Wheeling Crime
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One arrest, 137 tickets in Wheeling police safety effortJan 02, 2025 10:22 am - A holiday drunken-driving enforcement effort in Wheeling netted one impaired driver, police announced Thursday.
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Discourage thieves by breaking down gift boxes before putting them at the curb, police sayDec 27, 2024 1:01 pm - To discourage burglars, police recommend people break down and flatten boxes before discarding them. Turning them inside out is even better.
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Illinois State Police to conduct night patrols in JanuaryDec 17, 2024 12:17 pm - Illinois State Police will conduct nighttime enforcement patrols in Cook, Will, DuPage, and Kane counties during January.
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Arrest made in fatal Mundelein shootingDec 11, 2024 9:58 am - A Mundelein man is in custody on charges stemming from the fatal shooting of a Wheeling man Monday night.
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Newly sworn Cook County state’s attorney announces changes to detention policyDec 02, 2024 4:03 pm - Pledging to “build a safer, stronger Cook County,” new State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced policy changes Monday to keep those accused of violent crime behind bars while awaiting trial.
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Wheeling bar where patron was fatally shot gives up liquor licenseNov 25, 2024 2:48 pm - A Wheeling bar that was the scene of a fatal shooting this month has surrendered its liquor license and formally closed, police said Monday.
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Wheeling bar shuts down after fatal shooting, could face penaltiesNov 13, 2024 3:52 pm - Social Bar & Grill, at 401 E. Dundee Road in Wheeling, could face the loss of its liquor license or other penalties following a fatal shooting this past weekend, authorities said.
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Wheeling police identify man shot to death following early morning bar fightNov 11, 2024 1:29 pm - Wheeling police have a person of interest in custody in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old Hampshire man at a bar and grill early Sunday.
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Man shot to death at Wheeling bar; police searching for suspectNov 10, 2024 12:00 pm - A 24-year-old man was shot to death early Sunday at a Wheeling bar, authorities said.
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State’s largest bar associations release judicial recommendationsOct 17, 2024 8:58 pm - The Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association, the state’s largest organizations of their kind, release recommendations for judicial candidates running in the Nov. 5 election.