Des Plaines Crime
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Officials: Streamwood man charged with grabbing teens, impersonating cop in Park RidgeJul 01, 2023 1:00 am - A Streamwood man is facing aggravated battery charges after authorities say he grabbed a Park Ridge police officer who was investigating reports of a fake cop molesting ...
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Jewelry worth about $60,000 stolen from vehicle in Mount ProspectJun 28, 2023 1:00 am - A Schaumburg man is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever stole an estimated $60,000 in jewelry from his wife's vehicle ...
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Sheriff: Man charged with attempted murder in 2022 Maine Twp. shootingJun 24, 2023 1:00 am - Bail was set at $500,000 Saturday for a Chicago man accused of shooting a woman during a road rage episode last year in an unincorporated area of Maine Township, Cook Co...
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Park Ridge police: Man impersonated officer, made inappropriate contact with girlsJun 23, 2023 11:00 pm - Park Ridge police are investigating two reports of a man who impersonated an officer while approaching teenage girls. The man started to question two teens who were walk...
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Thief takes $2,600 using debit card stolen in Des Plaines, police sayJun 21, 2023 1:00 am - A thief, possibly working with a partner, stole a woman's debit card at a store in Des Plaines and then took $2,600 from her bank account, police said Wednesday. The the...
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Des Plaines police release video of officer fatally shooting ax-wielding manJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - Des Plaines police released bodycam videos Thursday showing an officer fatally shooting an ax-wielding man last month in an apartment building hallway. The videos - four...
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Des Plaines resident lost $1,000 in Taylor Swift ticket scam, police sayJun 14, 2023 1:00 am - A Des Plaines woman who thought she was buying Taylor Swift concert tickets from someone using social media was scammed out of $1,000, police said Wednesday. The 58-year...
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Three held on charges they beat an Arlington Heights man with fists and a baseball batJun 13, 2023 1:00 am - An Arlington Heights man suffered extensive injures, including two broken legs, fractured vertebrae, a brain hemorrhage, a collapsed lung and a broken nose, when three m...
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Mt. Prospect man faces drug, gun chargesJun 13, 2023 1:00 am - A federal grand jury has indicted a Mount Prospect man on drug and firearm charges, alleging he possessed multiple guns while selling fentanyl and other narcotics in sev...
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Sex offender from Des Plaines attacked a teenager in May, police sayJun 09, 2023 1:00 am - A registered sex offender from Des Plaines was arrested again after DNA evidence tied him to the May kidnapping and rape of a teenager in that suburb, authorities said F...