Inverness Crime
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Preckwinkle shoots down ammo tax planOct 31, 2012 5:15 pm - A proposed 5-cent tax on every bullet sold in Cook County has been dropped by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. The ammo tax will not be in next year’s propo...
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Dist. 220 informs parents about alleged sex abuse on school busOct 30, 2012 12:00 pm - Barrington Unit District 220 officials released more information Tuesday to parents at Barrington Middle School — Prairie Campus about allegations that criminal sexual a...
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Teens charged with sex abuse on Barrington school busOct 29, 2012 10:57 am - Barrington police have charged two boys, 13 and 14, as juveniles in connection with allegations of criminal sexual abuse that occurred Oct. 5 on a school bus on Ela Road...
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Court: Criminal evidence need not match confessionOct 18, 2012 4:08 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A confession in a criminal case must be backed up by independent evidence, but that evidence doesn’t need to match the confession detail for detail, the Il...
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I-290 traffic stop leads to drug chargesOct 16, 2012 2:21 pm - A Chicago man, stopped by police on eastbound I-290 for trying to cross several lanes of traffic, faces charges after more than $13,000 worth of drugs were discovered in...
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McHenry County couple accused of wake burglaries face new chargesOct 12, 2012 3:58 pm - A Johnsburg husband and wife already being held in Cook County on burglary charges found themselves in even more hot water Friday, after McHenry County police say they c...
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Palatine woman accused of stealing $200K from grandmotherOct 11, 2012 7:01 pm - A Palatine woman has been charged with stealing more than $200,000 from her grandmother. Jennifer Curtis, 43, was arrested Wednesday. Bail was set at $100,000, and she i...
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Suspect in Chicago car-bomb plot pleads not guiltyOct 11, 2012 4:59 pm - A West suburban teen has pleaded not guilty to trying to set off what he thought was a car bomb next to a Chicago bar. Dressed in orange jail clothes, Adel Daoud looked...
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Former medical board member, 3 others indicted on fraud chargesOct 05, 2012 4:15 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A former Illinois Medical District commissioner, his wife and two other people used at least $3.7 million in state health grants to pay for vacation homes,...
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Attorney: Accused Elgin hoarder never hurt animalsOct 04, 2012 5:00 pm - A 60-year-old Elgin man accused of animal cruelty after 43 dead and decaying cats, birds, squirrels and other animals were found in a van outside his rented home last we...