Mount Prospect Crime
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What can fight crime? Preschools, report says. The more, the better.May 03, 2019 5:20 am - The key to reducing crime across Illinois isn't more cops on the streets, bigger jails, tougher laws or harsher punishments. It's better preschools, and more of them. At...
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Foxx says there's no need for special prosecutor in Smollett caseApr 30, 2019 1:00 am - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx says that neither she nor her top deputy needs to appear at a hearing this week on a former judge's request to appoint a special pr...
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13-year prison sentence for Elgin man who abused, shook 7-week-old babyApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - A 25-year-old Elgin man was sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday for breaking the leg of his live-in girlfriend's 7-week-old son in March 2016 and later shaking the ba...
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Man who stole BMW, led Elgin police on chase gets jail, probationApr 25, 2019 1:00 am - A McHenry man pleaded guilty this week to stealing a BMW from a driveway in Elgin and leading police on a drunken chase, and was sentenced to 180 days in jail and two ye...
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Prosecutor receives death threats in wake of Smollett decisionApr 22, 2019 1:00 am - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has received a series of threats against her life and safety in the wake of her office's decision earlier this month to abruptly dr...
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Elk Grove man faces new charges after postal worker shootingApr 19, 2019 1:00 am - An Elk Grove Village man has been indicted on new charges of trying to kill a postal worker on New Year's Eve, authorities said Friday. Cameron Ruebusch, 24, is charged ...
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Man accused of stabbing Elgin psychiatrist fit to stand trial; defense may argue insanityApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - A man charged with stabbing his Elgin psychiatrist with a steak knife in August after she refused to write him a prescription for medical marijuana was ruled fit to stan...
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Former Schaumburg officer continuing efforts to have conviction vacatedApr 11, 2019 1:00 am - DuPage County prosecutors are objecting to a former Schaumburg police officer's attempts to have his conviction vacated and charges dismissed. In a one-page motion to di...
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Bolingbrook man gets 19 years for child pornography, sex traffickingApr 06, 2019 1:00 am - Ronald Gobenciong, 46, of Bolingbrook was sentenced Thursday to 19 years in federal prison man in a child pornography and sex trafficking case, the Cook County sheriff's...
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Man arrested, charged with attempted carjacking in Elgin, pushing womanMar 30, 2019 1:00 am - A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with trying to carjack a vehicle in Elgin Friday afternoon, pushing a mom and her child to the ground and punching anothe...