second time in as many years, suburban Cook County DUI cases outnumbered Chicago cases. According to a Cook County state's attorney report issued Friday, prosec...
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Jailed woman sues Sheriff Dart over delayed release into electronic monitoringFeb 27, 2018 10:00 pm - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is running into a backlash from the Cook County public defender and other legal advocates of people who are remaining in jail as his office ...
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Man pleads guilty in Prospect Heights attackFeb 26, 2018 12:00 am - A parolee whose attack against a Prospect Heights woman was deterred partly by the victim's dog pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon by a felon in exchange for a 2...
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Prosecutors: Videos place suspect, victim together on night of killingFeb 22, 2018 12:00 am - A 21-year-old accused of shooting an Arlington Heights man seven times — including once in the head — then setting his Jeep Wrangler on fire with the body inside is bein...
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Medical examiner: Man found dead in burning car was shot multiple timesFeb 17, 2018 12:00 am - The man found dead inside a burning Jeep in Mount Prospect early Friday suffered multiple gunshot wounds, the Cook County medical examiner's office said Saturday. The me...
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Mount Prospect police: Man found dead in burning JeepFeb 16, 2018 12:00 am - Police are investigating the death of a man found inside a burning Jeep overnight in Mount Prospect. Firefighters and police officers responded to 911 reports of a vehi...
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Des Plaines man accused of sexually abusing two over several yearsFeb 16, 2018 12:00 am - A 45-year-old Des Plaines man is accused of sexually abusing a girl and a woman over several years, prosecutors said. Juan Laureano, 45, was arrested Thursday on charge...
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13-year-old charged in 2016 Libertyville gun store break-inFeb 15, 2018 12:00 am - A 13-year-old boy who was taken into custody Tuesday by Wheeling police regarding a vehicle break-in was subsequently charged in a 2016 burglary in which offenders crash...
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Rosemont to equip cops with body camerasFeb 14, 2018 12:00 am - Rosemont police officers will begin patrolling the streets wearing body cameras as soon as six months from now, after the village board Wednesday approved a deal to equi...
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'He was policeman's policeman.' Des Plaines chief remembers slain Chicago officerFeb 14, 2018 12:00 am - Paul Bauer was just a young recruit when Des Plaines Police Chief Bill Kushner - then a member of the Chicago Police Department - served as his police academy instructor...