Hanover Park Crime
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Constable: Retiring chief went from victim to mall cop to lead investigator on Gliniewicz caseFeb 27, 2021 12:00 am - Born on the West German side of the Iron Curtain to parents who met after their time at Nazi labor camps during World War II, George Filenko honed his police instincts g...
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22 men arrested in Cook County prostitution stingFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - Officers from the Cook County Sheriff's Police Special Victims Unit issued citations to 22 men and towed 19 vehicles after the men responded to online prostitution adver...
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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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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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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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DeKalb man denied bail in West Chicago shootingFeb 12, 2021 12:00 am - Bail was denied Friday for a DeKalb man accused of shooting and critically injuring a man outside his West Chicago workplace last month, officials said. Ahmad Steele, 34...
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Bensenville man charged with robbing 3 convenience stores, threatening to kill clerkFeb 10, 2021 12:00 am - A Bensenville man is held without bail on charges he robbed convenience stores in December and January, tied up two clerks and threatened to kill another. Marquelle Will...