Des Plaines Crime
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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...
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Mount Prospect man accused of firing shots into the airJun 09, 2023 1:00 am - A Mount Prospect man accused of firing a gun into the air earlier this week now is facing charges, officials announced Friday. Justin M. Price, 32, is charged with one ...
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Armed robbery reported in Park RidgeJun 09, 2023 1:00 am - A masked man armed with a handgun stole a woman's purse Thursday night in Park Ridge, police said. The robbery occurred about 9:15 p.m. outside a store on the 2600 block...
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'Was revered, now reviled'; Former coach, counselor gets probation, home confinementJun 07, 2023 1:00 am - The former St. Viator High School counselor and basketball coach convicted of misdemeanor disorderly conduct for sending an inappropriate text message to a 16-year-old f...
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Ex-St. Viator coach, counselor found guilty of one charge, acquitted on three othersJun 01, 2023 1:00 am - Former St. Viator High School counselor and high school hall of fame basketball coach Joseph Majkowski was found guilty Wednesday of a misdemeanor disorderly conduct cha...
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Police: Man fatally shot by Des Plaines officer was armed with axMay 25, 2023 1:00 am - Bodycam footage shows that a 55-year-old man fatally shot by a Des Plaines police officer Wednesday night was armed with an ax and approaching officers in a threatening ...
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Arlington Heights woman charged with setting fire to Des Plaines shrineMay 24, 2023 1:00 am - An Arlington Heights woman faces an arson charge alleging she set the fire early Tuesday that caused significant damage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Pla...