Northbrook Crime
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Ex-Cook County department head sentenced for kickbacksMar 21, 2014 1:00 am - The former Cook County director of public affairs and communications under former Board President Todd Stroger was sentenced to 51 months in prison. Eugene Mullins, 50,...
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Archdiocese: More documents on sex abuse will be releasedMar 15, 2014 8:00 am - Archdiocese of Chicago says it will release documents about misconduct by 35 priests
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Man convicted of running heroin ringMar 12, 2014 1:00 am - A suburban man was convicted by a federal jury of operating a heroin sales ring for nearly six years and using the proceeds to buy jewelry, cars and suburban properties....
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Shoplifting suspect deemed a flight riskMar 10, 2014 1:01 am - The head of a Northbrook family accused of stealing $7 million in goods in a decadelong, multistate shoplifting spree will stay in jail because he is a flight risk, a fe...
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Brown's Chicken victim's family unhappy as killer wins $451,000Mar 09, 2014 1:01 am - A federal jury has awarded nearly $500,000 to one of the two men convicted in the Brown's Chicken massacre through a civil rights lawsuit filed against a former jailer. ...
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Cicero man accused of making false bomb threatMar 06, 2014 12:01 am - A man has been arrested on charges that he made a false bomb threat at a suburban courthouse. In a news release, the Cook County sheriff's office says that 34-year-old ...
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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 ...