Northbrook Crime
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Lawsuit claims Boy Scouts failed to stop pedophileDec 04, 2012 4:26 pm - The Boy Scouts of America and Chicago-area scouting officials failed to protect children from a convicted pedophile, even though he had been banned from Scouting in Indi...
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State’s attorney to conduct review of Maine West hazing allegationsDec 04, 2012 4:15 pm - Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez has ordered a “complete top-to-bottom review” of the ongoing hazing scandal at Maine West High School, Alvarez spokeswoman Sal...
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Just as it began, Beavers’ tax trial delayedDec 04, 2012 8:03 am - The trial of an influential Chicago-area politician is being pushed back into next month. Jury selection was set to continue Tuesday in the tax evasion case against Cook...
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Kaneland graduate was caring friend, talented welderDec 03, 2012 1:58 pm - Classmates and a teacher of Zachary Bingham, a 2012 Kaneland High School graduate killed in a crash last weekend when he was hit and killed by a woman driving a stolen c...
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Beavers says he’ll testify in tax trialDec 03, 2012 1:05 pm - A Cook County commissioner has vowed to testify at his federal tax-evasion trial. William Beavers spoke to reporters Monday after appearing in federal court for the fir...
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Beavers can say he repaid money if he testifiesNov 30, 2012 4:03 pm - An influential Chicago politician can tell jurors he put cash back into his campaign coffers and amended his tax returns as part of his defense at his upcoming tax-evasi...
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Arrest made in rash of Elgin car burglariesNov 29, 2012 9:33 pm - A 23-year-old Elgin resident has been arrested in connection with a rash of burglaries in the Blackhawk neighborhood on the city’s far northeast side over the past two m...
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25 years for Elgin gang shootings that injured 3Nov 28, 2012 1:32 pm - A 20-year-old Elgin man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday after admitting his role in two gang-related shootings in Elgin in which three people were injured,...
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Elgin man gets 15 years for planning to sell 30,000 Ecstasy pillsNov 27, 2012 3:00 pm - An Elgin man Tuesday was sentenced to 15 years in prison after his conviction earlier this year of possession of 30,000 Ecstasy pills that authorities estimate were wort...
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Former solid waste agency director to plead guiltyNov 26, 2012 11:00 am - The former executive director of the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County expects to plead guilty to charges that he stole about $850,000 from the agency, his lawy...