Elgin Crime
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Arlington Heights man charged with felony batteryJun 15, 2013 11:51 am - A 26-year-old Arlington Heights man is charged with felony aggravated domestic battery and unlawful restraint after authorities said he attacked his girlfriend at a home...
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Prison sentence for 2005 slaying of Aurora woman voidedJun 14, 2013 6:39 pm - A state appellate court on Friday voided a 35-year prison sentence for a man who pleaded guilty to killing a woman in Aurora in 2005. Gareng Deng, now 21, was 17 when he...
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Atty: Woman accused of ramming teens was unaware of injuriesJun 14, 2013 5:00 pm - A 34-year-old Chicago woman accused of purposely running down two teens in Carpentersville with her SUV and then leaving the scene did not know she hit anyone, her defen...
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New `RICO’ law leads to gang arrests in ChicagoJun 13, 2013 6:23 pm - Several dozen members of a Chicago street gang who are implicated in drug trafficking and murder have been charged under Illinois’ new racketeering law, authorities anno...
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‘It’s my fault’: Emotional apologies in hearing on fatal North Aurora DUIJun 13, 2013 4:10 pm - Lee R. Patterson III acknowledged the forgiveness shown by the mother of the 22-year-old woman he killed while driving drunk 20 months ago in North Aurora. “Whether I wa...
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Libertyville family relives horrible moments after son was killed on Chain O' LakesJun 13, 2013 10:00 am - Jim Borcia said he can't shake the memory of his 10-year-old son's mangled body in the water moments after he was run over by a speed boat on Petite Lake last July. Dur...
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Defense wants to know how government gathered evidence in terror caseJun 13, 2013 8:03 am - Prosecutors haven’t denied that an expanded U.S. phone and Internet surveillance program triggered an investigation that led to terrorism charges against a West suburban...
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Police: Elgin man fakes ‘slip and fall’ injuriesJun 12, 2013 10:50 pm - A 52-year-old man has been charged with insurance fraud after admitting to authorities that he filed a series of fake “slip and fall” lawsuits against fast food restaura...
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Former Elgin deputy chief on unpaid leave from new chief postJun 12, 2013 7:47 pm - A former Elgin Deputy Police Chief accused of identity theft and official misconduct made his first appearance in Kane County court Wednesday. Robert Beeter, 51, of Elgi...
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Elgin man charged with 12 Northwest suburban break-insJun 12, 2013 6:44 pm - Cook County Judge Jill Cerone Marisie set bail at $650,000 Wednesday for an Elgin man who authorities say took cash, electronics and other items from 12 homes in the Nor...