Northbrook Crime
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Northbrook family accused of $7 million shoplifting spreeMar 05, 2014 12:00 am - A father, mother and daughter from Northbrook stole $7 million in merchandise during a decadelong shoplifting spree — traveling to stores nationwide and targeting dolls,...
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Co-owner of defunct Palatine business facing fraud chargesFeb 28, 2014 12:01 am - The former co-owner of a defunct Palatine business is facing federal fraud charges along with a Pennsylvania man in connection with a $190 million lending scheme. Mark ...
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Animal hoarding: When 'compassion' can become a crimeFeb 22, 2014 10:00 pm - Several years ago, David Skeberdis found two abandoned parakeets while installing computers at O'Hare International Airport. He decided to rescue the birds. A few weeks ...
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Murder trial begins for South suburban businessmanFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - A South suburban businessman's trial on charges he killed his wife in September 2010 has started. Prosecutors accuse 63-year-old Allan Kustok of Orland Park of shooting ...
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Elgin cocaine dealer convicted, faces prisonFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - A 35-year-old Elgin man faces six to 30 years in prison after a jury convicted him this week of coordinating three cocaine sales in October 2012 near an Elgin park. Lade...
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Ex-cop Mandell found guilty of one kidnapping-murder plotFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - A federal jury Friday found Steven Mandell of Buffalo Grove guilty of a grisly plot to kidnap, torture and kill a suburban businessman, but acquitted him on other charge...
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Murder trial delayed after attorney slips on iceFeb 21, 2014 12:00 am - A South suburban businessman's murder trial has been delayed after a defense attorney slipped on ice outside the Bridgeview courthouse and was injured. Orland Park busin...
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Buffalo Grove man testifies in federal murder-for-hire caseFeb 20, 2014 12:01 am - Steven Mandell of Buffalo Grove told a federal jury Thursday that his recorded conversations about torturing, killing and dismembering a suburban businessmen were all fa...
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Suburban men charged with damaging Trump TowerFeb 19, 2014 12:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Daley nephew starts jail termFeb 14, 2014 12:01 am - A nephew of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley began serving a 60-day jail sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 2004 death of a...