Wheeling Crime
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Palatine man charged in wrong-way crash that killed teacherDec 28, 2023 4:47 pm - A Palatine man has been charged following a wrong-way crash earlier this month that killed a Wauconda High School teacher. Guillermo Salgado, 28, of the 1200 block of St...
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Four charged in August slayings of teenage brothers near GlenviewDec 20, 2023 6:16 pm - A pair of teenage brothers fatally shot outside their Glenview-area home in August were killed in revenge for an earlier altercation, authorities said Wednesday in announ...
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'He loved helping others': Wauconda High mourning teacher killed in weekend crashDec 13, 2023 1:04 pm - The Wauconda High School community is mourning a longtime teacher killed in a weekend car crash. Bob Gillen, 53, of Palatine, had been on staff at Wauconda High since 19...
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One killed in wrong-way crash early Sunday in WheelingDec 10, 2023 12:00 am - A suspected intoxicated driver traveling the wrong way on a busy road caused a deadly head-on collision early Sunday morning in Wheeling, police said. The two-vehicle cr...
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Look out, lawbreakers: Wheeling inks 5-year deal for license plate-reading camerasDec 05, 2023 12:00 am - Cameras that record the license plates of passing vehicles and can analyze features of those autos that are sticking around in Wheeling. The village board on Monday appr...
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Chicago man charged with promoting prostitution, who skipped court date, arrested at Naperville motelNov 17, 2023 10:00 pm - Officers from the Cook County Sheriff's Fugitive Apprehension Unit arrested a man at a Naperville motel after he'd failed to appear for a court hearing, officials said S...
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Why Wheeling is banning unlicensed sale of synthetic potNov 10, 2023 10:00 pm - Selling unlicensed, cannabis-like products soon will be illegal in Wheeling. A divided village board this week approved a ban on the sale of synthetically derived versio...
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'Everybody looked up to Ken': Former colleagues remember slain Wheeling police officerNov 06, 2023 4:30 am - Wheeling police officer Ken Dawson was shot to death Nov. 5, 1985, while responding to a burglary. He was only 41. Nearly 40 years later, memories of his service and sac...
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Cops could tap into cameras at two Arlington Heights schools, under proposalNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - Arlington Heights police would be allowed to tap into camera systems at two schools during any emergency response, under an agreement to be considered Thursday by the No...
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Amid rash of human trafficking cases, Dart calls on website operators to work with policeOct 24, 2023 1:00 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is calling on website managers to work with police to prevent human sex trafficking and labor exploitation, after his investigators' work he...