Mount Prospect Crime
-
State police's simulator lets cops practice responses to danger. We tried it, and it's hard.Nov 25, 2022 4:30 am - Police officers often say the public doesn't understand that sometimes situations go sideways in seconds. The Illinois State Police on Wednesday gave members of the medi...
-
Pair charged with fraudulently obtaining $100K in aid during pandemicNov 18, 2022 4:30 am - A suburban duo are the latest state residents to face charges stemming from a monthslong state and federal investigation into unemployment insurance fraud during the COV...
-
Mount Prospect police find stolen SUV used by suspects in aggravated firearm dischargeNov 18, 2022 12:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
-
Cook County Board approves budget with $11.4 million for sheriff's office helicopterNov 17, 2022 12:00 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said Thursday his agency will acquire a helicopter to track carjackers, look for missing people and offer aid during large-scale emergencies...
-
Police: Shots fired during attempted car theft in Mount ProspectNov 17, 2022 12:00 am - Mount Prospect police are searching for a pair of would-be car thieves they say fired gunshots at a resident who caught them trying to steal a vehicle from his driveway ...
-
Cook County prosecutors undecided on new R. Kelly trialNov 14, 2022 12:00 am - Cook County prosecutors on Monday asked for more time to decide on whether to prosecute R&B star R. Kelly on sexual abuse charges involving four Chicago-area women. At a...
-
Cook County Board incumbent would expand weapons banOct 31, 2022 1:00 am - In the wake of the mass shootings in Highland Park and Uvalde, Texas, and surging gun violence in Chicago, Cook County Board member Scott Britton believes the county's b...
-
Man convicted of killing Arlington Heights man in 2018 gets 65 years in prisonOct 20, 2022 1:00 am - The justice Baldemar Esquivel and his family sought for the 2018 shooting death of his brother Vladimir Esquivel, whose body was found in his burning vehicle in a Mount ...
-
Dart seeks drivers' consent to track their vehicles after carjackingsOct 20, 2022 1:00 am - Fed up with some car manufacturers withholding vehicle location data after carjackings, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is promoting a tracking consent form drivers can sig...
-
Police: Teen shot in gang-related shooting in Mount ProspectOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - A boy is expected to survive after he was hospitalized as a result of what police are calling a gang-related shooting. At about 8:30 p.m., Mount Prospect police officers...