Wheeling Crime
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Trump backer to sign thieves: Just pay up to avoid prosecutionJun 15, 2018 5:30 am - Last week, with a high-stakes summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on the horizon and plenty of news coverage in the Daily Herald and elsewhere about an "Impeac...
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Leader in Elgin kidnapping, cigarette tattoo torture gets 16½ years in prisonJun 06, 2018 1:00 am - A 20-year-old who authorities said led a scheme in which a teen was kidnapped in Elgin and held overnight while cigarettes were used to burn her shoulder tattoo pleaded ...
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Authorities: Mistaken identity may have prompted Wheeling home invasionJun 06, 2018 1:00 am - Authorities say a case of mistaken identity may have led to a Wheeling home invasion and attack on a 34-year-old woman. Guillermo Mora-Flores, 39, is charged with home ...
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Two charged in May 29 shooting, marijuana robbery in ElginJun 04, 2018 1:00 am - Two people have been charged in connection with a May 29 home invasion to rob a man of an ounce of marijuana on Elgin's near west side, according to authorities and cour...
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Case of $1.9 million in drugs flown into state to remain in Kane CountyMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - The case of a California man accused of flying some $1.9 million of marijuana and cocaine to a South suburban airport will remain under the jurisdiction of Kane County, ...
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Wheeling man gets five years for shooting teenage ccyclistMay 21, 2018 1:00 am - A Wheeling man who authorities say fired at a teenage bicycle rider last year pleaded guilty to aggravated battery causing bodily harm on Monday. Jorge Magana, 24, plead...
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Oath to serve: West Chicago detective helps lead Special Olympics campaignMay 18, 2018 5:30 am - West Chicago Detective Robbi Peterson loves a chocolate-glazed long john and intends to snag at least one, maybe more, Friday morning at the Dunkin' Donuts at Route 59 a...
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Hanover Park man charged with entering Wheeling home, brandishing knife at womenMay 15, 2018 1:00 am - A Hanover Park man who prosecutors say entered a Wheeling home and brandished a knife at the female residents was ordered held on $750,000 bail Tuesday. Gregorio Salgad...
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Wheeling man stabbed at party dies, no charges expectedMay 07, 2018 1:00 am - A 24-year-old Wheeling man died Sunday, two weeks after he was stabbed while hosting a party at his home, authorities say. Rafeel Zacarias was pronounced dead while on...
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Man charged in bar brawl involving Haley Reinhart sentenced to probationMay 02, 2018 1:00 am - A former bar employee who authorities say punched and choked a patron at Palatine's Lamplighter Inn Tavern & Grille after a brawl involving "American Idol" finalist Hale...