Northfield Crime
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Bail set at $150,000 in Elgin Tower arson caseJun 04, 2014 1:00 am - Bail was set at $150,000 Wednesday for a homeless man accused of setting a May 11 fire at the Elgin Tower Building, authorities said. Tommy W. McBurney, 58, has been cha...
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D'Andre Howard guilty in Hoffman Estates murdersJun 03, 2014 1:01 am - Convicted Tuesday of stabbing to death three members of his ex-fiance Amanda Engelhardt's family in their Hoffman Estates home, D'Andre Howard faces mandatory life in pr...
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Schaumburg man charged in FBI child porn stingJun 02, 2014 1:01 am - A 34-year-old Schaumburg man is facing federal child pornography charges after a recent undercover FBI operation. Kurt S. Mayer, whose most recent address is listed on ...
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D'Andre Howard 'just wanted to make the noise stop'Jun 02, 2014 1:00 am - D'Andre Howard admitted to “wildly slashing” four members of his fiancee Amanda Engelhardt's family and said he heard loud noises in his head “like a siren” while he did...
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Stab wounds too hard to look at in Howard murder trialMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - Grim photographic evidence of the vicious attacks against three members of a Hoffman Estates family led some people to leave the courtroom and defendant D'Andre Howard t...
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Grandmother's mental fitness at issue in murder caseMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - A doctor says a South suburban woman is unfit to stand trial for the death of her 6-month-old granddaughter. The Southtown Star reported Alfreda Giedrojc will have a he...
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Judge rules against ex-frat members in hazing caseMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - A DeKalb County judge has rejected four former Northern Illinois University fraternity members' claim that the state's hazing statute is unconstitutional. Judge John McA...
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Paramedic recalls Laura Engelhardt asking, 'Am I going to die?'May 29, 2014 1:00 am - Eighteen-year-old Laura Engelhardt had one question as paramedics rushed her by ambulance to the hospital after a knife attack on her family on April 17, 2009. “Am I goi...
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Ex-girlfriend describes killings in Howard trialMay 28, 2014 1:00 am - A tearful Amanda Engelhardt told jurors today that she fell asleep after a prolonged argument with former boyfriend D'Andre Howard and awoke to find him holding a knife ...
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After jury chosen, Howard tries to fire lawyersMay 28, 2014 1:00 am - After 12 jurors and three alternates had been chosen to hear evidence in his murder trial, D'Andre Howard informed the judge Tuesday that he wanted to fire his assistant...