Des Plaines Crime
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Police: Driver questioned, not charged in Mount Prospect hit-and-run of man in wheelchairJun 03, 2021 1:00 am - A 22-year-old Mount Prospect woman has been interviewed and released without charges in connection with a hit-and-run crash Wednesday that seriously injured a man in a w...
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Catalytic converters stolen in Des PlainesJun 02, 2021 1:00 am - Catalytic converters were stolen from beneath seven autos on six different blocks in Des Plaines from May 26 to May 31, police said. The thefts occurred on the 2900 bloc...
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Hit-and-run driver strikes man in Mount ProspectJun 02, 2021 1:00 am - A man in wheelchair was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon in a Mount Prospect hit-and-run on Elmhurst Road, authorities said. The Mount Prospect Police Department re...
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Prosecutors: Des Plaines man opened fire on police, tied to $22 million drug bustMay 30, 2021 1:00 am - A judge set bail at $5 million Sunday for a Des Plaines man accused at opening fire on undercover narcotics officers who were watching a Wood Dale warehouse for suspecte...
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U.S. attorney who started Operation Greylord dies at 91May 21, 2021 1:00 am - When U.S. Attorney Thomas P. Sullivan took the first steps to begin what would become the legendary Cook County corruption probe known as Operation Greylord, he knew its...
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State Senate passes legislation that would track sexual assault in schoolsMay 19, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois schools might soon have to publicly report the number of sexual assaults involving students on their campuses under a proposal that passed the state Senate Wedn...
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More than a game: How Cook County is using chess to prepare inmates for life on the outsideMay 14, 2021 5:30 am - For at least a little while this week, the seven men wearing khaki scrubs with "DOC" emblazoned in big black letters across the back weren't just inmates in the Cook Cou...
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Suspect in killing of Maine South alum arrestedMay 14, 2021 1:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. - A fugitive wanted in the killing of a Maine South High School alumnus in Connecticut in February was arrested Friday in Alabama, U.S. marshals said. An...
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Palatine police expected to take overnight calls from Harper CollegeMay 04, 2021 5:30 am - The Palatine Police Department is expected to begin responding to overnight calls from Harper College later this year or early next year. The village council gave its co...
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What prospective jurors need to know as jury trials resume in Cook CountyMay 03, 2021 5:30 am - The reprieve from jury duty at the Rolling Meadows Third Municipal District Courthouse is about to end. Monday marks the resumption of criminal jury trials in Rolling M...