Des Plaines Crime
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Des Plaines fire may have been arson, police sayDec 13, 2024 1:49 pm - A Thursday night fire on the 400 block of West Oakton Street in Des Plaines may have been deliberately set, police said.
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Why lighting up your car for the holidays could put you on the naughty listDec 13, 2024 5:15 am - Showing off your holiday spirit with lights is great. Just keep it off the roadways. Putting lights on your vehicle is a violation of state law and could get you a ticket.
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Chicago man charged with murder in fatal stabbing of Des Plaines womanDec 12, 2024 5:09 pm - A 63-year-old Chicago man faces a first-degree murder charge in the deadly stabbing last week of a Des Plaines woman, police announced Thursday.
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Suspect arrested in Des Plaines shootingDec 12, 2024 2:43 pm - A Skokie man has been charged with firing a gun at a house on the 1500 block of Oakwood Avenue in Des Plaines earlier this week, police said Thursday.
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Des Plaines police identify stabbing victim, have person of interestDec 11, 2024 3:16 pm - Des Plaines police on Wednesday identified city resident Roberta S. Langan as the person stabbed to death last week in her apartment building.
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School placed on temporary lockdown after shots fired in Des PlainesDec 09, 2024 2:12 pm - No injuries were reported, but a nearby elementary school was temporarily locked down, after a shooting Monday morning in Des Plaines, police said.
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Police investigate 2 armed robberies in Rivers Casino parking lotDec 07, 2024 1:41 pm - Des Plaines police are investigating two armed robberies that occurred within five minutes early Saturday in the Rivers Casino parking lot, 3000 S. River Road.
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Des Plaines woman fatally stabbed in apartment buildingDec 06, 2024 1:41 pm - A Des Plaines woman died early Friday after being stabbed in her apartment building, authorities said.
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Des Plaines man gets 16-year prison sentence for telemarketing scamDec 05, 2024 3:16 pm - A Des Plaines man who authorities called the ringleader of a multimillion dollar international telemarketing scam has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in federal prison.
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Des Plaines police to get new cameras for uniforms, squad carsDec 02, 2024 7:45 pm - Des Plaines police officers soon will get new cameras for their uniforms and squad cars under a roughly $3.8 million contract approved by the city council Monday night.