Wheeling Crime
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Authorities: Man beat 7-week-old baby boyMar 15, 2016 1:00 am - A 21-year-old man was being held in Kane County jail after being accused of beating a 7-week-old boy, Elgin police said. Bail for Anthony B. Briden, of the 400 block of...
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Wheeling woman convicted in Lisle hospice scamMar 09, 2016 12:00 am - A 35-year-old Wheeling woman is the sixth person connected with the operation of a Lisle-based hospice group convicted of health care fraud. A federal jury convicted Ang...
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Kidnappers tortured teen by burning tattoo with cigarettes, police sayMar 07, 2016 12:00 am - A 19-year-old who was kidnapped in Elgin last month was forced to strip while her assailants beat her and used cigarettes to repeatedly burn her tattoo - one of a matchi...
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Wheeling man held on drug chargesMar 04, 2016 12:00 am - A Wheeling man who prosecutors say had cocaine hidden in what appeared to be a beverage can in his refrigerator was ordered held on $75,000 bail Friday on charges of pos...
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Burning cigarettes used to torture kidnapped Elgin teen, records showMar 02, 2016 12:00 am - A 19-year-old who was kidnapped over the weekend in Elgin was beaten and repeatedly burned with cigarettes, according to Kane County court records. Elgin police have arr...
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Carpentersville teen accused of kidnapping, torturing another teenMar 01, 2016 12:00 am - Elgin police have arrested a 19-year-old woman from Carpentersville and are looking for four more suspects involved in a kidnapping and torture of another teen over the ...
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DNA evidence leads to arrest in Des Plaines-area rapesFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - A 30-year-old man whose DNA matches evidence from two previously unsolved sexual assaults in the Des Plaines area was arrested Sunday, officials said Wednesday. Accordin...
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Racketeering by Kane sheriff's office alleged in federal lawsuitFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - Three people strip-searched after a traffic stop near Elgin last year have sued the Kane County sheriff's department and its officers, arguing their constitutional right...
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Wheeling man charged with breaking mother's legFeb 17, 2016 12:00 am - A 35-year-old Wheeling man who prosecutors say broke his mother's leg in two places was ordered held on $80,000 bail Wednesday. Prosecutors say Eduard Spektor placed hi...
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No bail for man arrested in Mexico on Wheeling home invasion chargesFeb 12, 2016 12:00 am - A former Des Plaines man was ordered held without bail Friday after he was arrested in Guadalajara, Mexico, to face charges in a Wheeling home invasion. Steven Chung, 28...