Des Plaines Crime
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Cook County cuts cost of jail phone callsDec 19, 2012 9:45 am - The Cook County Board has approved revisions to a contract with Securus Technologies, which will result in Cook County Jail inmates being able to talk twice as long for ...
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Northwest suburban police blotterDec 18, 2012 11:39 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Mount Prospect man found guilty of assaulting teenDec 18, 2012 7:45 am - After deliberating more than eight hours over two days, a Cook County jury Tuesday convicted Herbert Burgess of sexually assaulting a teenage boy at Burgess’ Mount Prosp...
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Deliberations continue in sex assault caseDec 17, 2012 5:57 pm - Jurors deliberated until late Monday night without deciding the fate of a Mount Prospect man charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. For prosecutors, the ca...
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Outside judge sought in Daley nephew’s trialDec 17, 2012 10:37 am - Cook County’s chief judge asked the Illinois Supreme Court on Monday to appoint a judge from outside the county to preside over the involuntary manslaughter case of a ne...
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Defense presents its case in Mount Prospect man’s sex assault trialDec 14, 2012 12:25 am - Seven defense witnesses, including two police detectives who previously testified for the prosecution, took the witness stand Friday as day four of Herbert Burgess’s tri...
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Jailhouse informant: Defendant threatened accuserDec 13, 2012 6:22 pm - As the sexual assault trial of Herbert Burgess entered its third day Thursday, a jailhouse informant testified Burgess told him he was going to have his accuser beaten w...
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Elgin murder, arson suspect wants police statements tossedDec 13, 2012 5:20 pm - An Elgin woman accused of participating in the stabbing and killing of a 61-year-old man last December and setting his apartment on fire to cover up his murder wants a j...
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Lombard man charged in Des Plaines bank robberyDec 12, 2012 4:00 pm - A Lombard man suspected of committing three Chicago-area bank robberies is in custody, according to an FBI news release. Martin Crossley, 37, was arrested Monday by FBI ...
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Police: Man admits breaking into 37 vehiclesDec 12, 2012 3:00 pm - A Des Plaines man who was recently apprehended by police while breaking into a vehicle has admitted to burglarizing 37 other vehicles in the city since Oct. 1, police sa...