Des Plaines Crime
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Des Plaines police investigating fatal shootingNov 12, 2019 12:00 am - Des Plaines police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 54-year-old man found dead Monday in a mobile home community on the city's southwest side. Martin V. Chavez,...
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Buschauer gets 25 years for drowning wife 19 years agoNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - Frank Buschauer, convicted of drowning his wife 19 years ago in the couple's South Barrington home in what a Cook County judge had described as "a senseless death over t...
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Meet Hatty, Cook County's canine companion for crime victimsNov 01, 2019 5:30 am - Gentle, friendly and cuddly probably aren't the words you'd expect when hearing a description of the latest staffing addition at the office responsible for prosecuting s...
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Bank of America robbed in Park RidgeOct 30, 2019 1:00 am - A man armed with a handgun robbed the Bank of America branch at 501 N. Greenwood Ave. in Park Ridge on Wednesday afternoon. The robbery occurred about 12:45 p.m., accor...
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Man who stole from Mount Prospect company granted second chance probationOct 29, 2019 1:00 am - A man who prosecutors say took iPhones and iPads from the Mount Prospect trucking company where he worked pleaded guilty to theft in exchange for two years of "second ch...
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Off-duty ride-share driver charged with reckless homicide in landscaper's deathOct 29, 2019 1:00 am - The off-duty ride-share driver who authorities say struck and killed a landscaper working along Golf Road in Mount Prospect was ordered held on $75,000 bail Tuesday. Mu...
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Berwyn man accused of hitting Elgin woman, injuring her daughterOct 28, 2019 1:00 am - A Berwyn man faces battery charges for hitting his girlfriend and injuring her daughter who tried to intervene, authorities said Monday. Darius J. Fizer, 28, of the 1500...
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Man pleads guilty to running over ex-girlfriend in Yorktown parking lotOct 28, 2019 1:00 am - Several days before he ran her over in a Yorktown Center parking lot in Lombard, Jose Aguirre texted his ex-girlfriend - the mother of his son - to tell her: "My son's g...
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Prosecutors: Arlington Heights man brought toddler to drug saleOct 24, 2019 1:00 am - An Arlington Heights parolee who Cook County prosecutors say brought his toddler to a drug sale was ordered held on $100,000 bail Wednesday on drug-related charges. Chr...
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Man who drove through Woodfield indicted on charges of terrorism, criminal damageOct 18, 2019 1:00 am - Cook County prosecutors announced an indictment against a Palatine man charged with driving his SUV into Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg last month. Javier Garcia, 23, fac...