Wheeling Crime
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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...
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Man in custody for shooting gun on MegabusMay 12, 2015 3:00 pm - A man is in police custody after firing a gun on a Megabus near the Des Plaines oasis late Tuesday night, authorities said. Illinois State Police said 50 people were rid...
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Police: Notorious Canadian bank robber stole $900 in booze in BarringtonMay 12, 2015 1:00 am - A man known as the Phantom Bandit, one of the most notorious bank robbers in Canadian history, is behind bars in the Lake County jail accused of trying to steal more tha...
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Elgin man caught with heroin after chase, car fireMay 07, 2015 1:00 am - A 28-year-old Elgin man was caught with heroin after leading authorities on a chase that ended when his car rolled over and caught fire near Santa's Village Azoosment Pa...
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Authorities continue hunt for Streamwood fugitive facing life sentenceMay 07, 2015 1:00 am - A day after fleeing the Cook County courthouse in Rolling Meadows hours before a jury found him guilty of drug and weapons charges that could send him to prison for the ...