Des Plaines Crime
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Prosecutors: Homework assignment sparks sexual abuse chargesApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - A high school homework assignment led to the arrest of a Mount Prospect man on sexual abuse charges, according to Cook County prosecutors. Juan Vazquez Ortiz, 45, is ch...
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Authorities identify teen killed in shooting near Des PlainesApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - Cook County authorities have identified 18-year-old Erik Esquivel as the teen shot and killed Thursday afternoon in an apartment complex parking lot near Des Plaines. Th...
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Man shot and killed in Des Plaines-area apartment complex parking lotApr 22, 2021 1:00 am - A man was shot and killed Thursday afternoon in a Des Plaines-area apartment complex parking lot, officials said. Authorities responded at 3:47 p.m. to reports of a shoo...
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Des Plaines man facing child predator charges after online stingApr 16, 2021 1:00 am - A 69-year-old Des Plaines man was charged with several felonies after he solicited an undercover Cook County sheriff's office investigator posing online as a teenage boy...
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Des Plaines man charged with sexually abusing 12-year-old girl at motelApr 15, 2021 1:00 am - A 20-year-old Des Plaines man who prosecutors say sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl at a Prospect Heights motel was ordered held on $200,000 bail Thursday on predato...
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Gun fired in Des Plaines robberyApr 13, 2021 1:00 am - A Des Plaines man trying to sell designer clothes to someone he'd met online was robbed at gunpoint Monday night, police said. At least one shot was fired but no one was...
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In effort to prevent late-night problems, Rosemont adds fighting prohibition to local codeApr 12, 2021 1:00 am - Rosemont officials approved one more local regulation Monday to clamp down on unruly late-night behavior in the village's popular entertainment district. Under the measu...
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Sex sting at Northwest suburban hotel leads to 21 arrestsApr 09, 2021 1:00 am - Officers from the Cook County sheriff's office Special Victims Unit issued citations to 21 men and towed 17 vehicles after the men responded to online prostitution adver...
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$750,000 cash bond for Des Plaines man charged in crash that killed threeApr 09, 2021 1:00 am - The Des Plaines man charged in a Mount Prospect crash that killed a Des Plaines couple and their 31-year-old son last month was ordered held on a $750,000 cash bond, mea...
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Police: Man charged in Mount Prospect crash that killed 3 was going 108 mphApr 08, 2021 1:00 am - A Des Plaines man has been charged in a Mount Prospect crash last month that killed three members of a Des Plaines family. Mount Prospect police said Thursday that Garre...