Elgin Crime

Elgin police ask for help in search for robber

By Maia Luem
May 14, 2022 1:00 AM - Elgin police are asking for the public's help in identifying the person who committed an armed robbery April 30 on the 500 block of Shady Oaks Drive.
Handgun found after fight at Hoffman Estates High School

By Eric Peterson
May 13, 2022 6:30 PM - A Friday morning scuffle among three students at Hoffman Estates High School was resolved quickly, but authorities found a gun in a bag belonging to one of the students.
Dog killed in shooting near downtown Elgin

Daily Herald report
May 8, 2022 8:12 AM - A dog was shot and killed Saturday night in Elgin when someone opened fire during an altercation, police said.
Hoffman Estates police investigating early Friday carjacking

By Eric Peterson
May 6, 2022 8:05 PM - Hoffman Estates police are investigating a carjacking that occurred early Friday morning on West Golf Road.
Siblings admit to undocumented immigrant hiring scheme at Streamwood factory

By Zack Miller
May 6, 2022 6:45 PM - An Elgin woman and her brother have admitted to scheming to hire undocumented immigrants at a Streamwood factory, federal prosecutors said.
Father charged after infant's drug-related death near Des Plaines

By Russell Lissau
May 5, 2022 3:48 PM - A Des Plaines-area man has been charged in the drug-related death of his infant son nearly a year ago, police announced Thursday.
Carpentersville man charged with murder in Elgin apartment shooting

By Rick West
May 2, 2022 11:10 PM - A Carpentersville man is facing first-degree murder charges in connection with a deadly apartment shooting last month in Elgin.
'Irretrievable depravity': Elgin man must serve 62 and a half years in prison for murdering, dismembering mother

By Barbara Vitello
May 2, 2022 7:13 PM - Describing "irretrievable depravity exhibited by this defendant," a Cook County judge on Monday sentenced Brian Peck to 75 years in prison for murdering and dismembering his 76-year-old mother in the Elgin home they shared.
Elgin police investigating armed robbery at ATM

By Zack Miller
May 1, 2022 6:31 PM - Elgin police are investigating an armed robbery Saturday night outside an ATM on the city's east side.
Elgin police still seeking info about gunshot victim

By James Fuller
Apr 29, 2022 9:12 PM - Elgin police have not yet determined the circumstances of events that resulted in a person showing up at a hospital with a gunshot wound on Monday -- including whether the shooting even happened in Elgin.

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Year Incorporated:1854
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