Des Plaines Crime
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Elgin man charged with 3rd DUI, injuring woman in crashJan 15, 2020 12:00 am - A 53-year-old man was charged with his third DUI after police say he rear-ended another vehicle Tuesday night near Elgin, injuring its driver. Lou Southivongnorrath, of ...
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Elgin man charged in West Dundee woman's overdose deathJan 15, 2020 12:00 am - An Elgin man has been charged in the overdose death of a 30-year-old woman from West Dundee in 2018. Gehovani R. Gomez, of the 800 block of Bode Road, faces a felony cha...
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Driver charged with reckless homicide in Jan. 5 crash that killed Des Plaines manJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - A 33-year-old Florida man was driving under the influence of alcohol and at excessive speeds last week when his car collided with a second vehicle in Des Plaines, killin...
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Wheeling man convicted in 2018 crash that killed Mount Prospect teenJan 10, 2020 12:00 am - A Rolling Meadows jury took less than an hour late Friday to find a Wheeling man guilty of the 2018 high-speed collision that claimed the life of 16-year-old Alyssa Lend...
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Elgin man guilty of 2006 murder faces felony pot chargesJan 10, 2020 12:00 am - An Elgin man who was sentenced to prison for fatally shooting a gang member and sex offender during a fight in September 2006 stuffing his body in a car and abandoning i...
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Defense expert testifies driver had 'no intentional control' of carJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - A collision reconstruction expert testified Thursday that Adam Grunin, charged with reckless homicide in the 2018 Wheeling collision that claimed the life of Mount Prosp...
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Elgin teen faces attempted murder charge in December shootingJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - A 17-year-old from Elgin is being charged as an adult with attempted murder in the shooting of a teen girl in Elgin in early December 2019. Erik R. Lopez, of 1800 block ...
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Was driver incapacitated or steering in high-speed crash that killed teen?Jan 08, 2020 12:00 am - A collision reconstruction expert with the Park Ridge Police Department testified the car involved in a fatal crash that killed a Mount Prospect teen was traveling at 10...
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Suspect sought in attempted child abduction in Palatine Twp.Jan 08, 2020 12:00 am - Cook County sheriff's investigators are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who may have attempted to abduct two children Tuesday in Palatine Township. Acc...
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Defense: Epileptic seizure to blame for 107 mph crash that killed 16-year-old Hersey studentJan 07, 2020 12:00 am - "Sometimes lives can change in an instant." Cook County prosecutor Michael Clarke was referring to Alyssa Lendino, a Mount Prospect teen who lost her life in a car crash...