Wheeling Crime
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Judge placed on administrative duty after putting child in adult lock-upFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - A self-proclaimed "lock-'em-up" Cook County judge has been placed on "administrative duty" after surveillance video surfaced of her putting a child in a courtroom lock-u...
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Man gets 30 months in prison for role in 2019 gun, cocaine arrest in taxiFeb 18, 2020 12:00 am - A 24-year-old Elgin man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in an April 2019 arrest in Elgin in which police seized a loaded gun and a backpack contai...
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County commissioner's chief of staff indictedFeb 14, 2020 12:00 am - The chief of staff to Cook County Commissioner Jeff Tobolski has been indicted on allegations he conspired to pay bribes to secure approval for red-light cameras in the ...
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Suburban men charged in multimillion-dollar counterfeit sports cap operationFeb 13, 2020 12:00 am - Two men face felony charges stemming from what Wheeling police say was a multimillion-dollar operation to produce counterfeit sports caps, many with professional team lo...
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Smollett case at the forefront in Cook County state's attorney racesFeb 10, 2020 4:30 am - Nearly a year after Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx dismissed with little explanation the disorderly conduct charges against former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett,...
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Could carrying lifesaving drug cost first responders their life insurance?Feb 07, 2020 4:31 am - As the opioid crisis claimed hundreds of victims in the suburbs, and tens of thousands nationwide, cartridges of the overdose-reversing agent naloxone became nearly as e...
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Freeport man guilty of child sexual assault in Elgin a decade agoJan 29, 2020 12:00 am - A Freeport man was found guilty this week of sexually assaulting a victim under the age of 13 a decade ago in Elgin. Kane County Judge D.J. Tegeler convicted James J. "J...
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Authorities: Man in jail for fourth DUI also facing weapons chargeJan 17, 2020 12:00 am - An Elgin man being held at the Kane County jail on charges of his fourth DUI arrest has now been charged with harassment and possessing a firearm with a defaced serial n...
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Elgin man faces minimum 42-year prison term after skipping rape trialJan 17, 2020 12:00 am - An Elgin man who was a no-show for his trial this week faces a minimum 42-year prison term after a jury convicted him of sexually assaulting a girl he knew. A Kane Count...
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Elgin man charged with 3rd DUI, injuring woman in crashJan 15, 2020 12:00 am - A 53-year-old man was charged with his third DUI after police say he rear-ended another vehicle Tuesday night near Elgin, injuring its driver. Lou Southivongnorrath, of ...