Park Ridge Crime
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Murdered Elgin woman's relatives urged her to stay away from sonDec 05, 2017 4:00 am - Gail Peck kept pictures of her son Brian in drawers all over her bedroom - in her nightstand, among her clothes, in yellowed photo albums. The 76-year-old woman displaye...
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Sex offender imprisoned for not telling authorities he moved to AuroraNov 29, 2017 12:00 am - A former Cook County man is headed to prison again for failing to register as a sex offender after moving to Aurora. Keith L. Willis, 62, was sentenced Tuesday to five y...
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Elgin man admits to child sex assault, abuseNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - A 31-year-old Elgin man faces prison after admitting to sexually assaulting and abusing a girl under 13 during a four-year period. Freddy D. Copeland, of the 1200 block ...
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Writing book helped grieving Arlington Heights mom healNov 03, 2017 1:00 am - Editor's note: A previous version of this report mistakenly referred to Patrick Ford as a former boyfriend of Dana Mangi. Ten years ago last August, Barb Mangi and ...
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Wisconsin man indicted after teen's rescue from Schaumburg hotelOct 25, 2017 1:00 am - A 33-year-old Wisconsin man was indicted on federal sex trafficking charges after investigators rescued a 17-year-old girl from a Schaumburg hotel in August. Prosecutors...
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Mount Prospect Country Club once owned by reputed gangstersOct 24, 2017 11:00 pm - The Mount Prospect Country Club was originally known as “Northwest Hills Country Club” and was developed by Axel Lonnquist in 1926 as part of a real estate promotion. Th...
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Dozens of new sex abuse charges lodged against Prospect Heights coupleOct 24, 2017 1:00 am - Cook County prosecutors on Tuesday announced dozens of new charges against a Prospect Heights couple arrested earlier this year on allegations they sexually abused teena...
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Report: Suburban Cook County has more DUI cases than ChicagoOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - Suburban Cook County has more DUI cases than all of Chicago, with 901 to the city's 797 in 2016. Compared to Chicago, the suburbs also had more felony cases of burglary,...
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4-year sentence stands for Schaumburg mom who killed disabled daughterOct 10, 2017 1:00 am - The Schaumburg mom convicted last year of involuntary manslaughter in the 2015 death of her severely disabled daughter was dealt another blow in her attempt to have her ...
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Cook County sheriff moves to fire 9 employees in wake of courthouse rapeOct 06, 2017 1:00 am - Sheriff Thomas Dart announced Friday he intends to terminate nine Markham courthouse employees determined to have allowed the rape of a female detainee by two male detai...