Northbrook Crime
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Tragedy and turmoil marked suburban crime news in 2020Jan 04, 2021 5:00 am - The heartbreaking story of the short, tragic life of AJ Freund, the Crystal Lake 5-year-old beaten to death in 2019 then buried in a shallow grave in Woodstock, conclude...
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Cook County sees record numbers of opioid, gun deaths in 2020Jan 02, 2021 12:00 am - The Cook County medical examiner's office handled record numbers of opioid deaths and gun-related homicides in 2020, as well as a record number of total cases because of...
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Northbrook bank robbedDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - A Fifth Third Bank in Northbrook was robbed Wednesday afternoon. The FBI said the robber walked into the bank, 240 Skokie Blvd., and demanded money via a note. The thie...
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Buffalo Grove chief had big plans for international police group in 2020. Fate had other ideas.Dec 11, 2020 4:30 am - When Buffalo Grove Police Chief Steve Casstevens was sworn in last fall as president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, it was the culmination of more...
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Mother and daughter from Northbrook charged in Palatine burglaryDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - A mother and daughter from Northbrook have been charged with burglarizing a home in Palatine where one of them had a cleaning job in 2018, police said Friday in a news r...
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Mother charged in 2003 murder of newborn twins, bodies dumped in trash bin near StickneyDec 05, 2020 12:00 am - Inspired by news in 2018 of the arrest of the Golden State killer 32 years after his crime spree based on a DNA search for familial connections, Cook County sheriff's De...
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Cook County homicides top 900 mark in 2020: What's happened in Northwest suburbsDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - Cook County has recorded 902 homicides this year, marking the first time since 2016 and just the second time in nearly a quarter-century that the 900 mark has been reach...
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Murder suspect from Aurora added to U.S. Marshals Most Wanted listNov 27, 2020 4:30 am - By Chuck Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas The 3½-year international manhunt for a man wanted in the 2017 slaying of a Northwest suburban attorney got a shot in the arm this ...
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Chief judge orders Cook County cases to be held by videoconferenceNov 23, 2020 12:00 am - Criminal and civil cases pending in Cook County will be held by videoconference except in "extraordinary or compelling circumstances" in response to the statewide surge ...
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2 burglars posing as plumbers force their way into Northbrook woman's homeNov 21, 2020 12:00 am - Two men posing as plumbers forced their way into the home of an elderly Northbrook woman Friday, Northbrook police said. Around 7 p.m. the victim, a resident of the 250...