Prospect Heights Crime
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Elgin father, son accused of planning to sell cocaineJan 05, 2017 12:00 am - An Elgin father and son are accused of possessing a half pound of cocaine and other drugs they planned to sell, according to prosecutors and court records. Travis Charle...
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Elgin man charged with 6th DUI after hitting parked carJan 04, 2017 12:00 am - A 55-year-old Elgin man had a blood-alcohol concentration nearly three times the legal limit when he hit a parked car on the city's east side, resulting in his sixth DUI...
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1991 rape charges dropped in Lake CountyJan 03, 2017 12:00 am - A previous version of this report mistakenly said William Carini was from Gurnee. Lake County prosecutors on Tuesday made official their decision to drop rape charg...
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Cook County Jail population down about 700 peopleJan 02, 2017 10:00 pm - Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart released a year-end report on the Cook County Jail, highlighting efforts to reduce incarceration of people for lower-level, nonviolent of...
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Major court and crime stories last year in the Northwest suburbsJan 02, 2017 5:00 am - Once again, disgraced Illinois politicians topped the list of Cook County's noteworthy court and crime stories of the year. His reputation and legacy in tatters after ...
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Authorities perplexed by discovery of decapitated goatsDec 16, 2016 4:33 am - Was it a strange religious ritual? A bizarre case of littering? A Cubs fan's twisted celebration of breaking a 108-year-old curse? Arlington Heights police aren't quite ...
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6 years in prison for Elgin man who raped girl at parkDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - An Elgin man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a teenage girl he knew at an Elgin park in July 2015. Jesus Vazquez-Zamora, 25, of...
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Police: Attorney from Prospect Heights was strangled in Northbrook officeDec 10, 2016 12:00 am - Police on Saturday released new details about the murder of a suburban real estate attorney last week in Northbrook as they continued investigating the case. Jigar K. Pa...
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Police: Prospect Heights attorney murdered in NorthbrookDec 09, 2016 12:00 am - A Prospect Heights man's death is being investigated as a murder after his body was found Wednesday night in his Northbrook law office, officials said Friday. The Cook ...
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Lake Zurich man dies from drug not seen before in Cook CountyDec 09, 2016 12:00 am - A 35-year-old Lake Zurich man was one of two recent deaths attributed to opioids never before seen in Cook County and the number of deaths attributed to a powerful opioi...