Wheeling Crime
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Police: Driver who caused fatal crash was fleeing another accidentJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - The driver who caused a crash that killed a 16-year-old Hersey High School student Saturday was fleeing the scene of a separate accident that occurred a minute earlier, ...
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Prosecutors: Forest preserve worker who caused fatal crash had THC in his systemJul 19, 2018 1:00 am - A seasonal Cook County Forest Preserve District employee who authorities say caused a fatal, five-car crash last month had the drug THC in his system at the time of the ...
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Teen gets 6 years in 2017 carjacking of Elgin man trying to sell carJul 19, 2018 1:00 am - An 18-year-old from Chicago accused in a November 2017 knife-point carjacking of an Elgin man who was trying to sell his car pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge a...
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Woman charged with vandalizing Wheeling home and vehiclesJul 13, 2018 1:00 am - A Wheeling woman who prosecutors say spray-painted vulgar words on a Wheeling home and on two cars parked outside it and poured a mixture of bleach and syrup into the ga...
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Schneider wants hearing over fatal crash blamed on Cook forest preserve driverJul 12, 2018 1:00 am - A suburban Cook County commissioner is calling for a hearing to investigate the circumstances that allowed a 20-year-old seasonal employee of the Forest Preserve Distric...
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Third person sought in Elgin home invasion, shooting over marijuanaJul 12, 2018 1:00 am - A third person is wanted in the May 29 home invasion and shooting in Elgin over an ounce of marijuana after missing a court date this week on an unrelated charged. Demet...
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Hate crime charges filed in forest preserve harassment caseJul 12, 2018 1:00 am - Felony hate crime charges were filed Thursday against a man who harangued a woman over her Puerto Rico shirt last month in a Cook County forest perserve. Timothy G. Try...
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Former Wheeling man accused of sexually assaulting girlJul 11, 2018 1:00 am - A 33-year-old former Wheeling man was ordered held on $1 million bail Wednesday on charges he sexually abused a young girl from December 2011 through January 2014. Isaac...
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Cellphone distributor gets 2 years in prison for tax evasionJul 06, 2018 1:00 am - A 53-year-old Highland Park man who pleaded guilty to tax evasion this year was sentenced to two years in prison Friday. Jordan Eckerling once operated a cellular phone ...
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Elgin man who bit off part of finger in fight gets jail, probationJul 02, 2018 1:00 am - An Elgin man accused of biting off part of another man's finger during a fight in late 2017 has been sentenced to jail time, probation and ordered to undergo an evaluati...