Wheeling Crime
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With R. Kelly already in prison, prosecutor drops Cook County chargesJan 30, 2023 12:00 am - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said Monday that she's dropping sex-abuse charges against singer R. Kelly following federal convictions in two courts that should g...
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Suspect who prosecutors say taunted carjacking victim ordered held without bailJan 19, 2023 12:00 am - A Chicago man who prosecutors say responded to a social media post advertising an SUV for sale and then stole the vehicle at gunpoint was ordered held without bail Thurs...
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so farJan 13, 2023 4:00 am - Despite thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews and untold hours of investigation, it took nearly a decade - and a couple of strokes of luck - for police to arrest th...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...
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Top crime stories of 2022: Mayhem and heartbreak defined the year in suburban crimeJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - A mass shooting on July 4 in Highland Park, during which a lone shooter stood atop a building firing nearly 90 rounds at parade spectators and participants, shocked the ...
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Wheeling ride-share driver pleads guilty to battery of female passengerJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - A Wheeling ride-share driver has pleaded guilty to the May 2019 aggravated battery/strangulation of a female passenger. Alexander Sowa, 38, pleaded guilty to the charge...
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Homicides decline in Cook County, but opioid deaths on record-breaking paceJan 03, 2023 12:00 am - The number of homicides handled by the Cook County medical examiner's office dropped more than 15% in 2022, but cases of fatal opioid overdoses are likely to top last ye...
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Authorities: Wheeling man painted swastikas on Elmhurst church he used to attendJan 01, 2023 12:00 am - A Wheeling man accused of painting swastikas on an Elmhurst church has been charged with a felony hate crime, authorities said Sunday. Josef Stumpfoll, 35, also has been...
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Tragedies and some triumphs: The top suburban stories of 2022Dec 29, 2022 4:30 am - This story has been updated to remove an incorrect statenent that Ken Griffin owns Citadel Corp. Two horrific crimes, a deadly car crash and threats against the LGB...
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Effect of judge's ruling regarding end of cash bail differs across the suburbsDec 29, 2022 12:00 am - A Kankakee County judge's ruling late Wednesday that ending cash bail in Illinois is unconstitutional does not apply to courts in Cook, Lake, DuPage or Kane counties, bu...