Wheeling Crime
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Convicted ex-water official resigns as police chiefMay 03, 2013 7:11 pm - A former water official convicted in a scheme to secretly mix contaminated well water into public drinking supplies has resigned as police chief of Crestwood. Theresa Ne...
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Wheeling shooting victim was “a good man,” family saysMay 02, 2013 9:39 am - Friends and relatives of 23-year-old Rafael Orozco said on Thursday that he was a good man and husband who was not the type to start trouble. Orozco was found shot to de...
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Former Crestwood official convicted of lying about tainted waterApr 29, 2013 5:16 pm - A one-time South suburban official was convicted Monday of lying for decades about drawing water for residents from a well tainted by a cancer-causing chemical. The onl...
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4 men charged in triple slaying in HarveyApr 29, 2013 5:16 pm - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Associated Press$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ Prosecutors on Monday announced that four men have been charged in the slayings of a woman and two children more than t...
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Defendants to be added to lawsuit in Palatine man's hazing deathApr 24, 2013 9:45 am - Sixteen women will be added as defendants in a lawsuit filed against Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity and several of its members by the family of David Bogenberge...
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Elgin fatal stabbing victim may have fought neighbor attackerApr 22, 2013 4:00 pm - An Elgin woman murdered during a home invasion could have struggled with the intruder, new evidence suggests. Kane County prosecutors have collected DNA from Paul A. Joh...
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Weather delays wrestler’s home invasion trialApr 19, 2013 1:50 pm - Another trial in DuPage County court was postponed Friday after two jurors were unable to attend because of the weather. Testimony in the Kerin Ramirez home invasion tr...
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Wood Dale cop testifies about shooting intruderApr 17, 2013 7:00 pm - A Wood Dale police sergeant on Wednesday described how he shot an intruder in his home after being unable to fend off the suspect during a knockdown, drag-out fight. “H...
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Woman once on most-wanted list sentencedApr 16, 2013 9:21 pm - A suburban woman who was captured after a murder case was featured on television’s “America’s Most Wanted” was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the 2003 murder of a f...
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Probation for Elgin man busted with 8 pounds of potApr 16, 2013 3:53 pm - A 21-year-old Elgin man who was busted with 8 pounds of marijuana and then tried to say it was his dad’s has pleaded guilty to felony drug possession. Joseph J. Johnson,...