Elgin Crime
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Teen gets 6 years in 2017 carjacking of Elgin man trying to sell carJul 19, 2018 1:00 am - An 18-year-old from Chicago accused in a November 2017 knife-point carjacking of an Elgin man who was trying to sell his car pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge a...
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Schaumburg man who pleaded guilty in Gilberts killing gets 2½ years probationJul 18, 2018 1:00 am - If the saying "no good deed goes unpunished" is true, then Su Won Kil is your testimonial. The 50-year-old former Gilberts man, who ready had a penchant for helping oth...
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Police reportsJul 17, 2018 1:00 am - Kane County • License plates and $1,300 were stolen from a car parked at the Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles, between June 13 and June 29, acco...
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Police: Juveniles do more than $100,000 in damage to historic South Elgin trolleysJul 17, 2018 1:00 am - Two juveniles who vandalized historic carriages at South Elgin's Fox River Trolley Museum this month face charges of burglary and criminal damage to property, police sai...
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Kane state's attorney: Consecutive terms needed to protect public in some casesJul 17, 2018 1:00 am - Scott Turyna didn't have a previous criminal record, but when it came time for a judge to sentence him for brutally beating his wife and shooting at her five times in Ma...
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McMahon: Felony cases up 7 percent in Kane County from last year's first halfJul 16, 2018 1:00 am - Felony cases charged in Kane County are about 7.6 percent higher at the midway point of 2018 than they were at this time last year. State's Attorney Joe McMahon, during ...
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Child sex offender charged with loitering near Elgin parkJul 13, 2018 1:00 am - A homeless man and child sex offender was arrested Thursday on felony charges that he was loitering around Festival Park's splash pad in downtown Elgin, according to pol...
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Arrest made after chase, crash and robberyJul 13, 2018 1:00 am - The pursuit of a stolen vehicle that began at 8 a.m. Friday in Hoffman Estates ended with the driver under arrest at I-90 and Route 20 arfter a crash and a robbery, acco...
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28-year prison term for man in brutal Elgin home invasionJul 12, 2018 1:00 am - After Jaime Zarate's parents mortgaged their home to post his bond in a home invasion and attempted murder case out of Elgin, he made drastic changes to his life. He we...
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Schneider wants hearing over fatal crash blamed on Cook forest preserve driverJul 12, 2018 1:00 am - A suburban Cook County commissioner is calling for a hearing to investigate the circumstances that allowed a 20-year-old seasonal employee of the Forest Preserve Distric...