Des Plaines Crime
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New `RICO’ law leads to gang arrests in ChicagoJun 13, 2013 6:23 pm - Several dozen members of a Chicago street gang who are implicated in drug trafficking and murder have been charged under Illinois’ new racketeering law, authorities anno...
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Defense wants to know how government gathered evidence in terror caseJun 13, 2013 8:03 am - Prosecutors haven’t denied that an expanded U.S. phone and Internet surveillance program triggered an investigation that led to terrorism charges against a West suburban...
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Police: Elgin man fakes ‘slip and fall’ injuriesJun 12, 2013 10:50 pm - A 52-year-old man has been charged with insurance fraud after admitting to authorities that he filed a series of fake “slip and fall” lawsuits against fast food restaura...
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Former Elgin deputy chief on unpaid leave from new chief postJun 12, 2013 7:47 pm - A former Elgin Deputy Police Chief accused of identity theft and official misconduct made his first appearance in Kane County court Wednesday. Robert Beeter, 51, of Elgi...
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Chicago man sentenced to 45 years for suburban crimesJun 12, 2013 5:00 pm - A 42-year-old Chicago man convicted last year of carjacking a Rosemont cabdriver and robbing a Des Plaines Subway sandwich shop was sentenced on Wednesday to 45 years in...
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No bail for women accused in autistic boy’s deathJun 12, 2013 4:00 pm - A suburban mother and caretaker planned for more than a week to kill a 14-year-old boy with severe autism, prosecutors said Wednesday at a bond hearing for the women, bo...
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Mom, caretaker charged in autistic boy’s stabbingJun 11, 2013 10:29 pm - The mother of a 14-year-old with severe autism who was found stabbed to death Sunday in River Grove has been charged with murder. His live-in caretaker also has been cha...
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Northwest suburban police blotterJun 11, 2013 5:27 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Autistic boy stabbed to death with mom, caretaker nearbyJun 10, 2013 4:17 pm - Police were investigating the stabbing death of a severely autistic 14-year-old boy whose body was found by relatives at his suburban apartment with his mother and a car...
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Husband in obituary burglary spree gets 6-year termJun 10, 2013 11:48 am - The second member of a heroin-addicted couple from Johnsburg who read newspaper obituaries to target and burglarize homes while victims were at wakes has been sentenced ...