Wheeling Crime
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Wheeling reviewing tape of police pinning woman to ground during arrestJun 09, 2015 1:00 am - An amateur, handheld video of a skirmish between Wheeling police and a 21-year-old woman has prompted an internal investigation into the arresting officers. The video, s...
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Wheeling man who was shot pleads guilty to weapons chargeJun 08, 2015 1:00 am - A Wheeling teenager found in a parked car with a gunshot wound to his groin has pleaded guilty to felony weapon possession. In exchange for his guilty plea to the class...
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The long, costly battles to regulate suburban strip clubsMay 31, 2015 7:30 am - Just south of Elgin, surrounded by green space and struggling industrial sites, lies Kane County's last strip club. The sign for Blackjacks Gentlemen's Club advertises a...
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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...