Wheeling Crime
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Wheeling man charged with shooting cop held without bondAug 17, 2019 1:00 am - A 43-year-old gunman whose Thursday afternoon standoff with police left one officer wounded and a Wheeling neighborhood barricaded for hours is being held in jail withou...
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Man charged in shooting of Illinois State Police officer in WheelingAug 16, 2019 1:00 am - Residents of the Wheeling neighborhood where an Illinois State Police officer was shot Thursday night described the police activity and violence as scary and disturbing....
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Illinois State Police officer shot in WheelingAug 15, 2019 1:00 am - An Illinois State Police officer was shot Thursday evening in Wheeling, authorities said. Officers were serving a search warrant at a home about 6:30 p.m. when a person ...
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Carpentersville man charged in 2016 DUI that killed baby wants blood evidence thrown outAug 14, 2019 1:00 am - The attorney for a Carpentersville man charged with driving under the influence in a Barrington Hills crash that killed a 5-month-old is asking a judge to throw out chem...
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Hanover Park man gets 12 years for Mother's Day 2018 home invasionAug 12, 2019 1:00 am - A Hanover Park man who authorities say entered a Wheeling home on Mother's Day 2018 and brandished a knife at the female residents while insisting someone was trying to ...
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Cook County jail inmates take on the world in chess tournamentAug 09, 2019 5:30 am - The players stared intently at the chess boards in front of them, tracking their opponents' every move and plotting not only a response, but the response after that, and...
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Man who invaded home, shot man over ounce of marijuana and $10 gets 13 years in prisonAug 01, 2019 1:00 am - A 30-year-old Elgin man was sentenced to 13½ years in prison this week after admitting to his role in an Elgin home invasion in which a man was shot over an ounce of mar...
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Cook County sheriff's office arrests 45 as part of national sex-trafficking stingJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - Cook County sherriff's police arrested 45 suspected johns as part of a nationwide five-week, anti-trafficking operation that led to the arrest of more than 500 suspected...
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DuPage jail's welding program yields first inmates graduating with 'hope and purpose'Jul 19, 2019 5:33 am - How often do you see a sheriff hugging jail inmates? It happened Wednesday at the DuPage County jail as Sheriff Jim Mendrick congratulated the first graduates of a new a...
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Authorities: Elgin man used dating app to set up armed robberyJun 25, 2019 1:00 am - A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with using a dating app to rob a man of $50 at gunpoint in Elgin earlier this year, according to authorities and court re...