Des Plaines Crime
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Ex-DePaul student gets 7½ years for trying to help Islamic State with computer programNov 18, 2022 12:00 am - An unusual terrorism case in Chicago came to a close Thursday when a federal judge handed a 7½-year prison sentence to a former DePaul University student from Park Ridge...
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Cook County Board approves budget with $11.4 million for sheriff's office helicopterNov 17, 2022 12:00 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said Thursday his agency will acquire a helicopter to track carjackers, look for missing people and offer aid during large-scale emergencies...
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Police: Shots fired during attempted car theft in Mount ProspectNov 17, 2022 12:00 am - Mount Prospect police are searching for a pair of would-be car thieves they say fired gunshots at a resident who caught them trying to steal a vehicle from his driveway ...
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Cook County prosecutors undecided on new R. Kelly trialNov 14, 2022 12:00 am - Cook County prosecutors on Monday asked for more time to decide on whether to prosecute R&B star R. Kelly on sexual abuse charges involving four Chicago-area women. At a...
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Truck trailer stolen in Des PlainesNov 11, 2022 12:00 am - A truck trailer filled with pallets was stolen early Sunday in Des Plaines, police said. The theft occurred about 1:20 a.m. in a parking lot on the 1300 block of South W...
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Des Plaines man charged with identity theftNov 10, 2022 12:00 am - A Des Plaines man has been charged with felony identity theft months after a stolen credit card was used to buy alcohol at a local store, police said Thursday. Ruben Jua...
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Cook County Board incumbent would expand weapons banOct 31, 2022 1:00 am - In the wake of the mass shootings in Highland Park and Uvalde, Texas, and surging gun violence in Chicago, Cook County Board member Scott Britton believes the county's b...
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Woman charged with aggravated DUI, reckless homicide in Rosemont crashOct 28, 2022 1:00 am - A 34-year-old woman whose blood prosecutors say contained THC - the active ingredient in marijuana - has been charged with aggravated DUI in a crash that killed a motorc...
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Des Plaines-based Lutheran Social Services of Illinois reports data breachOct 26, 2022 1:00 am - Some clients of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois may have had their personal information compromised by a security breach. On Jan. 27, the Des Plaines-based agency ...
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Man convicted of killing Arlington Heights man in 2018 gets 65 years in prisonOct 20, 2022 1:00 am - The justice Baldemar Esquivel and his family sought for the 2018 shooting death of his brother Vladimir Esquivel, whose body was found in his burning vehicle in a Mount ...