Wheeling Crime
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FBI: Suspects in custody after Westchester bank robbery Friday afternoonDec 10, 2022 12:00 am - Two people are in custody following a bank robbery Friday afternoon in Westchester during which federal authorities say one of the suspects pressed a handgun to the head...
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'We got him': Former Wheeling resident wanted in teen's 2020 killing capturedDec 07, 2022 12:00 am - A former Wheeling resident suspected of fatally shooting a Mundelein teen has been captured after a 2½-year international manhunt. Alessis Botello, 20, was arrested on a...
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Police investigating shooting of man, woman in Palatine Township Thursday nightDec 02, 2022 12:00 am - Cook County sheriff's police are investigating the nonfatal shooting of a man and woman in unincorporated Palatine Township Thursday night. Officers responded to a call ...
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Authorities say former Buffalo Grove teacher facing sexual assault charges is on the runDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - A former Buffalo Grove middle school teacher facing 25 felony counts of criminal sexual assault is on the lam after he tampered with his ankle monitor and left his Verno...
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State police's simulator lets cops practice responses to danger. We tried it, and it's hard.Nov 25, 2022 4:30 am - Police officers often say the public doesn't understand that sometimes situations go sideways in seconds. The Illinois State Police on Wednesday gave members of the medi...
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Cook County Board approves budget with $11.4 million for sheriff's office helicopterNov 17, 2022 12:00 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said Thursday his agency will acquire a helicopter to track carjackers, look for missing people and offer aid during large-scale emergencies...
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Cook County prosecutors undecided on new R. Kelly trialNov 14, 2022 12:00 am - Cook County prosecutors on Monday asked for more time to decide on whether to prosecute R&B star R. Kelly on sexual abuse charges involving four Chicago-area women. At a...
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Cook County Board incumbent would expand weapons banOct 31, 2022 1:00 am - In the wake of the mass shootings in Highland Park and Uvalde, Texas, and surging gun violence in Chicago, Cook County Board member Scott Britton believes the county's b...
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Dart seeks drivers' consent to track their vehicles after carjackingsOct 20, 2022 1:00 am - Fed up with some car manufacturers withholding vehicle location data after carjackings, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is promoting a tracking consent form drivers can sig...
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Judge says R. Kelly will have to appear in Cook County court for future hearingsOct 06, 2022 1:00 am - The judge in R. Kelly's ongoing state court case told his defense attorney Thursday that going forward he wants the R&B superstar in a Cook County courtroom for hearings...