Highland Park Crime
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An I-294 memorial to a fallen state trooper, with a message: Drive responsiblyDec 05, 2019 12:00 am - Illinois State Police Trooper Christopher Lambert died protecting a group of fellow citizens on a suburban expressway. That stretch of I-294 near Willow Road in Northbro...
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Driver charged with DUI, reckless homicide in fatal July 4 crashJul 07, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake County man faces DUI and reckless homicide charges stemming from a one-vehicle crash July 4th that killed his passenger, police said Sunday. Rudi Orihuela, 22, of...
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What can fight crime? Preschools, report says. The more, the better.May 03, 2019 5:20 am - The key to reducing crime across Illinois isn't more cops on the streets, bigger jails, tougher laws or harsher punishments. It's better preschools, and more of them. At...
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Wisconsin man enters not guilty plea in death of Illinois trooperMar 11, 2019 1:00 am - The Wisconsin man who Cook County prosecutors say caused the January accident on I-294 that resulted in the death of an Illinois State Police trooper entered a not guilt...
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Cook County state's attorney's office charges Wisconsin man in trooper's deathJan 28, 2019 12:00 am - The Cook County state's attorney's office approved reckless homicide charges against a Wisconsin man who struck and killed Christopher Lambert as the 34-year-old state t...
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Why suburban police have high hopes for new Batman-worthy restraint gadgetDec 14, 2018 4:30 am - Catching bad guys might never be the same. At least that's the hope for police in Aurora, where they're testing a new nonlethal restraint tool they say can safely immobi...
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Former Wheeling man gets 13 years for sexually abusing young girlDec 03, 2018 12:00 am - A former Wheeling man was sentenced to 13 years in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a girl beginning when ...
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Winthrop Harbor man accused of threatening call to synagogue faces hate crime chargeNov 02, 2018 1:00 am - A Winthrop Harbor man accused of making a threatening phone call to a Highland Park synagogue days after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting has been charged with a hate c...
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Attorney: Former Boy Scout executive "not guilty" of misusing fundsSep 14, 2018 1:00 am - The former top official with the Boy Scouts of America's Northeast Illinois Council is denying allegations he misused charitable funds, his attorney said Friday. Attorne...
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Former Wheeling man accused of sexually assaulting girlJul 11, 2018 1:00 am - A 33-year-old former Wheeling man was ordered held on $1 million bail Wednesday on charges he sexually abused a young girl from December 2011 through January 2014. Isaac...