Elgin Crime
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Law professor and author to speak on the 'Infamous Chicago Seven Trial' and William Kunstler March 11Feb 25, 2021 10:00 pm - Elgin High School graduate David Langum will discuss “the most hated lawyer in America” who defended The Chicago Seven. Langum will spotlight the controversial defense ...
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Elgin man pleads guilty to sex abuse of girlFeb 25, 2021 12:00 am - An Elgin man pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl. Erik M. Valentine, 35, of the 500 block of North Aldine Street, agreed to...
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Select Cook County courts to resume jury trials next monthFeb 24, 2021 12:00 am - After more than a year, jury trials are set to resume at two Cook County courthouses by late March, according to an order issued Wednesday by Chief Judge Timothy C. Evan...
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Vehicles struck by gunfire on Elgin's east sideFeb 21, 2021 12:00 am - Two unoccupied vehicles were struck by gunfire early Sunday morning on Elgin's east side, police said. According to Elgin police, officers were called to the 600 block o...
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'The perfect storm': How the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suburbs' opioid crisisFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Nicole Caceres fell to her knees in disbelief, feeling as if someone hit her in the chest and stole the air from her lungs. It had been three months since she learned he...
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As crashes, injuries mount, task force takes aim at Move Over violatorsFeb 19, 2021 4:30 am - You couldn't blame Illinois State Police for feeling like it's déjà vu all over again, in the worst possible way. Two years after a rash of roadside crashes left two sta...
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Study of suburban opioid deaths points to heroin as the chief killerFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - A report on opioid-related overdose deaths in suburban Cook County released Friday found that heroin is the chief killer, and the highest death rates were in several Wes...
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ACLU sues DuPage sheriff to ensure future inmate doesn't go through withdrawal symptomsFeb 12, 2021 4:30 am - Withholding methadone from a person addicted to opiates would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. So says the American Civil Liberties Union in a federal lawsuit it...
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23-year sentence sought for Glendale Heights man in drunken crash that killed 2 in ElginFeb 10, 2021 12:00 am - A Kane County prosecutor has asked that a Glendale Heights man be sentenced to 23 years in prison for a drunken, high-speed crash that killed two people in Elgin in 2019...
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Man faces felony gun and drug charges after arrest in Kane CountyFeb 04, 2021 12:00 am - A Lynwood man is facing felony drug and gun charges after more than half a pound of suspected cocaine and a stolen handgun were found inside in a vehicle during a Tuesda...