Elk Grove Village Crime
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Men arrested after gun found in car in Des PlainesAug 20, 2024 8:36 am - Two downstate men are facing charges after police found a loaded handgun in a car in Des Plaines, authorities said. Colton Carter, 23, of Bloomington, and Keegan Marshall...
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Cook County jail corrections officer charged with drug possessionAug 16, 2024 4:58 pm - The Cook County sheriff’s department announced the arrest of a corrections officer at the Cook County jail on drug charges following an internal investigation of reports of individuals attempting to smuggle drugs into the facility.
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Lemont businessman sentenced to five years in prison for bribeAug 16, 2024 9:45 am - A Lemont businessman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison after admitting he bribed an employee of the Cook County assessor’s office to lower taxes on his family’s properties.
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Sheriff warns of drug-soaked pieces of paperAug 14, 2024 8:55 pm - Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart issued a warning Wednesday about the danger of paper soaked with synthetic drugs, after his investigators seized several pieces from inmates at the county jail recently.
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Des Plaines man charged with sex abuse of juvenileAug 12, 2024 3:08 pm - A Des Plaines man is in jail after being charged with sexually abusing the juvenile daughter of a friend, authorities said Monday.
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Woodfield jewelry store robbery joins litany of high-profile suburban heistsAug 09, 2024 11:08 pm - The recent tunneling burglary at a Woodfield Mall jewelry store adds another chapter to the chronicle of major and memorable thefts, break-ins, heists and holdups in the ...
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Police, Woodfield remain tight-lipped as bold jewelry heist remains unsolvedAug 08, 2024 4:57 pm - Asma Anwar and Shazad Malik are still searching for answers about last week’s overnight burglary of more than $1 million of merchandise from their Woodfield Mall jewelry store, as well as the future of the 13-year-old business they built together.
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Costly credit card scam in Des PlainesAug 07, 2024 8:57 am - Someone used stolen credit card information to pay for about $5,200 worth of auto repairs in Des Plaines last week, police said.
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‘Everything was gone’: Burglars tunnel through stores to steal $1.5M in jewelry from WoodfieldAug 05, 2024 9:22 pm - In what appeared to be a calculated crime, burglars cut through the walls of multiple stores overnight to get into Marquise Jewelry in Schaumburg and steal merchandise worth $1.5 million.
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Des Plaines man charged with hate crime over text messagesAug 05, 2024 8:42 pm - A Des Plaines resident was arrested over the weekend after police say he sent racist, threatening texts to another man.