Hoffman Estates Crime
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Theft suspect charged after standoff with Hoffman Estates policeJul 30, 2024 1:45 pm - A Hoffman Estates man wanted for theft was arrested Sunday after a standoff with police lasting several hours at his residence.
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Travelers warned about rise of passport application scamsJul 22, 2024 4:15 pm - U.S. passport processors in Schaumburg Township and Hoffman Estates say would-be international travelers recently have fallen victim to scammers who charged them to download free application forms or collected their personal information.
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Would-be Chicago bomber resentenced to 27 years after original term deemed too lenientJul 19, 2024 2:44 pm - A Hillside man was re-sentenced to 27 years in federal prison Friday after authorities said he attempted to detonate a 1,000-pound bomb outside a Chicago bar in 2012.
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Sentenced to life for gruesome Barrington killing, he’s now free at 49. Here’s whyJul 11, 2024 3:49 pm - Less than three decades after he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for a grisly suburban murder, Paul Modrowski quietly left the Stateville Correctional Center a free man last week. The release of the 49-year-old convicted of murdering a man found decapitated in Barrington, and the reasons for it, raise complicated questions about equal justice, rehabilitation, disability bias and survivors’ rights.
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Bartlett man convicted in beating of grocery bagger charged anew for attacking neighborJul 09, 2024 4:42 pm - Police arrested a Bartlett man Monday on charges of assault, battery and resisting arrest after responding to a fight with a neighbor last month.
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Prosecutors: Hoffman Estates man attacked, kidnapped girlfriendJul 05, 2024 1:06 pm - A Hoffman Estates man is being held at the DuPage County jail after authorities say he beat his girlfriend, kidnapped her and threatened to sexually assault and kill her.
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Hoffman Estates police investigating reported armed home invasionJul 02, 2024 12:01 pm - Hoffman Estates police are investigating an armed home invasion Monday night in which neither the offenders nor victims were immediately found upon officers’ arrival. The...
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Inverness physician pleads guilty to federal fraud chargesJul 01, 2024 6:13 pm - An Inverness physician on Thursday admitted to submitting fraudulent claims, resulting in more than $1.5 million in reimbursements, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois.
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A ‘disastrous decision’ or the right one? Chicago-area lawmakers and candidates are dividedJul 01, 2024 5:38 pm - Democratic lawmakers and Republican congressional candidates had very different takes on Monday’s ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on presidential power.
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Police: Man on parole for murder now faces gun chargeJun 28, 2024 8:06 pm - An Addison man on parole on a second-degree murder charge has been charged with possessing a loaded machine gun.