Wheeling Crime
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Man again charged with sex traffickingJun 19, 2013 4:42 pm - A man who was the first person to be convicted in Illinois under the state’s new tough human trafficking laws is facing similar charges in Cook County for the same offen...
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Wheeling man charged with sexual assaultJun 19, 2013 12:45 pm - A Wheeling man faces charges that he sexually assaulted an 11-year-old boy in 2011, according to Cook County prosecutors. A judge set bail at $350,000 Wednesday for One...
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Wife pleads innocent in Inverness man's 1979 deathJun 17, 2013 3:00 pm - A Michigan woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday at her arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the death more than 30 years ago of her husband, Inverness commoditie...
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Arlington Heights man charged with felony batteryJun 15, 2013 11:51 am - A 26-year-old Arlington Heights man is charged with felony aggravated domestic battery and unlawful restraint after authorities said he attacked his girlfriend at a home...
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New `RICO’ law leads to gang arrests in ChicagoJun 13, 2013 6:23 pm - Several dozen members of a Chicago street gang who are implicated in drug trafficking and murder have been charged under Illinois’ new racketeering law, authorities anno...
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Defense wants to know how government gathered evidence in terror caseJun 13, 2013 8:03 am - Prosecutors haven’t denied that an expanded U.S. phone and Internet surveillance program triggered an investigation that led to terrorism charges against a West suburban...
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Police: Elgin man fakes ‘slip and fall’ injuriesJun 12, 2013 10:50 pm - A 52-year-old man has been charged with insurance fraud after admitting to authorities that he filed a series of fake “slip and fall” lawsuits against fast food restaura...
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Former Elgin deputy chief on unpaid leave from new chief postJun 12, 2013 7:47 pm - A former Elgin Deputy Police Chief accused of identity theft and official misconduct made his first appearance in Kane County court Wednesday. Robert Beeter, 51, of Elgi...
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No bail for women accused in autistic boy’s deathJun 12, 2013 4:00 pm - A suburban mother and caretaker planned for more than a week to kill a 14-year-old boy with severe autism, prosecutors said Wednesday at a bond hearing for the women, bo...
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Mom, caretaker charged in autistic boy’s stabbingJun 11, 2013 10:29 pm - The mother of a 14-year-old with severe autism who was found stabbed to death Sunday in River Grove has been charged with murder. His live-in caretaker also has been cha...