Wheeling Crime
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Sex sting at Northwest suburban hotel leads to 21 arrestsApr 09, 2021 1:00 am - Officers from the Cook County sheriff's office Special Victims Unit issued citations to 21 men and towed 17 vehicles after the men responded to online prostitution adver...
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Former Buffalo Grove middle school teacher facing sexual assault chargesMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - A former sixth-grade teacher at Cooper Middle School in Buffalo Grove is awaiting extradition to Illinois, where he will be charged with multiple counts of criminal sexu...
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Special delivery: How Barrington Hills cops helped with roadside birthMar 12, 2021 4:30 am - Two Barrington Hills police officers are credited with a huge assist for their help at the scene of the roadside delivery of a baby boy last week. Besides his parents, G...
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Wheaton man charged with being armed habitual criminalMar 08, 2021 12:00 am - Bail was set at $150,000 Monday for a Wheaton man charged, for at least the second time, with being an armed habitual criminal. Keith M. Summers, 26, of the 0-100 block ...
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Police: Man dies after drug deal confrontation in Palatine TownshipMar 06, 2021 12:00 am - A 29-year-old Chicago man died Saturday from gunshot wounds sustained in a drug deal Thursday night in unincorporated Palatine Township, authorities said. Cook County Sh...
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No bail for Wheeling man charged with sexually abusing girlsMar 02, 2021 12:00 am - A 33-year-old Wheeling man was ordered held without bail Tuesday on charges he sexually abused two girls. Buenaventura Espinosa-Tapia is charged with aggravated crimina...
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22 men arrested in Cook County prostitution stingFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - Officers from the Cook County Sheriff's Police Special Victims Unit issued citations to 22 men and towed 19 vehicles after the men responded to online prostitution adver...
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Select Cook County courts to resume jury trials next monthFeb 24, 2021 12:00 am - After more than a year, jury trials are set to resume at two Cook County courthouses by late March, according to an order issued Wednesday by Chief Judge Timothy C. Evan...
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'The perfect storm': How the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suburbs' opioid crisisFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Nicole Caceres fell to her knees in disbelief, feeling as if someone hit her in the chest and stole the air from her lungs. It had been three months since she learned he...
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Study of suburban opioid deaths points to heroin as the chief killerFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - A report on opioid-related overdose deaths in suburban Cook County released Friday found that heroin is the chief killer, and the highest death rates were in several Wes...