Northbrook Crime
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Wood Dale cop testifies about shooting intruderApr 17, 2013 7:00 pm - A Wood Dale police sergeant on Wednesday described how he shot an intruder in his home after being unable to fend off the suspect during a knockdown, drag-out fight. “H...
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Woman once on most-wanted list sentencedApr 16, 2013 9:21 pm - A suburban woman who was captured after a murder case was featured on television’s “America’s Most Wanted” was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the 2003 murder of a f...
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Probation for Elgin man busted with 8 pounds of potApr 16, 2013 3:53 pm - A 21-year-old Elgin man who was busted with 8 pounds of marijuana and then tried to say it was his dad’s has pleaded guilty to felony drug possession. Joseph J. Johnson,...
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Women accused of human traffickingApr 13, 2013 8:43 pm - Two Wisconsin women are charged with human trafficking involving a girl in Illinois. According to the Cook County sheriff’s office, Elizabeth Roeder of Milwaukee and Sha...
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Judge to rule Monday on inmate’s motion to vacate pleaApr 12, 2013 5:53 pm - An Elk Grove Village man doing prison time on drug charges must wait a bit longer for a ruling on his motion to vacate his guilty plea. Cook County Judge Kay Hanlon on F...
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12 years for Aurora man who robbed for gambling addictionApr 10, 2013 3:00 pm - On his best day of gambling Fernando Zavala won $8,000, which he used to buy a truck. On his worst day, the 39-year-old Elgin man lost $10,000 at the blackjack tables at...
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19 former defendants go free in the wake of cops’ arrestsApr 07, 2013 8:00 am - In the wake of the January 2013 arrests in DuPage County of former Schaumburg undercover officers John Cichy, Matthew Hudak and Terrance O’Brien on charges of criminal d...
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Farflung fallout from Schaumburg cops' arrestsApr 06, 2013 11:00 pm - Numbers tell the story of the ongoing fallout from the January arrests of former Schaumburg undercover police officers charged with selling drugs skimmed from seizures. ...
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Screams scare off cowboy hat-wearing intruderApr 01, 2013 6:00 pm - A woman's screams early Sunday morning scared off a man wearing a cowboy hat who had broken into her apartment in an unincorporated area near Des Plaines, Cook County sh...
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Woman gets probation for Batavia retirement home theftApr 01, 2013 9:39 am - A 19-year-old charged with stealing and forging checks from residents at aBatavia retirement home pleaded guilty to reduced charges, and received two years probation and...