Des Plaines Crime
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Police: Woman's gun goes off in car, hits boyfriend outside Rivers CasinoNov 06, 2023 12:00 am - A shooting outside Rivers Casino in Des Plaines early Saturday turned out to be an accident where a woman's gun went off and hit her boyfriend, police said. Ari T. Mille...
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Cops could tap into cameras at two Arlington Heights schools, under proposalNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - Arlington Heights police would be allowed to tap into camera systems at two schools during any emergency response, under an agreement to be considered Thursday by the No...
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Police: Man carrying extension cord and zip ties approached boys at Des Plaines parkNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - Authorities said two boys playing at a Des Plaines park Wednesday were approached by a man carrying an extension cord and zip ties. The siblings, ages 8 and 17, were at ...
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Free Narcan machine installed at Des Plaines police stationOct 27, 2023 1:00 am - A vending machine offering free doses of medicine that can help people who have overdosed on opioids has been installed in another suburban police station. Des Plaines o...
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Des Plaines man accused of stealing $18,000 in phishing scam, police sayOct 26, 2023 1:00 am - A Des Plaines man is accused of stealing $18,000 from a San Diego resident's bank account in a phishing scam, police said. Nasir Shaikh, 71, of the 700 block of West Alg...
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Amid rash of human trafficking cases, Dart calls on website operators to work with policeOct 24, 2023 1:00 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is calling on website managers to work with police to prevent human sex trafficking and labor exploitation, after his investigators' work he...
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Two robbed outside Des Plaines business SaturdayOct 23, 2023 1:00 am - Two men were robbed early Saturday by gunmen outside a business in Des Plaines, police said Monday. The victims had just gotten into a car in a parking lot in the 3000 b...
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'It will help him move on': Teen mistakenly shot by Des Plaines cop settles lawsuit for $1.9 millionOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - A Chicago teenager who was mistakenly shot by a Des Plaines police officer in 2019 has settled a lawsuit against the suburb for $1.9 million. According to a statement re...
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Freed after serving 16 years for Rolling Meadows murder, he now seeks accountability for 'miscarriage of justice'Oct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - Nearly 12 years ago, after a Cook County judge sentenced him to life in prison for the 2006 murder of aspiring Rolling Meadows rapper Marquis Lovings, Patrick Taylor ins...
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Des Plaines man bought $3,000 in gift cards for fake Homeland Security agent, police sayOct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - A scammer posing as a Homeland Security Department agent persuaded a Des Plaines man to buy nearly $3,000 worth of gift cards and share photos of the cards, authorities ...