Wheeling Crime
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Driver faces gun charge in Barrington Twp. road rage caseAug 31, 2022 1:00 am - A Texas man who punched a motorcyclist Tuesday in a Barrington Township road rage case also faces a weapons charge, the Cook County sheriff's office said Wednesday. A sh...
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Twin brothers get 4 years in prison for thefts, ordered to repay $933K to Home DepotAug 29, 2022 1:00 am - Two brothers were sentenced Monday to four years in prison for stealing from Home Depot stores throughout the suburbs, in many cases by making fraudulent returns of item...
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Antioch police released bodycam video of officers saving an overdose victim. Here's why.Aug 26, 2022 5:00 am - When his officers responded to three more overdoses last weekend — the 15th, 16th and 17th of the year and all three involving teenagers who, fortunately, survived — Ant...
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Four charged with stealing $400,000 from video gambling machines in suburbs, elsewhereAug 25, 2022 1:00 am - An earlier version gave an incorrect town for The Winner's Circle. Three people accused of stealing about $400,000 from video gambling machines all across northern ...
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Suburban counties sue pharmacy chains, alleging they contributed to opioid crisisAug 23, 2022 1:00 am - Nineteen Illinois counties, including Cook, DuPage, Kane and McHenry, are suing CVS, Walgreens, Meijer, Walmart, Jewel-Osco and other major pharmacies, claiming they con...
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Former worker in assessor's office admits to schemeAug 04, 2022 1:00 am - A former longtime Cook County assessor's office employee agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors Thursday as he admitted helping lower taxes on certain Cook County ...
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Four of five victims of Wheeling drive-by shooting released from hospitalsAug 02, 2022 1:00 am - Four of the five victims of a drive-by shooting Saturday have been released from local hospitals, while the fifth person, who was in critical condition, is improving, Wh...
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Wheeling man who shot Illinois trooper sentenced to 57 years in prisonJul 15, 2022 1:00 am - A Wheeling man who shot an Illinois State Police trooper in the forearm nearly three years ago was sentenced to 57 years in prison Friday. Volodymyr Dragan, 46, was con...
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Former Cook County operative admits corruptionJul 13, 2022 1:00 am - A once high-ranking Cook County operative sat quietly in a federal courtroom as a prosecutor read through a laundry list of allegations against him Wednesday. The prosec...
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Feds charge official in Cook County assessor's office with corruptionJul 06, 2022 1:00 am - Federal prosecutors in Chicago charged an official of the Cook County assessor's office Wednesday with "corruptly" accepting home improvements, jewelry, sports tickets a...