Elgin Crime
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Traffic safety checkpoint set for Aug. 22 in Elk Grove VillageAug 12, 2025 10:31 am - Cook County sheriff’s deputies will team with police in Elk Grove Village and Mount Prospect to conduct a traffic safety checkpoint Friday, Aug. 22.
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Former Wheaton woman pleads guilty to abducting her daughter in 2017Aug 11, 2025 11:12 am - A woman accused of kidnapping her daughter and found almost six years later because of a crime TV show, pleaded guilty Monday morning to child abduction.
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‘Isn’t just a prank’: Destructive social media trend arrives at suburbs’ doorstepAug 08, 2025 4:45 am - The latest social media trend that has young people engaging in dangerous behavior is the “door kick challenge.“ It’s like ding-dong-ditch, but instead of ringing the bell and running away these perps are trying to kick down the door.
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‘A chilling effect on justice’? ICE argues courthouse immigration arrests make sense, but local opponents fear impactAug 02, 2025 5:58 pm - As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents descend on courthouses around the country to detain individuals they say are undocumented immigrants, prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges cope with the impact federal detentions and deportations have on the pursuit of justice.
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Man gets 7 years in prison for drunkenly fleeing from policeAug 01, 2025 4:54 pm - A man pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to get away from deputies investigating a domestic dispute by driving off while drunk.
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Feds charge Aurora man who bit Kane deputy during ICE arrestJul 31, 2025 4:25 pm - An Aurora man is facing federal charges of assaulting a law enforcement officer after authorities said he kicked, head-butted and bit local and federal officers trying to arrest him.
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Oswego man charged in Kane County with disseminating child sex abuse imagesJul 31, 2025 7:52 am - An Oswego man was charged in Kane County with disseminating and possessing child sexual abuse images, according to a joint news release from Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser and Sheriff Ron Hain.
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Man charged in 2023 Elgin death could be released pretrialJul 30, 2025 12:52 pm - A man accused of shooting a man to death in Elgin could be released pretrial.
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Elgin cold case detectives launch season 2 of hit podcast, seeking to solve 1970s murders and disappearance of Barbara GlueckertJul 27, 2025 12:12 pm - How do you top solving a 42-year mystery surrounding the disappearance of a young woman? Perhaps by identifying the killer responsible for an unsolved murder dating back to the 1970s.
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Kane County man charged with possessing explosives appears in court, remains jailedJul 25, 2025 4:18 pm - An Elgin-area man, charged with illegally possessing “hundreds of suspected explosives” inside a Kane County home made a brief court appearance Friday.