Elgin Crime
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South Elgin man charged in two Geneva traffic disputesJan 25, 2022 12:00 am - A South Elgin man is charged with battery in two separate traffic disputes in Geneva. Elvin L. Adams Jr., 24, of the 800 block of West Spring Street, was arrested on Jan...
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Two injured in early morning shooting in ElginJan 23, 2022 12:00 am - Elgin police are investigating an early morning shooting Sunday that left two people wounded. According to police, officers called to the 1300 block of Eagle Road at 4:...
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Kane County woman pleads guilty to animal cruelty over dogs' starvation, deathsJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - A woman accused of maltreating 14 dogs, three of which died, pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor animal cruelty. Emily Chesterfield, who lived near South Elgin and no...
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Public might not get to see report on bribery allegationsJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - The Cook County Board of Review hired a high-profile Chicago law firm last year through a contract worth up to $110,000 to look into alleged bribery in the county office...
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Before trial, family recalls Elgin woman whose son is charged with killing, dismembering herJan 15, 2022 12:00 am - More than four years after an Elgin woman lost her life over what authorities describe as a dispute involving loud music, the trial of her son - the man charged with kil...
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Despite rise in gunfire, Elgin crime rate at 50-year lowJan 13, 2022 4:00 am - Elgin's crime rate reached a 50-year low in 2021, police chief Ana Lalley told Elgin City Council members Wednesday. Lalley provided the committee of the whole with an o...
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Republicans call for hearings on DCFSJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - Three Republican state House members called for hearings into the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services on Thursday out of concerns for workers' safety, im...
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Police: Hoffman Estates woman with BB gun charged with misdemeanorsJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - An 18-year-old Hoffman Estates woman was charged with misdemeanors after police determined she had a BB gun at a village intersection Wednesday morning, causing a school...
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Hoffman Estates woman in custody after report of person with gun puts schools on lockdownJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - An 18-year-old Hoffman Estates woman is in police custody after a motorist reported seeing a person with a gun at the intersection of Governors Lane and Haddam Place in ...
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Elgin man pleads guilty to drug-induced homicide of West Dundee womanJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - An Elgin man pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug-induced homicide for supplying the narcotics that killed a woman in 2018. Gehovani R. Gomez, 25, of the 800 block of Rode R...