Des Plaines Crime
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Stabbing suspect also accused of hate crimeOct 12, 2014 1:01 am - A 26-year-old South suburban man faces charges of attempted first-degree murder and committing a hate crime after stabbing an elderly black woman in a grocery store, aut...
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Refugees charged with carjackings after fleeing Des PlainesOct 10, 2014 1:01 am - Two teenage Guatemalan refugees being housed on the campus of Maryville Academy are facing charges of vehicular hijacking after taking cars from people in Des Plaines an...
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160-year sentence for girl's killerOct 10, 2014 1:01 am - A man convicted of stabbing to death a suburban high school freshman during a 2011 burglary of her home has been sentenced to 160 years in prison. John Wilson Jr. was se...
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Wheeling man charged with sex assault of boyOct 10, 2014 1:01 am - A 22-year-old Wheeling man is accused of performing sex acts on a now 14-year-old Park Ridge boy he'd been baby-sitting from the summer of 2013 through the early spring ...
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Northwest suburban police blotterOct 03, 2014 11:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Jail inmate charged with trying to hire hit manOct 03, 2014 1:01 am - A Cook County jail inmate has been accused of trying to hire someone to kill a witness in his case. The sheriff's department says 37-year-old George Krueger of Blue Is...
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Owner of Schaumburg business pleads guilty to illegal exportOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - The former owner of a Schaumburg-based export company pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally shipping restricted items to Pakistan in 2009. Bilal Ahmed, 34, of Bolingbroo...
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Mount Prospect man charged with assaulting womanOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - A Cook County judge set bail at $100,000 Wednesday for a Mount Prospect man charged with home invasion and criminal sexual abuse. Equilino Jara, 22, could face up to 30 ...
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Former Des Plaines cop gets six months in prison for inflating DUI numbersOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - A former Des Plaines police commander will spend six months in prison for misreporting drunken driving arrest numbers to fraudulently obtain overtime reimbursement throu...
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No charges in wake of five-hour standoff in BartlettOct 02, 2014 1:00 am - No charges have been filed against a 25-year-old Naperville man whose “bizarre” statements prompted a nearly five-hour standoff at a pasta manufacturing plant in Bartlet...