Northbrook Crime
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Beavers found guilty of tax evasionMar 21, 2013 5:00 pm - An influential Chicago Democrat who famously compared himself to a virile hog was convicted Thursday after less than two hours of jury deliberations on charges of tax ev...
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Probation, $34,000 fine in Elgin indoor pot growing caseMar 21, 2013 3:00 pm - A 55-year-old Elgin man was sentenced to three years probation and fined a little more than $34,000 after pleading guilty to possession of more than 50 marijuana plants,...
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Elgin teen charged with being high and causing 2012 fatal crashMar 20, 2013 10:00 am - Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for an 18-year-old from Elgin involved in a fatal rollover crash in September 2012. Shannon Hill, whose last known address is i...
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4th lawsuit filed against former Schaumburg copsMar 18, 2013 6:00 pm - A Schaumburg family on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against the village of Schaumburg and three former undercover officers saying officers arrested a family member w...
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Beavers gambled at frantic pace, IRS agent testifiesMar 18, 2013 3:55 pm - A Chicago Democrat cashed multiple four-figure checks from his campaign to himself and then gambled the money away on slot machines at a feverish pace — sometimes within...
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Ex-casino worker testifies Beavers lost nearly $500,00 on slotsMar 15, 2013 4:33 pm - A powerful Chicago politician who earns just a five-figure salary gambled away nearly $500,000 playing slot machines over three years at a single casino, according to re...
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Cop charged with transmitting HIVMar 14, 2013 6:34 pm - A Cicero Police Department officer was formally charged Thursday with criminally transmitting HIV, authorities said. A 24-year-old man told police he and the officer, 38...
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Beavers lied about campaign money, prosecutors sayMar 14, 2013 4:27 pm - A powerful Chicago politician fond of playing slot machines spent thousands of dollars from his campaign coffers at a casino and then falsely declared he’d spent it on a...
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Elk Grove man asks judge to vacate drug sentenceMar 12, 2013 4:04 pm - Elk Grove man says ex-cop lied under oath
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Howard plans insanity defense in Hoffman Estates slayingsMar 11, 2013 1:26 pm - Defense attorneys announced Monday they intend to pursue an insanity defense for D’Andre Howard, charged with the April 2009 slayings of three members of a Hoffman Estat...