Elgin Crime
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West Chicago teen gets 8 years in prison for brutal beating of autistic manAug 15, 2024 10:49 am - A West Chicago teenager was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted first-degree murder in the brutal 2023 beating of an autistic man.
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Sheriff warns of drug-soaked pieces of paperAug 14, 2024 8:55 pm - Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart issued a warning Wednesday about the danger of paper soaked with synthetic drugs, after his investigators seized several pieces from inmates at the county jail recently.
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Authorities: Kane County man lied on FOID applicationAug 12, 2024 11:10 am - The Illinois Attorney General’s Office has charged an Aurora man with felony forgery and falsifying information on a Firearm Owners Identification card application he submitted to the Illinois State Police, according to a news release.
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Elgin shooting victim diesJul 31, 2024 5:03 pm - A woman who was shot Tuesday afternoon in Elgin has died, Elgin police said late Wednesday.
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Theft suspect charged after standoff with Hoffman Estates policeJul 30, 2024 1:45 pm - A Hoffman Estates man wanted for theft was arrested Sunday after a standoff with police lasting several hours at his residence.
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Travelers warned about rise of passport application scamsJul 22, 2024 4:15 pm - U.S. passport processors in Schaumburg Township and Hoffman Estates say would-be international travelers recently have fallen victim to scammers who charged them to download free application forms or collected their personal information.
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Would-be Chicago bomber resentenced to 27 years after original term deemed too lenientJul 19, 2024 2:44 pm - A Hillside man was re-sentenced to 27 years in federal prison Friday after authorities said he attempted to detonate a 1,000-pound bomb outside a Chicago bar in 2012.
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What’s behind one suburb’s 184% increase in DUI arrests? ‘Unwavering commitment’Jul 18, 2024 5:42 pm - West Chicago increased its focus on arresting drunk drivers last year. The result? Nearly triple the arrests in 2023 compared to 2022.
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Sentenced to life for gruesome Barrington killing, he’s now free at 49. Here’s whyJul 11, 2024 3:49 pm - Less than three decades after he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for a grisly suburban murder, Paul Modrowski quietly left the Stateville Correctional Center a free man last week. The release of the 49-year-old convicted of murdering a man found decapitated in Barrington, and the reasons for it, raise complicated questions about equal justice, rehabilitation, disability bias and survivors’ rights.
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Coroner identifies South Elgin man shot by off-duty Kane County deputy MondayJul 11, 2024 2:42 pm - The Kane County coroner released the identity of the person shot and killed by an off-duty Kane County deputy in Elgin on Monday. Tyquaze Nicolas, 18, of South Elgin, died of multiple gunshot wounds, the coroner said in a Thursday news release.