Des Plaines Crime
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Wheeling man sentenced to jail for forging checkSep 17, 2015 1:00 am - A Wheeling man convicted last month of forgery and attempted theft was sentenced Thursday to 120 days in jail and 30 months probation. Andrew A. Schwartz, 27, the forme...
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Des Plaines police investigate convenience store robberySep 17, 2015 1:00 am - Des Plaines police are investigating the strong-arm robbery of a convenience store early Thursday in which a man stole about $50 cash after scuffling with a clerk. Accor...
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Madigan charges alleged suburban 'bootleggers' with tax evasionSep 17, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is charging several suburban men who operate Chicago liquor stores with evading more than $3.5 million in sales taxes collectively...
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Northwest suburban police blotterSep 17, 2015 1:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Elgin sex offender admits he's a pedophile, will get treatmentSep 15, 2015 1:00 am - A 39-year-old Elgin man who served prison time for molesting a boy in August 2010 in a restroom at an Elgin shopping area has admitted he is a pedophile and will be sent...
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Des Plaines man awarded million for wrongful conviction now sued over shootingSep 14, 2015 1:00 am - A Des Plaines man awarded $25 million for his wrongful murder conviction is now being sued by the man police say he shot last month in Chicago. In a lawsuit filed Monday...
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Northwest suburban police blotterSep 06, 2015 1:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Elgin man charged with detonating homemade fireworksSep 04, 2015 1:00 am - An Elgin man accused of detonating homemade fireworks was arrested this week and now faces felony explosives and bomb charges, officials say. David C. Minard, 36, was in...
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Mt. Prospect woman scammed out of $1,885Sep 03, 2015 1:00 am - A Mount Prospect woman made multiple payments over weeks to a man who called her July 21 to say she had won a $9,000 three-year grant, police said. By Aug. 25, when she ...
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Experts: Need for attention drives most false police reportsSep 03, 2015 1:00 am - In the midst of investigating the 1999 deaths of Marilyn Lemak's three young children at the hands of their mother, Ray McGury — then a Naperville police detective — got...