Park Ridge Crime
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3 Chicago men charged with Des Plaines Radio Shack robberyJun 30, 2013 1:08 am - Three Chicago men were arrested Thursday and charged with stealing 90 cellphones, computers and monitors from a Des Plaines Radio Shack, a total of almost $31,000, polic...
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Sanity evaluation ordered in 2012 Elgin frying pan murderJun 28, 2013 4:24 pm - Defense attorneys have ordered a sanity evaluation for a 35-year-old Elgin woman who is accused of beating her boyfriend to death with a frying pan. Nora Leach-Peterson,...
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Riverdale man arrested in 2012 slayingJun 24, 2013 3:31 pm - The Cook County sheriff’s office says a 27-year-old Riverdale resident has been arrested in the 2012 shooting death of an Indiana man. In a news release, the sheriff’s o...
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Owner of well-known Cicero pizzeria slainJun 20, 2013 5:52 pm - A man who immigrated from Sicily in 1968 and worked odd jobs before opening a pizzeria was shot to death when he confronted a robber at his suburban Chicago eatery. The ...
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Man again charged with sex traffickingJun 19, 2013 4:42 pm - A man who was the first person to be convicted in Illinois under the state’s new tough human trafficking laws is facing similar charges in Cook County for the same offen...
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Wife pleads innocent in Inverness man's 1979 deathJun 17, 2013 3:00 pm - A Michigan woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday at her arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the death more than 30 years ago of her husband, Inverness commoditie...
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Arlington Heights man charged with felony batteryJun 15, 2013 11:51 am - A 26-year-old Arlington Heights man is charged with felony aggravated domestic battery and unlawful restraint after authorities said he attacked his girlfriend at a home...
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New `RICO’ law leads to gang arrests in ChicagoJun 13, 2013 6:23 pm - Several dozen members of a Chicago street gang who are implicated in drug trafficking and murder have been charged under Illinois’ new racketeering law, authorities anno...
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Defense wants to know how government gathered evidence in terror caseJun 13, 2013 8:03 am - Prosecutors haven’t denied that an expanded U.S. phone and Internet surveillance program triggered an investigation that led to terrorism charges against a West suburban...
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Police: Elgin man fakes ‘slip and fall’ injuriesJun 12, 2013 10:50 pm - A 52-year-old man has been charged with insurance fraud after admitting to authorities that he filed a series of fake “slip and fall” lawsuits against fast food restaura...