Des Plaines Crime
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Man again charged with sex traffickingJun 19, 2013 4:42 pm - A man who was the first person to be convicted in Illinois under the state’s new tough human trafficking laws is facing similar charges in Cook County for the same offen...
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Des Plaines attorney back in court on 2-year-old contempt chargeJun 19, 2013 3:16 pm - A case that started two years ago when a lawyer asked for a jury trial over his client’s fender bender returned to a Rolling Meadows courtroom Wednesday for arguments ov...
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Northwest suburban police blotterJun 18, 2013 3:37 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Probation for Elgin woman who tried to fake lottery winJun 18, 2013 2:00 pm - A 19-year-old Elgin woman who police say falsified documents in an attempt to claim a winning lottery ticket pleaded guilty to charges of attempted theft by deception. ...
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Wife pleads innocent in Inverness man's 1979 deathJun 17, 2013 3:00 pm - A Michigan woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday at her arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the death more than 30 years ago of her husband, Inverness commoditie...
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Itasca shopkeeper gets probation for synthetic drugsJun 17, 2013 12:00 pm - An Itasca shopkeeper has been sentenced to two years of probation for carrying synthetic marijuana in his store. Sureshbhai Patel, 54, of Des Plaines, pleaded guilty Fr...
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Arlington Heights man charged with felony batteryJun 15, 2013 11:51 am - A 26-year-old Arlington Heights man is charged with felony aggravated domestic battery and unlawful restraint after authorities said he attacked his girlfriend at a home...
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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...