Rolling Meadows Crime
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Rolling Meadows courthouse quiets in response to COVID-19 pandemicMar 31, 2020 1:00 am - Rolling Meadows' once-bustling Third District Cook County courthouse has quieted considerably in the two weeks since Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans ordered most criminal a...
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13 years after businessman's disappearance, DuPage detective gives case a fresh lookMar 06, 2020 4:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas More than 13 years ago after John "Chicago Johnny" Spira vanished from his workplace near West Chicago, a DuPage County sheriff's...
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Back to guilty: Judge vacates the vacation of Harvest Bible youth minister's convictionFeb 11, 2020 12:00 am - Just three months ago, Kane County Judge Michael Noland found former Harvest Bible Chapel youth minister Paxton Singer of Sugar Grove guilty of disorderly conduct. That ...
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Fighting crime or invading privacy? Police deals with Ring video doorbell have advocates and criticsFeb 09, 2020 6:00 am - As suburban police tout the crime-fighting benefits of striking deals for access to video from Amazon's Ring doorbell cameras, several critics, including a prominent civ...
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Former St. Viator coach pleads not guilty to sexual abuse chargeFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - Retired St. Viator High School coach Joseph Majkowski entered a not guilty plea Wednesday on a charge of sexually abusing a minor. The 65-year-old was initially charged ...
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Ex-St. Viator coach facing new sex abuse chargeJan 03, 2020 12:00 am - A former St. Viator High School coach and counselor who was already facing misdemeanor charges alleging he sent inappropriate text messages to teenage students now faces...
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Rolling Meadows man gets 17 years for sexually abusing two girlsDec 03, 2019 12:00 am - A 58-year-old Rolling Meadows man who pleaded guilty last month to sexually abusing two girls was sentenced to 17 years in prison Tuesday. Bradley Pletz, who pleaded gu...
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Indictment announced in Mount Prospect crash that killed landscaperNov 21, 2019 12:00 am - Prosecutors announced an indictment against an off-duty ride-share driver from Rolling Meadows who they say struck and killed a landscaper working along Golf Road in Mou...
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Authorities: Most of cash stolen from Rolling Meadows bank and tossed from car recoveredNov 18, 2019 12:00 am - Authorities on Monday said they recovered most of the cash tossed from a car along the Kennedy Expressway on Saturday by the man who robbed a Rolling Meadows bank. Steph...
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Rolling Meadows bank robbery suspect tosses cash from car windowNov 16, 2019 12:00 am - A suspect in a Rolling Meadows bank robbery tossed cash out of a car window during a high-speed chase Saturday morning that ended with the man's arrest in Chicago, autho...