Des Plaines Crime
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Five charged with burglarizing video-gambling businessesAug 21, 2024 6:06 pm - Five men have been charged with participating in a burglary ring that targeted video-gambling businesses throughout the state, including suburban ones.
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Gurnee man arrested in connection with Park Ridge road rage shootingAug 20, 2024 9:31 pm - A 24-year-old Gurnee man is facing felony weapons charges following a road rage shooting in Park Ridge Monday evening.
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Mount Prospect man facing life sentence after being convicted on weapon, drug chargesAug 20, 2024 1:56 pm - A Mount Prospect man was convicted by a federal jury of multiple drug and weapons charges.
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Men arrested after gun found in car in Des PlainesAug 20, 2024 8:36 am - Two downstate men are facing charges after police found a loaded handgun in a car in Des Plaines, authorities said. Colton Carter, 23, of Bloomington, and Keegan Marshall...
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Officials: Road rage incident leads to shots fired in Park RidgeAug 19, 2024 10:02 pm - A fiery road rage exchange Monday resulted in shots fired near Park Ridge, officials said according to a Park Ridge Police Department news release.
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Cook County jail corrections officer charged with drug possessionAug 16, 2024 4:58 pm - The Cook County sheriff’s department announced the arrest of a corrections officer at the Cook County jail on drug charges following an internal investigation of reports of individuals attempting to smuggle drugs into the facility.
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Lemont businessman sentenced to five years in prison for bribeAug 16, 2024 9:45 am - A Lemont businessman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison after admitting he bribed an employee of the Cook County assessor’s office to lower taxes on his family’s properties.
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Sheriff warns of drug-soaked pieces of paperAug 14, 2024 8:55 pm - Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart issued a warning Wednesday about the danger of paper soaked with synthetic drugs, after his investigators seized several pieces from inmates at the county jail recently.
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Des Plaines man charged with sex abuse of juvenileAug 12, 2024 3:08 pm - A Des Plaines man is in jail after being charged with sexually abusing the juvenile daughter of a friend, authorities said Monday.
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Police release photos of Park Ridge bank robberAug 10, 2024 10:23 am - Police have released photos of the gunman who held up a Park Ridge bank Friday.