Elgin Crime
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Elgin man faces prison for 'slip and fall' insurance fraudNov 07, 2013 12:30 pm - A 51-year-old Elgin man has admitted to bilking insurance companies out of more than $200,000 by filing bogus “slip and fall” lawsuits, according Kane County prosecutors...
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Brothers charged with selling heroin in Elgin, South ElginNov 06, 2013 7:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Kane to measure recidivism rate for first-time offenders given a breakNov 06, 2013 4:30 am - The Kane County state's attorney's office first offered a pretrial diversion program in 1995 for first-time, nonviolent offenders to avoid a felony conviction. About 80 ...
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Fox Valley police reportsNov 04, 2013 4:22 pm - St. Charles Ÿ Samphan Pakhotama, 32, of the 1400 block of Blackhawk Circle, South Elgin, was charged Oct. 22 with retail theft, according to a police report. The r...
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Tri-Cities police reportsNov 04, 2013 4:21 pm - St. Charles Ÿ Samphan Pakhotama, 32, of the 1400 block of Blackhawk Circle, South Elgin, was charged Oct. 22 with retail theft, according to a police report. The re...
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South Elgin cop reprimanded after referring attorney in DUI bustNov 04, 2013 3:26 pm - A South Elgin police officer who recommended an attorney to a woman whose son the officer had arrested on a DUI charge a night earlier was given a reprimand, but no susp...
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W. Dundee man accused of arranging to meet teen for sexNov 04, 2013 10:00 am - Locum charged with pair of felonies, state's attorney's office says
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Two men charged after Elgin chaseNov 01, 2013 10:30 pm - A 19-year-old Crestwood man is facing weapons charges after leading Elgin police on a foot chase Friday, authorities said. An Elgin police officer patrolling near Alison...
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2nd lawsuit in fatal 2012 crash near ElginNov 01, 2013 7:00 pm - A second lawsuit has been filed against a 19-year-old accused of reckless homicide in a single-vehicle crash last year in Burlington Township that killed one person and ...
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Elgin police seek man in home invasion, domestic attackNov 01, 2013 12:18 pm - Elgin police are searching for a 25-year-old man accused of forcing his way into a woman’s apartment last month, beating her and eluding authorities afterward. An arrest...