Des Plaines Crime
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Park Ridge man indicted in bank embezzlement caseFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - A 57-year-old Park Ridge man was one of four additional people charged this week in a conspiracy to embezzle funds from a failed Chicago bank. The indictment alleges tha...
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Des Plaines police investigating dealership carjackingsFeb 25, 2021 12:00 am - The Des Plaines Police Department is investigating carjackings that occurred early Thursday morning near an auto dealership. Police responded to a reported disturbance a...
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Select Cook County courts to resume jury trials next monthFeb 24, 2021 12:00 am - After more than a year, jury trials are set to resume at two Cook County courthouses by late March, according to an order issued Wednesday by Chief Judge Timothy C. Evan...
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Constable: Retiring chief went from crime victim to mall cop to lead investigator on Gliniewicz caseFeb 23, 2021 12:00 am -
From mall security to major crimes to chief, George Filenko was always a cop
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'The perfect storm': How the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suburbs' opioid crisisFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Nicole Caceres fell to her knees in disbelief, feeling as if someone hit her in the chest and stole the air from her lungs. It had been three months since she learned he...
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Study of suburban opioid deaths points to heroin as the chief killerFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - A report on opioid-related overdose deaths in suburban Cook County released Friday found that heroin is the chief killer, and the highest death rates were in several Wes...
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Ex-clerk says Des Plaines alderman's arrest prompted her to run for council seatFeb 17, 2021 4:30 am - A Des Plaines alderman's recent drunken-driving arrest inspired a former city clerk to challenge him in the upcoming municipal election. "Elected officials should be hel...
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ACLU sues DuPage sheriff to ensure future inmate doesn't go through withdrawal symptomsFeb 12, 2021 4:30 am - Withholding methadone from a person addicted to opiates would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. So says the American Civil Liberties Union in a federal lawsuit it...
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Constable: Love scams in the air as we long for pandemic connectionsFeb 11, 2021 4:30 am - You, or maybe someone you know, possesses a head for figures. Nobody has a heart for figures. When faced with the financial question - Does this investment make sense? -...
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Des Plaines man charged with DUI after hitting trooper's vehicleFeb 03, 2021 12:00 am - An Illinois State Police trooper parked alongside I-90 was injured Tuesday night when a Des Plaines man who was driving drunk crashed into the back of his squad car, aut...