Hoffman Estates Crime
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Car accident, or murder? 45 years later victim's husband goes on trialJun 23, 2018 1:00 am - In 1973, 19-year-old newlywed Noreen Kumeta Rudd was killed near Dundee and Bateman roads in Barrington Township in what authorities initially believed was an automobile...
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Trump backer to sign thieves: Just pay up to avoid prosecutionJun 15, 2018 5:30 am - Last week, with a high-stakes summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on the horizon and plenty of news coverage in the Daily Herald and elsewhere about an "Impeac...
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Leader in Elgin kidnapping, cigarette tattoo torture gets 16½ years in prisonJun 06, 2018 1:00 am - A 20-year-old who authorities said led a scheme in which a teen was kidnapped in Elgin and held overnight while cigarettes were used to burn her shoulder tattoo pleaded ...
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Two charged in May 29 shooting, marijuana robbery in ElginJun 04, 2018 1:00 am - Two people have been charged in connection with a May 29 home invasion to rob a man of an ounce of marijuana on Elgin's near west side, according to authorities and cour...
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Lawsuit: U-46, Elgin school negligent in seizure death of 5th-graderMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - Parents of a fifth-grade boy who died last year at Highland Elementary School in Elgin are suing the school and Elgin Area School District U-46, alleging staff members w...
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Case of $1.9 million in drugs flown into state to remain in Kane CountyMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - The case of a California man accused of flying some $1.9 million of marijuana and cocaine to a South suburban airport will remain under the jurisdiction of Kane County, ...
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Oath to serve: West Chicago detective helps lead Special Olympics campaignMay 18, 2018 5:30 am - West Chicago Detective Robbi Peterson loves a chocolate-glazed long john and intends to snag at least one, maybe more, Friday morning at the Dunkin' Donuts at Route 59 a...
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Police: Gang member brought loaded gun to fight in PalatineMay 01, 2018 1:00 am - Palatine police say an admitted street gang member is free on bail on charges alleging he held a loaded handgun last week as others fought nearby with baseball bats and ...
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Mom says Geneva woman who plotted mass shooting 'not capable of violence'Apr 27, 2018 5:30 am - Did growing up as a biracial child in a suburb that is 94 percent white turn Lindsay Souvannarath into the would-be killer authorities say she is? The Geneva woman's mot...
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2nd man guilty of attempted murder in 2012 Elgin home invasionApr 26, 2018 1:00 am - An Elgin man was convicted Thursday of attempted murder and home invasion from a 2012 attack in Elgin and now faces up to 30 years in prison. Jaime Zarate, 32, was foun...