Wheeling Crime
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Suspect in Wheeling homicide seen in Palatine
May 22, 2020 5:34 PM - Authorities still are searching for the Wheeling driver suspected of intentionally running down a pedestrian on Wednesday. Police said in a news release Friday that Jose Fermin Zavala-Hernandez was last seen near Route 53 and Rand Road in Palatine. He appeared to have an injury to his hand and was walking with a noticeable limp. -
Police: Father of three deliberately targeted by driver of SUV that plowed into Wheeling home
May 22, 2020 9:06 AM - Wheeling police say the man struck and killed by an SUV moments before the vehicle crashed into a home Wednesday was deliberately targeted by the driver as part of an ongoing feud. -
Pedestrian killed, driver flees after SUV slams into Wheeling home
May 20, 2020 5:20 PM - One person is dead and another is on the run after an SUV struck a pedestrian, then slammed into a home Wednesday morning in Wheeling. -
Prosecutors: Teen took a nap, then items from Wheeling residence above funeral homeMay 13, 2020 5:52 PM - A cello, laptop and BB gun were among the items police say a Chicago teen took from a residence located above a Wheeling funeral home earlier this month. Julian Kadan was charged with residential burglary.
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Driver going 107 mph in crash that killed teen gets 4-year sentence
Mar 4, 2020 6:59 PM - A Wheeling man was sentenced to four years in prison for the 107 mph crash that killed a 16-year-old Mount Prospect girl in 2018. -
Suburban men charged in multimillion-dollar counterfeit sports cap operation
Feb 13, 2020 7:33 PM - Two men face felony charges stemming from what Wheeling police say was multimillion operation to produce counterfeit sports caps, many with professional team logos. -
Wheeling man convicted in 2018 crash that killed Mount Prospect teen
Jan 10, 2020 10:19 PM - A Rolling Meadows jury took less than an hour to convict a 32-year-old Wheeling man of reckless homicide in a high-speed, 2018 crash that claimed the life of 16-year-old Alyssa Lendino, a Mount Prospect resident and student at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights. -
Defense expert testifies driver had 'no intentional control' of car
Jan 9, 2020 6:30 PM - A collision reconstruction expert testified Thursday that Adam Grunin, charged with reckless homicide in the 2018 collision that claimed the life of Mount Prospect 16-year-old Alyssa Lendino, had no "intentional control" of his vehicle. -
Was driver incapacitated or steering in high-speed crash that killed teen?
Jan 8, 2020 7:05 PM - A collision reconstruction expert testified a Wheeling man was steering the car that slammed into a Mount Prospect family's car at 107 mph, killing 16-year-old Alyssa Lendina. But the man's lawyer says the driver was incapacitated by a seizure. -
Defense: Epileptic seizure to blame for 107 mph crash that killed 16-year-old Hersey student
Jan 7, 2020 5:31 PM - Attorneys for a Wheeling man charged with reckless homicide in the death of 16-year-old Hersey High School student Alyssa Lendino say he had an epileptic seizure that caused the high-speed crash.
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