Mount Prospect Crime
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Man accused of shooting at 5 youths in Mount Prospect ordered held without bailFeb 07, 2023 12:00 am - A 26-year-old man charged in what authorities say was a gang-related shooting last October in Mount Prospect was ordered held without bail Tuesday. Christian Longsworth...
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Two charged with three break-ins at Mount Prospect homesFeb 05, 2023 12:00 am - A pair of South suburban men have been charged in connection with a string of burglaries in Mount Prospect in 2021 and 2022, police said. Derrick Herron, 59, of the 1500...
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With R. Kelly already in prison, prosecutor drops Cook County chargesJan 30, 2023 12:00 am - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said Monday that she's dropping sex-abuse charges against singer R. Kelly following federal convictions in two courts that should g...
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'If you see something, call 911': Mount Prospect police meet with residents after pair of shootingsJan 26, 2023 4:00 am - The gym at Euclid Elementary School was packed Wednesday for a beat meeting hosted by Mount Prospect police to talk about a pair of recent shootings and strategies to co...
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Report of shooting turns out to be hoaxJan 17, 2023 12:00 am - A 911 call reporting that someone had been shot Tuesday afternoon in a home on the 500 block of South Wille Street in Mount Prospect was a hoax, police said. According ...
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so farJan 13, 2023 4:00 am - Despite thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews and untold hours of investigation, it took nearly a decade - and a couple of strokes of luck - for police to arrest th...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...
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Top crime stories of 2022: Mayhem and heartbreak defined the year in suburban crimeJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - A mass shooting on July 4 in Highland Park, during which a lone shooter stood atop a building firing nearly 90 rounds at parade spectators and participants, shocked the ...
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Mount Prospect police hosting community meeting for Boxwood neighborhoodJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - In the wake of recent criminal events in Mount Prospect's Boxwood neighborhood, including a pair of shootings in the last month, Mount Prospect police are hosting a comm...
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Lake County top prosecutor lobbies state legislators to pass assault weapon banJan 06, 2023 4:00 am - Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart added his voice Thursday to those urging state legislators to pass a ban on so-called assault weapons before the legislative s...