Wheeling Crime
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Wheeling man held without bail following two gun-related altercationsJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - A 20-year-old Wheeling man has been charged with burglary, aggravated battery and mob action after, authorities say, video showed him and two other defendants threatenin...
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Authorities: Burglary ring struck Streamwood, Wheeling homesMay 11, 2023 1:00 am - Four men were ordered held on cash bails ranging from $25,000 to $60,000 Thursday after authorities said they burglarized homes in Streamwood and Wheeling this week in w...
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Authorities: Man took small child with him while delivering drugsApr 28, 2023 1:00 am - A 26-year-old Wheeling man was arrested Thursday traveling with a small child en route to deliver drugs in Lake County, authorities said. Javier Franco was stopped by La...
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'I leave now with my head held high': Oft-embattled Kim Foxx won't seek reelectionApr 25, 2023 1:00 am - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx announced she will not seek a third term as the leader of the nation's second-largest prosecutors' office. “At the conclusion of my...
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Cook County correctional officer charged in deadly Niles shootingApr 25, 2023 1:00 am - A Cook County correctional officer faces a first-degree murder charge stemming from the deadly shooting of an acquaintance early Sunday outside a Niles nightclub, police...
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Appeals court tosses probation sentence for operator of kennel where 29 dogs diedApr 21, 2023 5:30 am - When DuPage County Judge Robert Miller sentenced a suburban kennel operator on charges stemming from a 2019 fire that killed 29 dogs, he acknowledged there was nothing h...
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Gacy prosecutor Robert Egan dies at 74Apr 18, 2023 1:00 am - Robert Egan's wife, Tracy, remembers her husband as a gifted storyteller, though she said he rarely spared the gory details, even at the dinner table. After decades work...
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Contractor now accused of bribing worker in Cook County assessor's officeMar 27, 2023 1:00 am - A Lemont contractor involved in the public corruption case against former Chicago Alderman Carrie Austin now is charged in a scheme to bribe an employee of the Cook Coun...
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She stopped to complain about police lights. Now she's facing DUI charges.Mar 10, 2023 4:30 am - Nobody likes bright lights from another vehicle in their face while driving in the dark. But when those lights are coming from a police vehicle that's pulled over for a ...
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Ex-Cook County prosecutors charged after probe of cop-slaying trialMar 09, 2023 12:00 am - Two former Cook County prosecutors have been charged with lying about the relationship one had with a witness in the trial of a man who alleged he was tortured when ques...