Des Plaines Crime
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Jails struggle with role as makeshift asylumsJul 14, 2014 5:00 am - The numbers, posted daily on the Cook County sheriff's website, would be alarming at an urgent care clinic, let alone a jail: On a Wednesday, 36 percent of all new arriv...
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Three life sentences for Hoffman Estates murdersJul 09, 2014 1:00 am - D'Andre Howard will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering three members of the Engelhardt family and attempting to kill a fourth during what prosecutors des...
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Life sentence stands in Nellessen slayingJul 08, 2014 1:00 am - A Cook County judge on Tuesday denied a defense motion to reconsider the life sentence he imposed on 22-year-old Matthew Nellessen, who murdered his widowed father Georg...
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Mt. Prospect man who killed 4 in 1999 DUI admits to another on same roadJul 07, 2014 1:00 am - A man who killed four people in a 1999 drunken driving crash pleaded guilty Monday to driving under the influence again, on the same road, in February 2013 in McHenry Co...
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Northwest suburban police blotterJul 03, 2014 1:01 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Mount Prospect man charged with sexual assaultJul 03, 2014 1:01 am - A Cook County judge set bail at $300,000 Thursday for a 54-year-old Mount Prospect man charged with sexually assaulting a young girl five years ago. Maximino Camacho-La...
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Mount Prospect man faces $150,000 bond on DUI chargeJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - A Cook County judge on Wednesday ordered a Mount Prospect man charged with DUI to be held on a $150,000 bond, prosecutors said. Police arrested Lorenzo Gomez, of the 60...
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Gacy investigator to discuss caseJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - The arresting officer and lead investigator in the John Wayne Gacy serial murder investigation will talk about the case during two upcoming events sponsored by the Des P...
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Lake sheriff's department has most DUI arrests in stateJul 01, 2014 1:01 am - The sheriff's department in Illinois with the most DUI arrests in 2013 is Lake County, with 348, the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists reported Tuesday in its 24th ...
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10 plead guilty to human traffickingJun 30, 2014 1:01 am - Cook County prosecutors say 10 people have pleaded guilty to trafficking young women and girls for sex. State's Attorney Anita Alvarez said Monday that nine men and one ...