Hoffman Estates Crime
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Mom, caretaker charged in autistic boy’s stabbingJun 11, 2013 10:29 pm - The mother of a 14-year-old with severe autism who was found stabbed to death Sunday in River Grove has been charged with murder. His live-in caretaker also has been cha...
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Autistic boy stabbed to death with mom, caretaker nearbyJun 10, 2013 4:17 pm - Police were investigating the stabbing death of a severely autistic 14-year-old boy whose body was found by relatives at his suburban apartment with his mother and a car...
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Husband in obituary burglary spree gets 6-year termJun 10, 2013 11:48 am - The second member of a heroin-addicted couple from Johnsburg who read newspaper obituaries to target and burglarize homes while victims were at wakes has been sentenced ...
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Legislation targets mug shot-removal websitesJun 09, 2013 8:00 am - Websites that carry arrest booking photos would be banned from accepting money to remove them in Illinois under proposed legislation headed to Gov. Pat Quinn. Lawmakers...
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Cook County authorities seize $200K in marijuanaJun 07, 2013 4:19 pm - Two Chicago men are facing charges after Cook County deputies found 44 pounds of marijuana during an eviction this week on the city’s South Side. Officials said Friday t...
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Man arrested in Hoffman Estates, charged with third DUIJun 07, 2013 1:35 pm - A Chicago man who has been convicted twice of driving under the influence of alcohol was charged with another DUI early Friday in Hoffman Estates. Juan Adame was also ch...
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Former District 220 maintenance worker guilty of theftJun 07, 2013 12:54 pm - A former Barrington Unit District 220 maintenance worker charged with the theft of district funds in late 2010 has pleaded guilty. William G. Schwartz, of Burlington, Wi...
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6-year sentence for Hoffman Estates carjackingJun 04, 2013 5:31 pm - A 19-year-old Hoffman Estates man pleaded guilty Tuesday to using a pellet gun to hijack a car. In exchange for Slone D. Wofford’s guilty plea to vehicular hijacking, a...
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Cook County will collect DNA swabs at jailJun 04, 2013 4:04 pm - A day after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for police to take DNA swabs from anyone they arrest for serious crimes, officials in Chicago said they would start co...
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5 Aurora gang members who ignored lawsuit banned from hanging outJun 04, 2013 1:58 pm - In the year since the Kane County State’s Attorney’s office sued 35 Latin Kings in Aurora, injunctions have been issued against five gang members because they never resp...