Elgin Crime
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Buffalo Grove chief had big plans for international police group in 2020. Fate had other ideas.Dec 11, 2020 4:30 am - When Buffalo Grove Police Chief Steve Casstevens was sworn in last fall as president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, it was the culmination of more...
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Elgin man, woman charged with stealing money, impersonating police officersDec 10, 2020 12:00 am - An Elgin man and woman are facing felony charges after prosecutors say they stole money from multiple victims while impersonating police officers last month. While drivi...
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Mother charged in 2003 murder of newborn twins, bodies dumped in trash bin near StickneyDec 05, 2020 12:00 am - Inspired by news in 2018 of the arrest of the Golden State killer 32 years after his crime spree based on a DNA search for familial connections, Cook County sheriff's De...
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Elgin man receives probation for 2019 attack on womanDec 02, 2020 12:00 am - An Elgin man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months of probation for attacking a woman in Elgin last year. Damian A. Failla, who is homeless, faced up to 10 years in priso...
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Cook County homicides top 900 mark in 2020: What's happened in Northwest suburbsDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - Cook County has recorded 902 homicides this year, marking the first time since 2016 and just the second time in nearly a quarter-century that the 900 mark has been reach...
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Elgin-area couple fall prey to ruse burglarsNov 30, 2020 12:00 am - Burglars stole $2,000 cash from an Elgin-area couple in a ruse burglary Nov. 22, authorities say. The male victim reported that at 4 p.m. that day, a man drove up to the...
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Elgin woman accused of posting nude photos of husband's mistressNov 23, 2020 12:00 am - An Elgin woman became "so angry" after finding nude pictures of her husband's mistress on their home computer, she decided to tell "the whole world about it" by publicly...
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Elgin man charged with DUI after crash in Bartlett injures construction workerNov 23, 2020 12:00 am - This story has been updated to correct the location of the crash, which occurred on Route 59. A 22-year-old Elgin man is charged with misdemeanor driving under the ...
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Chief judge orders Cook County cases to be held by videoconferenceNov 23, 2020 12:00 am - Criminal and civil cases pending in Cook County will be held by videoconference except in "extraordinary or compelling circumstances" in response to the statewide surge ...
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'I feel I had to protect myself': Rittenhouse offers no regrets in first public commentsNov 20, 2020 4:00 am - Kyle Rittenhouse, the Antioch teen accused of killing two men and wounding another during violent demonstrations this summer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, told The Washington P...