Northbrook Crime
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Probation for 1 of 3 in Kane presciption drug schemeJul 18, 2014 1:01 am - A 35-year-old South Elgin woman received 30 months of probation Friday after admitting to possessing blank prescription drug forms, a felony. Suzanna E. Rostek, of the 0...
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Former Addison commodities clerk sentenced in fraudJul 17, 2014 1:00 am - A former clerk at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was sentenced to eight months in prison for a commodities fraud scheme that netted her more than $200,000. Nicole M. G...
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Woman pleads guilty to torture, murder of Waukegan manJul 15, 2014 1:01 am - A Waukegan woman who assisted in the torture and killing of a man she believed sexually assaulted her pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder in Lake County c...
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Jails struggle with role as makeshift asylumsJul 14, 2014 5:00 am - The numbers, posted daily on the Cook County sheriff's website, would be alarming at an urgent care clinic, let alone a jail: On a Wednesday, 36 percent of all new arriv...
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Three life sentences for Hoffman Estates murdersJul 09, 2014 1:00 am - D'Andre Howard will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering three members of the Engelhardt family and attempting to kill a fourth during what prosecutors des...
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Life sentence stands in Nellessen slayingJul 08, 2014 1:00 am - A Cook County judge on Tuesday denied a defense motion to reconsider the life sentence he imposed on 22-year-old Matthew Nellessen, who murdered his widowed father Georg...
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Lake sheriff's department has most DUI arrests in stateJul 01, 2014 1:01 am - The sheriff's department in Illinois with the most DUI arrests in 2013 is Lake County, with 348, the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists reported Tuesday in its 24th ...
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10 plead guilty to human traffickingJun 30, 2014 1:01 am - Cook County prosecutors say 10 people have pleaded guilty to trafficking young women and girls for sex. State's Attorney Anita Alvarez said Monday that nine men and one ...
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Arrests made in Cook County jail smuggling ringJun 30, 2014 1:01 am - A correctional officer was among those arrested over the weekend for smuggling contraband into Cook County jail, authorities said. Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart made t...
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Appeals court upholds Beavers' tax convictionJun 30, 2014 1:00 am - A federal appeals court has upheld the tax-evasion conviction of a once-influential Chicago Democrat. Monday's 26-page ruling from a three-judge panel is at least partl...