Wheeling Crime
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Arguing heard in phone call before Wheeling murder-suicide, police sayApr 15, 2024 3:54 pm - The last time anyone heard from a Wheeling couple who were found dead last week in an apparent murder-suicide was the night before their bodies were discovered — and they...
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‘It’s terribly sad’: Two dead in Wheeling murder-suicideApr 12, 2024 7:09 am - A Wheeling couple with a history of domestic problems are dead in what authorities on Friday called a murder-suicide. The bodies of Marisa Dister, 46, and Russell O’Conno...
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Wheeling man who made ‘harassing statements’ about Jews in email to attorney found guilty of hate crimeApr 03, 2024 8:17 am - A man pleaded guilty to a hate crime Tuesday for sending an email to a Jewish attorney in Lake in the Hills that included “disparaging comments” about the attorney and hi...
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Cook County jail program is rescuing dogs and detainees. And now it’s expandingMar 22, 2024 5:15 am - A corrections officer could be heard shouting commands Thursday morning in a concrete yard of Division 19 at the Cook County jail. But the detainees weren’t being bossed...
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Palatine man accused of criminal sexual abuseMar 10, 2024 5:58 pm - A Cook County judge ordered the pretrial detention Sunday of a 40-year-old Palatine man charged with sexually abusing a woman in her home, authorities said. Juan Ramirez-...
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Suspect arrested in Wheeling robbery may be tied to other heistsMar 04, 2024 10:21 am - A 26-year-old Chicago man was arrested over the weekend in connection with a strong-arm robbery last month in Wheeling, and more charges stemming from similar suburban he...
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Shelter: Dog taken from foster family in AntiochFeb 29, 2024 9:58 pm - A puppy being fostered for Heartland Animal Shelter was stolen from his foster family’s backyard in Antioch Wednesday.
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Office morale, performance key issues for Democratic Cook Co. state’s attorney candidatesFeb 16, 2024 5:56 pm - Democratic candidates vying to replace Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx cite staffing and morale as key issues facing the next top prosecutor.
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Wheeling woman latest victim of robbers targeting bank customers, police sayFeb 15, 2024 9:09 pm - A Wheeling woman was followed home from a bank and robbed Wednesday afternoon in the latest such crime in the suburbs, police said. The woman, who suffered minor injuries...
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Cook County state’s attorney candidates discuss juvenile crime in Democratic primary debateFeb 09, 2024 6:00 am - Retail theft prosecution and juvenile crime were among the topics retired Illinois Appellate Court Judge Eileen O’Neill Burke and former Cook County prosecutor Clayton Ha...