Hanover Park Crime
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‘You can’t do this on your own’: Cook Co. sheriff’s program helps recovering addicts maintain sobrietyJun 19, 2024 5:52 pm - Four decades into his recovery, self-described former street hustler and ex-convict Benny Lee still attends weekly meetings that help him maintain sobriety. “I’ve sat where you sit,” he told more than 40 people at Ready 4 Recovery, a Cook County sheriff’s department program for individuals who’ve completed drug and/or alcohol treatment and need ongoing support.
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‘I feel like my brother has been neglected’: Questions linger one year after deadly mass shootingJun 17, 2024 4:58 pm - One year after his brother died during a mass shooting near Willowbrook, Darren Meadows is still searching for answers. A crowded Juneteenth celebration turned chaotic wh...
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Former Glendale Heights cop illegally used village credit card, prosecutors sayJun 15, 2024 10:43 am - A now-former Glendale Heights police officer broke the law by using a village-issued credit card to pay for gasoline for personal use, prosecutors said Saturday.
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Wrongful death lawsuit filed nearly a year after DuPage County mass shootingJun 14, 2024 1:34 pm - The fiancee of a man who was shot to death last year in an unincorporated area near Willowbrook is suing two stores in the strip mall where the mass shooting happened.
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School worker gets 8 years for sexually assaulting studentJun 12, 2024 4:03 pm - A former hall monitor at Tefft Middle School in Streamwood has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting a student.
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Hanover Park man admits to money laundering, gets 6 yearsJun 07, 2024 9:03 pm - A Hanover Park man who pleaded guilty to money laundering has been sentenced to six years in prison, officials announced Friday. Michael A. Venegas, 24, was first invest...
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Two state workers charged with PPP loan fraudJun 04, 2024 7:34 pm - Two state workers have been charged with committing Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud.
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Teacher acquitted of attacking preschool studentMay 29, 2024 11:45 am - An Elgin Area School District U-46 teacher has been acquitted of charges that he attacked a student. Kane County Judge Julia Yetter found Patrick Keating not guilty Tuesd...
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Ex-DuPage prosecutor charged with threatening state legislators on social mediaMay 25, 2024 12:15 am - A former DuPage County assistant state’s attorney has been charged with threatening two state legislators.
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Roommate charged in murder of 61-year-old Elgin manMay 20, 2024 11:27 am - The roommate of an Elgin man who was found dead earlier this month in his residence has been charged with his murder. Joseph A. Duran, 52, was charged with first-degree ...