Prospect Heights Crime
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Expressway shootings in Cook County at 188 this year, compared to 52 in 2019Oct 09, 2021 1:00 am - Within weeks, shootings on Chicago and Cook County expressways are on course to quadruple 2019's total, Illinois State Police records show. In 2019, there were 52 report...
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Security detail opened fire at carjacker outside Preckwinkle's home, but details remain sketchyOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - A security detail exchanged gunfire with a carjacker outside the Hyde Park home of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle last week, but neither she nor other offi...
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Car theft ring used stolen, fake identities to buy luxury cars in Cook, DuPage countiesSep 28, 2021 1:00 am - Six people have been charged with operating a car theft ring that used stolen or false identities to buy automobiles from dealerships, including several in DuPage and Co...
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Twist in 2002 Lake County murder case could mean new trial for man convicted of pulling triggerSep 24, 2021 5:30 am - Ronald Ruhl has spent the last 18 years in prison - and is due to spend at least 31 more - after Lake County prosecutors convinced a jury in 2003 that he murdered a Lake...
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Cook County sheriff launches Missing Persons Project to solve disappearances from long agoSep 02, 2021 5:30 am - Experts say that after the first three days someone has gone missing, the chances of finding that person begin to drop significantly. If that's true, locating someone g...
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Circuit court clerk's office upgrading website security after breachAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - The Cook County circuit court clerk's office website is undergoing security updates after a breach Aug. 13 that directed users to an NFL-related website, the office said...
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25 men cited in sex sting in Leyden TownshipJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - Officers from the Cook County sheriff's police Special Victims Unit issued citations Thursday to 25 men and towed 21 vehicles as part of an undercover operation in an ar...
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More Cook County courtrooms reopen promising speedier resolutionsJul 17, 2021 1:00 am - Dozens more Cook County courtrooms will be available for bench and jury trials beginning Friday, per a new order from Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, helping accelerate th...
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FBI investigating tax assessment bribes in Cook CountyJul 13, 2021 1:00 am - The FBI has been investigating a Cook County Board of Review employee who is alleged to have used his position to lower property assessments in exchange for thousands of...
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Case against man accused of trying to kidnap girl in Carol Stream droppedJul 09, 2021 5:30 am - It was a pretty stunning case last summer. A man ran up to a 13-year-old girl, grabbed her around the waist and tried to carry her away on Aug. 7, 2020, near a Carol Str...