Hoffman Estates Crime
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Former teacher gets probation for inappropriate online conversation with girlOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story was changed to correct the headline and information regarding a female student who reported she was contacted by in a chat room by Matthew ...
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'We had to get in': How Gurnee police saved wounded woman and toddler from gunmanOct 02, 2020 5:30 am - Gurnee police Officer Dan Ruth wasn't sure what awaited him on the other side of the patio screen door the night of July 3. He just knew he and his fellow officers neede...
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Sheriff: Victim not cooperating after Palatine Twp. shootingSep 27, 2020 1:00 am - A 24-year-old man suffered a nonlife-threatening gunshot wound early Sunday morning in unincorporated Palatine Township, authorities said. Cook County Sheriff's police s...
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Phony championship rings, fake N95 masks: What Customs agents are seizing at O'HareSep 18, 2020 5:30 am - Between the phony Super Bowl rings headed to Aurora, knockoff Apple watches on their way to Peru and a half-million fake N95 masks going to the East Coast, it's been a b...
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Violent crime prosecution sparks heated debate between Cook County state's attorney candidatesSep 18, 2020 1:00 am - Cook County state's attorney candidates Kim Foxx, the Democratic incumbent, and former judge Patrick O'Brien, her Republican challenger, agree attacking violent crime is...
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Cook County homicides in 2020 now exceed total for 2019Sep 15, 2020 1:00 am - With 677 homicides in 2020, Cook County has exceeded 2019's total for the entire year, the Cook County medical examiner's office reported. The medical examiner's office ...
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Worker charged with abusing resident at Arlington Heights memory care facilityAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - A maintenance worker at an Arlington Heights memory care facility was ordered held on $50,000 bail Thursday on charges he molested a resident. Francisco Lopez, 55, of H...
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Villa Park man charged with armed violence, marijuana possession and child endangerment in Hoffman EstatesAug 12, 2020 1:00 am - A 29-year-old Villa Park man whom prosecutors described as a gang member was ordered held on $100,000 bail Wednesday on charges that include armed violence, marijuana po...
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Hoffman Estates man gets 7 years for sexual assaulting woman he met on social mediaAug 05, 2020 1:00 am - A Hoffman Estates man was sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman h...
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Hoffman Estates mother gets 11 years for attempted murder of childrenJul 26, 2020 11:00 pm - A Hoffman Estates mother pleaded guilty Monday to the attempted murder of her two children in exchange for an 11-year prison sentence. Tracy F. Johnson, 41, asked Cook C...