Elk Grove Village Crime
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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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Constable: Retiring chief went from crime victim to mall cop to lead investigator on Gliniewicz caseFeb 23, 2021 12:00 am -
From mall security to major crimes to chief, George Filenko was always a cop
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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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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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Ex-clerk says Des Plaines alderman's arrest prompted her to run for council seatFeb 17, 2021 4:30 am - A Des Plaines alderman's recent drunken-driving arrest inspired a former city clerk to challenge him in the upcoming municipal election. "Elected officials should be hel...
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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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Constable: Love scams in the air as we long for pandemic connectionsFeb 11, 2021 4:30 am - You, or maybe someone you know, possesses a head for figures. Nobody has a heart for figures. When faced with the financial question - Does this investment make sense? -...
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Elk Grove Village man gets 9 years in child porn caseFeb 11, 2021 12:00 am - A 22-year-old Elk Grove Village man was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to federal child pornography charges. Austin Burchert pleaded guilty last...
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Des Plaines man charged with DUI after hitting trooper's vehicleFeb 03, 2021 12:00 am - An Illinois State Police trooper parked alongside I-90 was injured Tuesday night when a Des Plaines man who was driving drunk crashed into the back of his squad car, aut...
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Authorities: Wheeling businessman, 3 others received millions in fradualant mortgage loansFeb 03, 2021 12:00 am - A former Wheeling man and three others with Northwest suburban ties face federal fraud charges alleging they were part of a scheme to unlawfully obtain at least $3 milli...