Des Plaines Crime
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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 ...
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Legislation targets mug shot-removal websitesJun 09, 2013 8:00 am - Websites that carry arrest booking photos would be banned from accepting money to remove them in Illinois under proposed legislation headed to Gov. Pat Quinn. Lawmakers...
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Cook County authorities seize $200K in marijuanaJun 07, 2013 4:19 pm - Two Chicago men are facing charges after Cook County deputies found 44 pounds of marijuana during an eviction this week on the city’s South Side. Officials said Friday t...
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Des Plaines man charged with child solicitationJun 07, 2013 2:26 pm - A Des Plaines man has been charged with soliciting sex from an undercover Elmhurst police officer posing online as a 15-year-old girl, police said Friday. Jeffrey Mytni...
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Northwest suburban police blotterJun 06, 2013 2:24 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Homeless man charged after standoff with Des Plaines policeJun 04, 2013 4:18 pm - Des Plaines police arrested a 52-year-old homeless man Monday after authorities say he called 911 from a public parking garage claiming he was armed with a military rifl...
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Cook County will collect DNA swabs at jailJun 04, 2013 4:04 pm - A day after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for police to take DNA swabs from anyone they arrest for serious crimes, officials in Chicago said they would start co...
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5 Aurora gang members who ignored lawsuit banned from hanging outJun 04, 2013 1:58 pm - In the year since the Kane County State’s Attorney’s office sued 35 Latin Kings in Aurora, injunctions have been issued against five gang members because they never resp...
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CeaseFire severing ties with executive director after arrestJun 03, 2013 5:18 pm - The anti-violence organization CeaseFire says it will not renew the contract of its executive director, who was charged with domestic violence for, authorities allege, p...