Mount Prospect Crime
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Mother charged in 2003 murder of newborn twins, bodies dumped in trash bin near StickneyDec 05, 2020 12:00 am - Inspired by news in 2018 of the arrest of the Golden State killer 32 years after his crime spree based on a DNA search for familial connections, Cook County sheriff's De...
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Mount Prospect police arrest two on multiple identity theft chargesDec 03, 2020 12:00 am - The contents of two trash bags proved invaluable to a Mount Prospect investigation into a string of identity thefts in which authorities say two people used personal inf...
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Cook County homicides top 900 mark in 2020: What's happened in Northwest suburbsDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - Cook County has recorded 902 homicides this year, marking the first time since 2016 and just the second time in nearly a quarter-century that the 900 mark has been reach...
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Chief judge orders Cook County cases to be held by videoconferenceNov 23, 2020 12:00 am - Criminal and civil cases pending in Cook County will be held by videoconference except in "extraordinary or compelling circumstances" in response to the statewide surge ...
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Cook County settles sexual misconduct suit for $14 millionNov 19, 2020 12:00 am - The Cook County Board on Thursday approved a $14 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by female jail workers and assistant public defenders who contended a pattern of ...
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Cook County jail seeing more COVID-19 casesNov 15, 2020 12:00 am - The Cook County jail, after getting national attention for its very early outbreak of COVID-19, then bringing the numbers down to infinitesimal levels, is again facing a...
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Two held in Wheaton robbery and carjackingNov 13, 2020 12:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Suspect charged with sexually abusing two girls in Mt. Prospect, PalatineNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - A 72-year-old Palatine man was ordered held on $200,000 total bond Thursday on charges he sexually abused two girls. Edison Banares is charged with predatory criminal se...
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Van Dyke's appeal dismissed at his own requestOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke's appeal of his 2018 conviction for killing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014 was dismissed Friday following Van Dyke's ow...
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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...