Wheeling Crime
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Number of Cook County inmates with coronavirus up to 24Mar 26, 2020 1:00 am - The number of Cook County jail inmates diagnosed with coronavirus stands at 24 as of Thursday, up from 17 a day earlier. According to a news release, nine employees of t...
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Number of inmate coronavirus cases up to 17 at Cook County jailMar 25, 2020 1:00 am - A growing number of inmates and staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Cook County jail, officials said. The Cook County sheriff's office said in a state...
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More at Cook County jail test positive for COVID-19Mar 24, 2020 1:00 am - An additional inmate and two staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 at Cook County jail, officials said late Tuesday. The most recent confirmed case is a 47-yea...
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Two Cook County jail inmates positive for COVID-19Mar 23, 2020 1:00 am - Two Cook County jail detainees tested positive for COVID-19 Monday, according to Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart. The two men - a 42-year-old in custody since late De...
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Sheriff expands safety measures at Cook County jailMar 20, 2020 1:00 am - In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has expanded protective measures at the Cook County jail to include opening previously shuttered build...
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Cook County prosecutors won't pursue low-level drug cases during COVID-19 pandemicMar 20, 2020 1:00 am - Cook County prosecutors will not prosecute nonviolent, low-level drug cases "which pose little to no risk to public safety" during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Cook Co...
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Cook County criminal, civil cases postponed 30 daysMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - Many criminal and civil cases pending in Cook County circuit court will be postponed for 30 days per Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans' order issued late Friday. The 30-day ...
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Carpentersville man guilty in 2017 fatal stabbing of ex-girlfriend's loverMar 12, 2020 1:00 am - A Kane County jury deliberated just 45 minutes before convicting a Carpentersville man Thursday of first-degree murder in an ambush, beating, and stabbing of his ex-girl...
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Prosecutors: 'Extraordinary jealousy' prompted 2017 fatal Elgin beating, stabbingMar 09, 2020 1:00 am - A Carpentersville man was filled with such "extraordinary jealousy" of his ex-girlfriend's lover that he conspired with three others to ambush, beat and stab the victim ...
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Cook County commissioner steps down months after FBI raidMar 06, 2020 12:00 am - A Cook County commissioner whose office and home were raided by FBI agents last fall and whose chief of staff was charged with federal bribery charges last month notifie...