Park Ridge Crime
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Bail set for Palatine woman charged in friend’s drug deathJan 10, 2014 8:33 pm - A Palatine woman is being held in Cook County Jail on $250,000 bail Saturday following charges that she is responsible for the drug-induced homicide of a 34-year-old man...
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Cop accused of stealing $20,000 from elderly manJan 10, 2014 3:48 pm - A suburban police officer is charged with stealing $20,000 from an elderly man who suffers from advanced dementia. The Cook County sheriff’s office said Friday that Elmw...
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Maywood man gets life sentence for aunt’s beating deathJan 09, 2014 1:07 pm - A Maywood man has been sentenced to life in prison for the beating death of his elderly aunt. The Cook County state’s attorney’s office says 56-year-old David Brown of M...
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Charge against Daley nephew standsJan 08, 2014 3:06 pm - Daley nephew accused of involuntary manslaughter in death of Mt. Prospect man
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4 years in prison for Elgin burglary, highway chase to WisconsinJan 02, 2014 1:58 pm - A 30-year-old Streamwood man was sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to his role in a May burglary of a Sam’s Club in Elgin that led to a two-hour police c...
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Cure or just another addiction? Methadone providers say opiate keeps scores of addicts off heroinJan 01, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran on Dec. 5, 2001 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. Cathy, a 45-year-old Pa...
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How club drugs affect you and your childrenJan 01, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran on Jan. 21, 2002 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. Though club drugs and he...
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Prescription drugs: They're legal but still lethalJan 01, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran on April 8, 2002 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. Sequestered in her bedro...
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Kane's drug court is key to turnaround for addictsJan 01, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran on Oct. 2, 2002 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. When Gilbert Feliciano...
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Heroin stole 21-year-old's exuberance, then his lifeJan 01, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran on April 28, 2002 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. Editor's note: This is ...