Hoffman Estates Crime
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Suburban man charged with investment fraudApr 25, 2014 1:00 am - A Western Springs man has been indicted on federal fraud charges after prosecutors accused him of defrauding at least 10 investors out of nearly $3 million. Joseph Henn...
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3 men charged in string of suburban robberiesApr 24, 2014 1:00 am - Three Chicago men have been charged with a string of armed robberies at businesses in the city and throughout the suburbs during a five-month stretch that began late las...
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Stroger associate sentenced in corruption caseApr 23, 2014 1:00 am - A former high-ranking aide to ex-Cook County Board President Todd Stroger was sentenced to 6½ years in prison Wednesday after being convicted last year on corruption cha...
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Law enforcement leaders says early education lessens crimeApr 22, 2014 11:00 pm - It seemed innocent enough, when Schaumburg Police Chief James Lamkin served as a guest reader on Monday in a preschool room at Elizabeth Blackwell School in Schaumburg. ...
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Cook County sheriff reopens priest abuse inquiryApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - The Cook County sheriff's office says it is reopening an investigation of sexual abuse allegations made against a Roman Catholic priest. The Rev. Michael W. O'Connell st...
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Study: Minority kids hit hardest by Illinois lawApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - A 32-year-old Illinois law that requires juveniles accused of the most serious crimes to be charged as adults may be discriminatory, prevents judges from e...
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Suspect charged with shooting teensApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - A South suburban man has been charged in the deaths of two teenagers who were found shot in the head in the basement of a home on Chicago's South Side. The Chicago Sun-T...
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Probation for repeat Elgin prescription drug offenderApr 21, 2014 1:01 am - A 38-year-old Elgin woman who was arrested three times last year on felony prescription drug forgery and possession charges pleaded guilty Monday and received five years...
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Harper prof squeezes century of local mob hits into bookApr 15, 2014 5:15 am - From his boyhood memories of the raid on a bookie joint under the Chicago apartment where he grew up to the murder cases he worked on as an officer with the Chicago Poli...
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Two men charged in Elgin knife fightApr 14, 2014 1:00 am - Elgin police have charged two men in connection to an attack on Sunday morning in which a man was cut on his hand in a parking lot. Edwin Y. Vega, 21, of 500 block of Co...