Elgin Crime
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Police chief, state's attorney tell Elgin leaders how new criminal justice law is flawedMar 25, 2021 5:00 am - Criminal justice reform legislation put on the books in February contains flaws that may create dangerous situations for both civilians and police, according to Elgin an...
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Elgin man convicted of robbing gas stationMar 25, 2021 1:00 am - A Kane County jury has found a 30-year-old Elgin man guilty of armed robbery with a firearm. The jury convicted Jeffrey D. Richardson on March 19, according to a news re...
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Elgin police investigating suspected murder-suicideMar 18, 2021 1:00 am - A man and a woman are dead in what Elgin police suspect is a murder-suicide. Police report they were called at 4:53 a.m. to a home on Bluff City Boulevard by a woman who...
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23 years in prison for West Dundee man who caused fatal 2018 Hoffman Estates crashMar 18, 2021 1:00 am - The driver responsible for a horrific Hoffman Estates crash more than 2½ years ago that claimed the lives of a South Barrington mother and daughter was sentenced to 23 y...
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Elgin man found guilty of second-degree murder in shooting of teenage rivalMar 15, 2021 1:00 am - An Elgin man was convicted Monday of second-degree murder for the shooting of a teenage rival in December 2016. Kane County Judge David Kliment issued the guilty verdict...
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Special delivery: How Barrington Hills cops helped with roadside birthMar 12, 2021 4:30 am - Two Barrington Hills police officers are credited with a huge assist for their help at the scene of the roadside delivery of a baby boy last week. Besides his parents, G...
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South Elgin seeks driver of vehicle that hit toddlerMar 12, 2021 12:00 am - South Elgin police are looking for the driver who struck a 2-year-old child Thursday night near La Fox Street (Route 31) and Sundown Road. The child was treated at Amita...
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Man gets 10 years in prison for DUI crash that killed 2 in ElginMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - A Glendale Heights man was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for killing two people in a drunken, high-speed crash in Elgin in 2019. Adrian Velasco, 23, could hav...
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Ex-Bartlett High teacher found guilty of endangering student in liquid-nitrogen demonstrationMar 10, 2021 12:00 am - A former Bartlett High School teacher was found guilty Wednesday of misdemeanor reckless conduct for pouring liquid nitrogen on a student's chest and groin during a scie...
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Wheaton man charged with being armed habitual criminalMar 08, 2021 12:00 am - Bail was set at $150,000 Monday for a Wheaton man charged, for at least the second time, with being an armed habitual criminal. Keith M. Summers, 26, of the 0-100 block ...