Elgin Crime
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New mobile command unit brings Elgin’s Emergency Operations Center directly to the sceneFeb 13, 2024 6:00 am - Elgin Fire Chief Robb Cagann says the city’s new mobile emergency operations vehicle makes the city more prepared to deal with a crisis when it happens. It also provides flexibility most communities don’t have.
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Cook County state’s attorney candidates discuss juvenile crime in Democratic primary debateFeb 09, 2024 6:00 am - Retail theft prosecution and juvenile crime were among the topics retired Illinois Appellate Court Judge Eileen O’Neill Burke and former Cook County prosecutor Clayton Ha...
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Hoffman Estates man gets 6 days behind bars for grabbing police baton during Jan. 6 riotFeb 07, 2024 9:29 am - A federal judge Tuesday sentenced a Hoffman Estates man to six days in prison for grabbing a police baton as officers tried to clear the U.S. Capitol Rotunda during the J...
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Lurie Children’s hospital has taken its networks offline after a cyberattackFeb 05, 2024 2:40 pm - Chicago children's hospital has been forced to take its networks offline after an unspecified cyberattack, limiting access to medical records and hampering communication...
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Man charged after ‘traffic altercation’ ends with one man shot, another stabbedFeb 02, 2024 1:38 pm - A man is facing criminal charges in connection with an altercation that left him shot and another person stabbed on Randall Road in Elgin. Sattar Alfayadi, 52, of the 150...
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Muslim scholar who’s a convicted child sex offender helps oversee Islamic boarding school in ElginJan 27, 2024 9:55 am - After he was convicted in 2016 of molesting a girl and sexually abusing a young woman, Mohammad Saleem was told by a judge that he’s no longer allowed “at or in the Insti...
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‘Door dashing deputy’ arrests driver, delivers foodJan 26, 2024 12:10 pm - Food delivery driver get arrested? Don’t worry, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office has got your back.
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One man shot, another stabbed during Elgin traffic altercationJan 23, 2024 5:02 pm - One person was shot and another stabbed Tuesday in what Elgin police say was a traffic altercation. Officers responded at 2:42 p.m. to Sherman Hospital in Elgin when a ma...
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Authorities: Four killed in the South Suburbs after domestic-related shooting, police have a suspectJan 21, 2024 2:52 pm - A man shot four people dead in a “domestic-related” incident in the South Suburbs, officials said Sunday. Police arrived on the scene shortly before 11:30 a.m. and found ...
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Elgin’s 2023 crime stats show decades-long decline continuesJan 19, 2024 4:16 pm - Violent crime and gunfire incidents were down in Elgin in 2023 as part of what the city’s police department says is a more than 50-year downward crime trend. The departme...