Park Ridge Crime
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Hooked on heroin: How one group of friends nearly ruined their livesJan 01, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran on Dec. 3, 2001 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. When his 17th birthday ro...
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Treatment options dwindling for families hit by 'hidden scourge'Jan 01, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran on Jan. 16, 2003 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. Despite a rise in the...
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Heroin: Why these drugs are so tough to fightJan 01, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran on Dec. 2, 2001 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. A teenage girl lies flat ...
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Why kids who weather divorce might be more likely to use drugsJan 01, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran on Jan. 15, 2003 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. Going through a divorce ...
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Governor signs off on drug courts for teensJan 01, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran on June 25, 2002 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. SPRINGFIELD - Drug cour...
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Father sues dealer of drug that killed sonJan 01, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran on May 7, 2002 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. The father of a McHenry ...
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Surrounded by friends, family, teen loses lonely battle with drugsJan 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. They go to proms and con...
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Heroin addict thought falling of the wagon once wouldn't hurtJan 01, 2014 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran on Oct. 6, 2002 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. This is part of an occasi...
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Police arrest 3rd suspect in pregnant girl’s deathDec 30, 2013 3:50 pm - A third suspect in the Christmas Day fatal shooting of a pregnant teenager in the South suburbs has turned himself in to police. Attorney Stuart Goldberg says his client...
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Persistence on suburban cold cases paid off in 2013Dec 29, 2013 12:52 pm - A pair of suburban cold cases, including the unsolved 1979 murder of an Inverness commodities broker, heated up this year, leading in both instances to the arrest of the...