Des Plaines Crime
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‘I didn't like him, but he was a human being’: Attorney tells of representing Gacy in new bookJan 12, 2024 5:15 am - With all the news articles, documentaries, books and even multiple feature films — one starring the late, great Brian Dennehy — you might think there's nothing new to be ...
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Car thieves targeting Des Plaines gas stationsJan 10, 2024 4:25 pm - For at least the fourth time in the last two months, a car was stolen this week at a Des Plaines gas station after a driver stopped to fill up. Two additional thefts were...
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Des Plaines men facing gun, cannabis chargesJan 09, 2024 12:49 pm - Nearly two months after a Des Plaines house was hit by gunfire, someone has been charged with pulling the trigger, police said this week. Nathan Gibson, 27, of the 2800 b...
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Shots fired at home in Des PlainesJan 02, 2024 1:13 pm - No one was hurt last week when someone shot at a mobile home on the 2900 block of Curtis Street in Des Plaines, breaking a window, police said. The shooting was reported ...
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Remains of missing woman found in forest preserve near Des PlainesDec 29, 2023 8:22 am - A missing St. Louis-area woman’s remains were found Thursday in a forest preserve just east of Des Plaines, nearly a week after her ex-boyfriend was charged with her murd...
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Mount Prospect man fatally stabbed at Burger King in Des PlainesDec 28, 2023 6:37 pm - A Mount Prospect man was fatally stabbed at a Des Plaines Burger King on Wednesday evening, and the search for his killer continued Thursday. Mario Jara-Antemante, 28, wa...
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Four charged in August slayings of teenage brothers near GlenviewDec 20, 2023 6:16 pm - A pair of teenage brothers fatally shot outside their Glenview-area home in August were killed in revenge for an earlier altercation, authorities said Wednesday in announ...
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Des Plaines man facing child pornography chargesDec 08, 2023 12:00 am - A Des Plaines man is facing child pornography charges following his arrest Thursday. Antonio Albavera-Cruz, 23, of the 1400 block of Perry Street, also was charged with ...
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Des Plaines man accused of threatening schools, judgesDec 03, 2023 12:00 am - A Des Plaines man faces charges alleging he called the DeKalb County State's Attorney's Office more than a dozen times, threatened to commit a school shooting or bombing...
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Thief made $26,000 in fraudulent purchases, police sayNov 24, 2023 12:00 am - A thief used a stolen credit card belonging to a Des Plaines business to make about $26,000 in purchases, police said this week. The card was inside a car that was stole...