Wheeling Crime
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Wheeling man charged in wife's hot tub death; police say he closed lid on herFeb 12, 2019 12:00 am - A Saturday afternoon of drinking in a hot tub for a married Wheeling couple ended with the wife dead and her husband charged in her killing, police said Tuesday. Eric Hu...
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More than 50 arrested on solicitation charges after sting in Cook, Lake countiesFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - More than 50 Chicago-area residents are facing solicitation charges stemming from a nationwide sex buyer sting that netted nearly 400 arrests in 14 states, police announ...
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Charges dismissed against man accused of threatening judgeFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - Cook County prosecutors confirmed Wednesday they have dismissed charges against a Skokie man who had been accused of threatening a Skokie judge on social media. A spoke...
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Northfield Township man shot to death in apartmentFeb 04, 2019 12:00 am - A 22-year-old Northfield Township man was found shot to death in his apartment late Sunday night in what Cook County authorities say they are investigating as a homicide...
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Des Plaines man sentenced to 20 years for sexually assaulting two girlsFeb 04, 2019 12:00 am - A 44-year-old Des Plaines man was sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two different victims and videotaping one of ...
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Medical examiner identifies man shot to death near PalatineFeb 02, 2019 12:00 am - A 20-year-old man who died Friday after being shot near his home in an unincorporated area near Palatine was identified Saturday as Jose L. Castaneda Jr. by the Cook Cou...
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How specialty courts helped suburban woman break the cycle of arrest, conviction, jailFeb 02, 2019 12:00 am - Teena Branch is something of an expert on Cook County's criminal justice system. She should be - she's been part of it since she first was arrested on charges of theft a...
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20-year-old man dead in Palatine shootingFeb 01, 2019 12:00 am - Cook County Sheriff's police are investigating the shooting death of a 20-year-old man in an unincorporated area near Palatine. Sheriff's police said that approximately ...
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Man charged in crash that killed state trooper on I-294 ordered not to driveJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - Dozens of solemn Illinois State Police troopers crowded into a Skokie courtroom Tuesday where a judge set bail at $250,000 for the Wisconsin man charged in the death thi...
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Cook County state's attorney's office charges Wisconsin man in trooper's deathJan 28, 2019 12:00 am - The Cook County state's attorney's office approved reckless homicide charges against a Wisconsin man who struck and killed Christopher Lambert as the 34-year-old state t...