Des Plaines Crime
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Former Des Plaines cop admits to inflating DUI arrest figuresJun 03, 2014 11:00 pm - A former Des Plaines police commander has pleaded guilty to charges of inflating DUI arrest numbers to receive federal funds for police overtime reimbursements. Tim Veit...
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D'Andre Howard guilty in Hoffman Estates murdersJun 03, 2014 1:01 am - Convicted Tuesday of stabbing to death three members of his ex-fiance Amanda Engelhardt's family in their Hoffman Estates home, D'Andre Howard faces mandatory life in pr...
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Schaumburg man charged in FBI child porn stingJun 02, 2014 1:01 am - A 34-year-old Schaumburg man is facing federal child pornography charges after a recent undercover FBI operation. Kurt S. Mayer, whose most recent address is listed on ...
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D'Andre Howard 'just wanted to make the noise stop'Jun 02, 2014 1:00 am - D'Andre Howard admitted to “wildly slashing” four members of his fiancee Amanda Engelhardt's family and said he heard loud noises in his head “like a siren” while he did...
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Stab wounds too hard to look at in Howard murder trialMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - Grim photographic evidence of the vicious attacks against three members of a Hoffman Estates family led some people to leave the courtroom and defendant D'Andre Howard t...
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Probation for Des Plaines woman in credit card theftMay 30, 2014 1:00 am - A 52-year-old Des Plaines woman who worked as an office manager for a condo association admitted misusing the assocation's credit card and was sentenced to probation, co...
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Grandmother's mental fitness at issue in murder caseMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - A doctor says a South suburban woman is unfit to stand trial for the death of her 6-month-old granddaughter. The Southtown Star reported Alfreda Giedrojc will have a he...
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Paramedic recalls Laura Engelhardt asking, 'Am I going to die?'May 29, 2014 1:00 am - Eighteen-year-old Laura Engelhardt had one question as paramedics rushed her by ambulance to the hospital after a knife attack on her family on April 17, 2009. “Am I goi...
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Northwest suburban police blotterMay 28, 2014 11:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Sex offender faces new chargesMay 28, 2014 1:01 am - A sex offender on probation for previous child sex charges was recently charged with exposing himself to several young children, officials said. Austin Hamilton, 26, of ...