Park Ridge Crime
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Skokie man charged in fatal hit-and-run of Park Ridge manNov 09, 2012 11:00 am - An emergency medical technician from Skokie has been charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident near Des Plaines that killed a Park Ridge man. Kristian Hern...
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Police search for hit-and-run vehicleNov 07, 2012 2:00 pm - Cook County Sheriff's police are requesting the assistance of the public in helping identify a car that was involved in a fatal hit-and-run in unincorporated Maine Towns...
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Man gets 10 years for selling heroin near Elgin parkNov 01, 2012 5:23 pm - A 37-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for trying to sell $1,500 worth of heroin to an undercover cop near a park in Elgin in 2011, authorities s...
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Preckwinkle shoots down ammo tax planOct 31, 2012 5:15 pm - A proposed 5-cent tax on every bullet sold in Cook County has been dropped by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. The ammo tax will not be in next year’s propo...
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Court: Criminal evidence need not match confessionOct 18, 2012 4:08 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A confession in a criminal case must be backed up by independent evidence, but that evidence doesn’t need to match the confession detail for detail, the Il...
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I-290 traffic stop leads to drug chargesOct 16, 2012 2:21 pm - A Chicago man, stopped by police on eastbound I-290 for trying to cross several lanes of traffic, faces charges after more than $13,000 worth of drugs were discovered in...
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McHenry County couple accused of wake burglaries face new chargesOct 12, 2012 3:58 pm - A Johnsburg husband and wife already being held in Cook County on burglary charges found themselves in even more hot water Friday, after McHenry County police say they c...
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Palatine woman accused of stealing $200K from grandmotherOct 11, 2012 7:01 pm - A Palatine woman has been charged with stealing more than $200,000 from her grandmother. Jennifer Curtis, 43, was arrested Wednesday. Bail was set at $100,000, and she i...
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Suspect in Chicago car-bomb plot pleads not guiltyOct 11, 2012 4:59 pm - A West suburban teen has pleaded not guilty to trying to set off what he thought was a car bomb next to a Chicago bar. Dressed in orange jail clothes, Adel Daoud looked...
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Former medical board member, 3 others indicted on fraud chargesOct 05, 2012 4:15 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A former Illinois Medical District commissioner, his wife and two other people used at least $3.7 million in state health grants to pay for vacation homes,...