Des Plaines Crime
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Long-secret phone bill in Koschman case reveals early calls to Mayor Daley's brotherMay 02, 2020 1:00 am - Sixteen years after then-Mayor Richard M. Daley's nephew Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko threw a punch that cost Mount Prospect resident David Koschman his life, newly release...
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Elgin police: Man faces DUI, gun charges in road rage caseApr 28, 2020 1:00 am - A 33-year-old man is accused of driving drunk and pointing a loaded gun at a man in Elgin during a road rage incident that began in Algonquin, according to Elgin police ...
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Cook County officials: COVID-19 absent in juvenile detaineesApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - None of the 88 general population residents selected for testing at Cook County's Juvenile Temporary Detention Center tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, health c...
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Police: Elgin man threatened to shoot officers in domestic callApr 21, 2020 1:00 am - A 25-year-old Elgin man has been charged with threatening police officers after his arrest early Saturday during a domestic incident. Angelo Aranda, of the 200 block of ...
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Will new evidence mean new trial in 1988 murder-for-hire case?Apr 17, 2020 5:30 am - More than three decades after authorities say he gunned down a Palatine Township woman in a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by her husband, Ronald Kliner is trying aga...
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Two people charged after 5 dead dogs, 2 dead cats found in Fox Lake homeApr 15, 2020 1:00 am - A pair of Des Plaines residents face multiple felony animal cruelty charges stemming from the discovery of five dead dogs and two dead cats in a Fox Lake home they previ...
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Police: Loud stereo leads to Elgin man's arrest on drug, weapons chargesApr 13, 2020 1:00 am - A loud car stereo led to the arrest of a 32-year-old Elgin man over the weekend on felony methamphetamine and weapons charges, according to Elgin police. Fredy Ramirez-S...
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With academies closed, arrival of needed rookie cops is on holdApr 10, 2020 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas copsandcrime@dailyherald.com Elburn Police Chief Nick Sikora had hoped to have a new police officer working for him by now. That'...
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Elgin man charged with 4th DUI, trying to spit on officerApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - A 34-year-old Elgin man has been charged with his fourth DUI after crashing into a row of parked cars near his home and later trying to spit on an officer, police said. ...
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Rolling Meadows courthouse quiets in response to COVID-19 pandemicMar 31, 2020 1:00 am - Rolling Meadows' once-bustling Third District Cook County courthouse has quieted considerably in the two weeks since Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans ordered most criminal a...