Northbrook Crime
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Indicted ex-commissioner negotiating plea dealNov 19, 2012 2:43 pm - An attorney for a former Cook County commissioner says his client is negotiating a possible plea deal with federal prosecutors in a bribery and kickback case. Word of th...
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6 years for violating probation for threatening Aurora copsNov 16, 2012 3:18 pm - A 51-year-old man was sentenced this week to six years in prison for repeatedly violating his probation that he received after repeatedly calling the Aurora police depar...
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11-year-old witness describes mom’s death at murder trialNov 14, 2012 12:55 pm - 11-year-old testifies in murder trial about fighting parents
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Trial begins for man charged in 2011 Valentine’s Day slayingNov 13, 2012 12:00 pm - Opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday in the trial of a 50-year-old man from unincorporated Cook County charged with first-degree murder in the Feb. 14, 2011, s...
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Police search for hit-and-run vehicleNov 07, 2012 2:00 pm - Cook County Sheriff's police are requesting the assistance of the public in helping identify a car that was involved in a fatal hit-and-run in unincorporated Maine Towns...
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Man gets 10 years for selling heroin near Elgin parkNov 01, 2012 5:23 pm - A 37-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for trying to sell $1,500 worth of heroin to an undercover cop near a park in Elgin in 2011, authorities s...
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Preckwinkle shoots down ammo tax planOct 31, 2012 5:15 pm - A proposed 5-cent tax on every bullet sold in Cook County has been dropped by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. The ammo tax will not be in next year’s propo...
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Court: Criminal evidence need not match confessionOct 18, 2012 4:08 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A confession in a criminal case must be backed up by independent evidence, but that evidence doesn’t need to match the confession detail for detail, the Il...
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I-290 traffic stop leads to drug chargesOct 16, 2012 2:21 pm - A Chicago man, stopped by police on eastbound I-290 for trying to cross several lanes of traffic, faces charges after more than $13,000 worth of drugs were discovered in...
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McHenry County couple accused of wake burglaries face new chargesOct 12, 2012 3:58 pm - A Johnsburg husband and wife already being held in Cook County on burglary charges found themselves in even more hot water Friday, after McHenry County police say they c...