Prospect Heights Crime
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Authorities: Accused officer killed self in cellNov 04, 2014 12:01 am - A Cook County sheriff's spokeswoman says an officer committed suicide in a federal lockup after he and his partner were arrested during a corruption sting. Cook County s...
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Prospect Hts. teen charged with arson in family home fireNov 03, 2014 12:01 am - A 14-year-old Prospect Heights boy is charged with multiple counts of aggravated arson in connection with an early morning fire Monday that destroyed his family's home, ...
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Probation, fine for Elgin woman who starved dog to deathNov 03, 2014 12:00 am - A 24-year-old Elgin woman accused of leaving two of her dogs on her apartment balcony for a week while she was out of town has been sentenced to 18 months probation and ...
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Cook County jail guard charged with theftOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - A Cook County correctional officer who conspired with an inmate to buy what he thought was stolen merchandise has been charged with felony theft, authorities said. In a ...
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Authorities: Judge attacked by inmate in Maywood courtroomOct 30, 2014 1:01 am - Authorities say a Cook County jail inmate appearing in a Maywood courtroom for a routine hearing attacked a judge. Cook County Jail Executive Director Cara Smith said th...
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Cook County corrections officer charged with theftOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - A Cook County correctional officer has been charged with theft and placed on paid administrative leave, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. Fernando Munoz, ...
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Trial delayed for Glencoe man involved in Lincolnshire crash that killed Wheeling womanOct 27, 2014 1:01 am - The trial for a man accused of driving while intoxicated during a crash in Lincolnshire that killed a Wheeling woman was delayed Monday due to medical issues, authoritie...
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Bloomingdale teen sentenced for summer 2013 'crime wave'Oct 24, 2014 12:00 pm - The first member of what DuPage County Judge John Kinsella called a “two-man crime wave” that preyed on suburban businesses last summer, is headed to prison. Nicholas Pa...
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Des Plaines man sentenced in murder-for-hire plotOct 24, 2014 1:01 am - A 51-year-old Des Plaines man was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison after pleading guilty in July to attempting to hire a hitman to kill his estranged wife and h...
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Inmate charged with murder just before he was to be releasedOct 23, 2014 1:01 am - On the day he was scheduled to leave prison after serving a five-year sentence for burglary, a suburban man found out he was charged in the stabbing death of a woman 12 ...