Des Plaines Crime
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Teen gets 6 years in 2017 carjacking of Elgin man trying to sell carJul 19, 2018 1:00 am - An 18-year-old from Chicago accused in a November 2017 knife-point carjacking of an Elgin man who was trying to sell his car pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge a...
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Schneider wants hearing over fatal crash blamed on Cook forest preserve driverJul 12, 2018 1:00 am - A suburban Cook County commissioner is calling for a hearing to investigate the circumstances that allowed a 20-year-old seasonal employee of the Forest Preserve Distric...
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Third person sought in Elgin home invasion, shooting over marijuanaJul 12, 2018 1:00 am - A third person is wanted in the May 29 home invasion and shooting in Elgin over an ounce of marijuana after missing a court date this week on an unrelated charged. Demet...
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Hate crime charges filed in forest preserve harassment caseJul 12, 2018 1:00 am - Felony hate crime charges were filed Thursday against a man who harangued a woman over her Puerto Rico shirt last month in a Cook County forest perserve. Timothy G. Try...
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Inexperience, indifference, deference. How Donnie Rudd almost got away with murder.Jul 06, 2018 5:00 am - The red flags were everywhere. A teenager found dead along a rustic Barrington Hills road, just 27 days after marrying her 31-year-old groom following a whirlwind court...
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Cellphone distributor gets 2 years in prison for tax evasionJul 06, 2018 1:00 am - A 53-year-old Highland Park man who pleaded guilty to tax evasion this year was sentenced to two years in prison Friday. Jordan Eckerling once operated a cellular phone ...
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Domestic violence sends 1 to hospital in Des PlainesJul 04, 2018 1:00 am - Des Plaines police were investigating a domestic violence incident Wednesday that left one person injured, authorities said. Officers responded about 9 a.m. to a reside...
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Elgin man who bit off part of finger in fight gets jail, probationJul 02, 2018 1:00 am - An Elgin man accused of biting off part of another man's finger during a fight in late 2017 has been sentenced to jail time, probation and ordered to undergo an evaluati...
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Prosecution witness says Rudd's wife's death was no accidentJun 29, 2018 1:00 am - A former Cook County chief medical examiner testified Friday that Donnie Rudd's second wife was killed by blows to her head, disputing a defense expert's account that sh...
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Rudd's medical expert says wife died from 'internal decapitation'Jun 28, 2018 1:00 am - There was another twist Thursday in the already strange saga of Donnie Rudd, a former attorney accused of killing Noreen Kumeta, his 19-year-old bride of just one month,...