Prospect Heights Crime
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Brown's Chicken victim's family unhappy as killer wins $451,000Mar 09, 2014 1:01 am - A federal jury has awarded nearly $500,000 to one of the two men convicted in the Brown's Chicken massacre through a civil rights lawsuit filed against a former jailer. ...
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Probation for Prospect Heights man who scuffled with an officerMar 08, 2014 12:01 am - A Prospect Heights man who tried to grab a police officer's holstered weapon and bit the officer's hand pleaded guilty to several charges, court records show. Kenny Cru...
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Cicero man accused of making false bomb threatMar 06, 2014 12:01 am - A man has been arrested on charges that he made a false bomb threat at a suburban courthouse. In a news release, the Cook County sheriff's office says that 34-year-old ...
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Northwest suburban police blotterMar 04, 2014 10:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Co-owner of defunct Palatine business facing fraud chargesFeb 28, 2014 12:01 am - The former co-owner of a defunct Palatine business is facing federal fraud charges along with a Pennsylvania man in connection with a $190 million lending scheme. Mark ...
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Animal hoarding: When 'compassion' can become a crimeFeb 22, 2014 10:00 pm - Several years ago, David Skeberdis found two abandoned parakeets while installing computers at O'Hare International Airport. He decided to rescue the birds. A few weeks ...
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Murder trial begins for South suburban businessmanFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - A South suburban businessman's trial on charges he killed his wife in September 2010 has started. Prosecutors accuse 63-year-old Allan Kustok of Orland Park of shooting ...
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Elgin cocaine dealer convicted, faces prisonFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - A 35-year-old Elgin man faces six to 30 years in prison after a jury convicted him this week of coordinating three cocaine sales in October 2012 near an Elgin park. Lade...
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Ex-cop Mandell found guilty of one kidnapping-murder plotFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - A federal jury Friday found Steven Mandell of Buffalo Grove guilty of a grisly plot to kidnap, torture and kill a suburban businessman, but acquitted him on other charge...
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Murder trial delayed after attorney slips on iceFeb 21, 2014 12:00 am - A South suburban businessman's murder trial has been delayed after a defense attorney slipped on ice outside the Bridgeview courthouse and was injured. Orland Park busin...