Wheeling Crime
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Bond court reforms lead to record-low inmate count in Cook CountyDec 23, 2017 12:00 am - More people are home for Christmas in Chicago this year than any time in decades - more people who are facing criminal charges, that is. The Cook County jail this week h...
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U.S. Attorney: Wheeling company made millions from Medicare fraudDec 19, 2017 12:00 am - Federal authorities filed suit Tuesday against Wheeling-based SNAP Diagnostics LLC, alleging the health care company fraudulently billed Medicare for millions of dollars...
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16 bank robberies in suburbs since September: Why now?Dec 15, 2017 4:30 am - Bank robbers have been striking with stunning regularity during the past few weeks in the Chicago area, FBI agents say, including at least six cases involving suburban l...
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Levine won't face sex abuse charges in Lake CountyDec 08, 2017 12:00 am - Famed conductor and former Ravinia Festival Music Director James Levine won't face any charges related to accusations he sexually abused a teenage boy at a hotel near Ra...
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Murdered Elgin woman's relatives urged her to stay away from sonDec 05, 2017 4:00 am - Gail Peck kept pictures of her son Brian in drawers all over her bedroom - in her nightstand, among her clothes, in yellowed photo albums. The 76-year-old woman displaye...
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Sex offender imprisoned for not telling authorities he moved to AuroraNov 29, 2017 12:00 am - A former Cook County man is headed to prison again for failing to register as a sex offender after moving to Aurora. Keith L. Willis, 62, was sentenced Tuesday to five y...
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Chicago police arrest suspect in Wheeling carjacking, kidnappingNov 15, 2017 12:00 am - Chicago police on Wednesday morning arrested a man suspected in a carjacking Sunday outside a Walgreens in Wheeling in which a woman and her two children inside the car ...
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Wheeling man charged in Prospect Heights armed robberyNov 15, 2017 12:00 am - A 19-year-old Wheeling man has been charged with the armed robbery of the 7-Eleven convenience store at 1 N. Wolf Road in Prospect Heights Monday night. Miguel A. Plazol...
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Wheeling police identify suspect in vehicular hijackingNov 14, 2017 12:00 am - Wheeling police are seeking the public's help in finding a homeless man who is a suspect in a vehicular hijacking, kidnapping and robbery Sunday. The Cook County state's...
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Wheeling police release photo of kidnapping suspectNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - Wheeling police have released a photo and video of the man they say kidnapped a woman and her two children outside a Walgreens store Sunday afternoon. The woman's husba...