Des Plaines Crime
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Mount Prospect man charged with stabbing brotherJul 01, 2013 11:08 am - A 55-year-old Mount Prospect man is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday facing up to five years in prison on allegations he stabbed his brother Saturday during an argum...
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Electronic tracker led police to Des Plaines armed robbersJun 30, 2013 10:00 pm - Three Chicago men who robbed a Des Plaines Radio Shack at gunpoint on Thursday were arrested after police found them via a tracking device on one of the electronics they...
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Man returning from dinner shot inside Inverness homeJun 30, 2013 1:08 am - Police say two men waited inside an Inverness home Friday night and shot a 63-year-old man in the stomach after he returned from dinner with his girlfriend. Inverness po...
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3 Chicago men charged with Des Plaines Radio Shack robberyJun 30, 2013 1:08 am - Three Chicago men were arrested Thursday and charged with stealing 90 cellphones, computers and monitors from a Des Plaines Radio Shack, a total of almost $31,000, polic...
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Sanity evaluation ordered in 2012 Elgin frying pan murderJun 28, 2013 4:24 pm - Defense attorneys have ordered a sanity evaluation for a 35-year-old Elgin woman who is accused of beating her boyfriend to death with a frying pan. Nora Leach-Peterson,...
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Prosecutors: Convicted sex offender failed to registerJun 27, 2013 7:37 pm - A 36-year-old convicted sex offender, who police say was loitering in a children’s play area in an Elk Grove Village fast-food restaurant, pleaded guilty to failing to n...
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Des Plaines cop again charged with domestic batteryJun 27, 2013 2:27 pm - Nearly a year after being acquitted of domestic battery charges by a McHenry County court, Des Plaines Police Sgt. Matthew R. Thomas, formerly Matthew Hicks, has been ch...
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Northwest suburban police blotterJun 27, 2013 11:40 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Lawyer guilty in 2-year-old contempt caseJun 25, 2013 6:13 pm - A Cook County judge found a Des Plaines attorney guilty of indirect contempt of court Wednesday, ending a saga that began two years ago when the lawyer didn’t show up fo...
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Riverdale man arrested in 2012 slayingJun 24, 2013 3:31 pm - The Cook County sheriff’s office says a 27-year-old Riverdale resident has been arrested in the 2012 shooting death of an Indiana man. In a news release, the sheriff’s o...