Wheeling Crime
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Man shot in arm in WheelingDec 26, 2015 12:00 am - A 24-year-old man was shot in the arm about midnight Wednesday, Wheeling Police Chief Bill Benson said Saturday. The man was taken to Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview wher...
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Cook County sheriff says too many mentally ill in jailDec 23, 2015 12:00 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, as part of his campaign to reduce what he calls unjust incarceration of the poor and mentally ill, said in a news release Wednesday that pr...
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Wheeling man pleads guilty to attempted burglaryDec 18, 2015 12:00 am - A Wheeling man accused of entering homes to burglarize them in July pleaded guilty to charges, court records show. In exchange for pleading guilty to two counts of resi...
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Politicians' falls from grace highlight the year in courts and crimeDec 17, 2015 10:00 pm - For several prominent suburban leaders, 2015 was marked by spectacular falls from grace. But none received more attention than the arrest of retired U.S. House Speaker D...
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Devine says 'it's awfully hard to judge' Alvarez on McDonald caseDec 13, 2015 6:30 am - As prosecutor's critics mount, Devine comes to her defense
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3 suburban killers who could get out of prisonDec 03, 2015 4:00 am - Sentenced to life as juveniles, could they now go free?
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Discretionary life sentence stands for juvenile killerDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - The life sentence convicted killer David Biro received for the 1990 death of a Winnetka couple's fetus will stand, a Cook County judge ruled Thursday. In one of the sub...
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Two arrested on heroin, pot charges near ElginNov 18, 2015 12:00 am - Two Chicago men were arrested after a traffic stop on Interstate 90 near Elgin Tuesday afternoon on charges they possessed $20,000 worth of marijuana and heroin, accordi...
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Siblings plead guilty in videotaped Wheeling arrestsNov 12, 2015 12:00 am - A pair of siblings whose videotaped arrests in June led to accusations of excessive force against Wheeling police pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of obstructing a pol...
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Why Explorer post was easy target for GliniewiczNov 08, 2015 6:30 am - Among the surprise developments in the death of Fox Lake Police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz announced last week was that he had pilfered a "five-figure amount" from th...