Des Plaines Crime
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Witnesses recall gunfire, vehicle speeding off after teen killed in Des PlainesJan 16, 2023 12:00 am - Des Plaines police continue to investigate the killing of a 16-year-old boy found shot to death Sunday night on a residential street just west of the city's downtown. Of...
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16-year-old shot and killed in Des PlainesJan 15, 2023 12:00 am - A 16-year-old was shot and killed Sunday night, Des Plaines police said. Police said they were called to the 1300 block of Perry Street for a report of shots fired and ...
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Five juveniles arrested after carjacking, burglaries outside Des Plaines hotelsJan 15, 2023 12:00 am - Five juveniles have been arrested in connection with a carjacking and a string of burglaries of vehicles early Sunday morning at hotels in Des Plaines. Des Plaines polic...
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so farJan 13, 2023 4:00 am - Despite thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews and untold hours of investigation, it took nearly a decade - and a couple of strokes of luck - for police to arrest th...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...
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Top crime stories of 2022: Mayhem and heartbreak defined the year in suburban crimeJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - A mass shooting on July 4 in Highland Park, during which a lone shooter stood atop a building firing nearly 90 rounds at parade spectators and participants, shocked the ...
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Mount Prospect police hosting community meeting for Boxwood neighborhoodJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - In the wake of recent criminal events in Mount Prospect's Boxwood neighborhood, including a pair of shootings in the last month, Mount Prospect police are hosting a comm...
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Two men charged after carjacking outside Rivers CasinoJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - Editor's note: Several details in this story, including the defendant's addresses, have been updated since the initial report. Two men are being held without bail o...
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Lake County top prosecutor lobbies state legislators to pass assault weapon banJan 06, 2023 4:00 am - Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart added his voice Thursday to those urging state legislators to pass a ban on so-called assault weapons before the legislative s...
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One injured in Des Plaines shooting, three young men in custodyJan 06, 2023 12:00 am - Three young men, including two minors, are being held in connection to a gang-related shooting that left one person injured Thursday night in Des Plaines, police announc...