Wheeling Crime
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Chicago man charged with promoting prostitution, who skipped court date, arrested at Naperville motelNov 17, 2023 10:00 pm - Officers from the Cook County Sheriff's Fugitive Apprehension Unit arrested a man at a Naperville motel after he'd failed to appear for a court hearing, officials said S...
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Why Wheeling is banning unlicensed sale of synthetic potNov 10, 2023 10:00 pm - Selling unlicensed, cannabis-like products soon will be illegal in Wheeling. A divided village board this week approved a ban on the sale of synthetically derived versio...
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'Everybody looked up to Ken': Former colleagues remember slain Wheeling police officerNov 06, 2023 4:30 am - Wheeling police officer Ken Dawson was shot to death Nov. 5, 1985, while responding to a burglary. He was only 41. Nearly 40 years later, memories of his service and sac...
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Cops could tap into cameras at two Arlington Heights schools, under proposalNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - Arlington Heights police would be allowed to tap into camera systems at two schools during any emergency response, under an agreement to be considered Thursday by the No...
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Amid rash of human trafficking cases, Dart calls on website operators to work with policeOct 24, 2023 1:00 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is calling on website managers to work with police to prevent human sex trafficking and labor exploitation, after his investigators' work he...
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Freed after serving 16 years for Rolling Meadows murder, he now seeks accountability for 'miscarriage of justice'Oct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - Nearly 12 years ago, after a Cook County judge sentenced him to life in prison for the 2006 murder of aspiring Rolling Meadows rapper Marquis Lovings, Patrick Taylor ins...
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'Hate has been mainstreamed': Report details surge in extremism in IllinoisOct 06, 2023 5:00 am - From the vandalism of a Lake in the Hills bakery to prevent a drag performance to antisemitic comments shouted at Deerfield High School soccer players to white supremaci...
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Police: Student charged with bringing gun to Elk Grove High SchoolOct 05, 2023 1:00 am - An Elk Grove High School student was arrested and charged after bringing a gun to school and posting about it on social media last month, officials said Thursday. The ju...
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Officials: Rolling Meadows man held after leading Wood Dale police chief on chaseOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge denied pretrial release for a Rolling Meadows man accused of leading the Wood Dale police chief on a high-speed chase, officials said. Angelo Marti...
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Two Waukegan men accused of gunrunning in Lake and Cook countiesSep 20, 2023 1:00 am - Two Waukegan men have been accused of trying to sell illegal firearms in Lake and Cook counties. A news release issued Wednesday by the Illinois attorney general's offic...