Park Ridge Crime
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Beavers gambled at frantic pace, IRS agent testifiesMar 18, 2013 3:55 pm - A Chicago Democrat cashed multiple four-figure checks from his campaign to himself and then gambled the money away on slot machines at a feverish pace — sometimes within...
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Ex-casino worker testifies Beavers lost nearly $500,00 on slotsMar 15, 2013 4:33 pm - A powerful Chicago politician who earns just a five-figure salary gambled away nearly $500,000 playing slot machines over three years at a single casino, according to re...
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Cop charged with transmitting HIVMar 14, 2013 6:34 pm - A Cicero Police Department officer was formally charged Thursday with criminally transmitting HIV, authorities said. A 24-year-old man told police he and the officer, 38...
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Beavers lied about campaign money, prosecutors sayMar 14, 2013 4:27 pm - A powerful Chicago politician fond of playing slot machines spent thousands of dollars from his campaign coffers at a casino and then falsely declared he’d spent it on a...
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Elk Grove man asks judge to vacate drug sentenceMar 12, 2013 4:04 pm - Elk Grove man says ex-cop lied under oath
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Howard plans insanity defense in Hoffman Estates slayingsMar 11, 2013 1:26 pm - Defense attorneys announced Monday they intend to pursue an insanity defense for D’Andre Howard, charged with the April 2009 slayings of three members of a Hoffman Estat...
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Beavers' tax evasion trial resumesMar 11, 2013 12:00 pm - A tough-talking Chicago Democratic politician remained defiant as his tax-evasion trial resumed Monday after a three-month delay, vowing to testify and challenge prosecu...
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Two found shot multiple timesMar 07, 2013 5:42 pm - Police in Southwest suburban Burbank are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman whose bodies were found inside a home Wednesday. The Cook County medical examiner’...
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Moylan's tougher hazing penalty wins committee backingFeb 27, 2013 1:00 pm - Recent hazing scandals at Maine West and Hoffman Estates high schools have prompted one state official to call for a tougher penalty for school officials and employees w...
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Man convicted in 2003 Elgin drug murder seeks new trialFeb 23, 2013 4:36 pm - A 41-year-old man convicted a decade ago of murdering of an Elgin drug dealer made his case for a new trial Wednesday, arguing that hearsay statements from others involv...