Wheeling Crime
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Cook County establishes diversion program for prostitution defendantsMay 29, 2015 1:00 am - Some defendants facing prostitution charges in Cook County could avoid jail time under a new court diversion program focusing on addiction treatment, counseling and othe...
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Inverness psychologist admits to submitting bills for dead patientsMay 27, 2015 1:00 am - A 60-year-old Inverness psychologist pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal health care fraud charges. Sharon A. Rinaldi was charged with bilking Medicare out of roughly $5...
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MacArthur Foundation awards Cook County grant to reduce jail populationMay 27, 2015 1:00 am - Cook County is among 20 jurisdictions that will receive a $150,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to develop ways to reduce the number of n...
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Elgin parolee gets 11 years for three robberies in 2014May 26, 2015 1:00 am - A 53-year-old parolee was sentenced to 11 years in prison after admitting to three robberies at Elgin stores in 2014, according to Kane County court records. Michael L. ...
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Elgin man gets 12 years prison for 2014 sex assaultMay 22, 2015 1:00 am - An Elgin man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the sexual assault last summer of a minor. Thomas E. White, 62, of the 600 block of East Chicago Street, pleaded gui...
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Guilty verdict in 2013 murder of Elgin artistMay 19, 2015 1:00 am - This update corrects an earlier story that identified David Holzinger as Koziol-Ellis' brother, not brother-in-law. A jury deliberated for about two hours to find P...
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Recording: Elgin murder suspect vowed to turn himself in if half-brother chargedMay 15, 2015 1:00 am - Paul A. Johnson offered to turn himself in if Elgin police arrested his half-brother for the murder Lisa Koziol-Ellis, according to recording played in court Friday. Joh...
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$225,000 bond as new details emerge in Megabus shootingMay 14, 2015 1:00 am - A Chicago man accused of firing a weapon while riding on Megabus bound from Chicago to Minneapolis was ordered held on $225,000 bail Thursday in a court hearing that rev...
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Expert: Bloody prints at Elgin murder 'consistent' with suspect's shoesMay 14, 2015 1:00 am - A forensic scientist testified Thursday that bloody shoe prints on the wood floor and on a stuffed animal at Lisa Koziol-Ellis' Elgin townhouse resembled the tread marks...
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Testimony: Elgin suspect 'antsy' 2 weeks after neighbor's deathMay 13, 2015 1:00 am - Paul A. Johnson was not acting nervous when initially questioned by Elgin police for the March 2, 2013, stabbing death of his neighbor, police testified Wednesday. But J...