Cook County Crime
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Police: Man armed with sledgehammer, drywall saw tries to force his way into house
Nov 27, 2019 12:48 PM - A 26-year-old Elgin man is held on $400,000 bail after his arrest this week on charges of home invasion while armed with a small sledgehammer and drywall saw. -
Elgin man sentenced to 55 years for mistaken-identity fatal shooting
Nov 16, 2019 11:28 AM - An Elgin man was sentenced Friday to 55 years in prison for gunning down 20-year-old Devonte Turner in an Elgin parking lot. William Ingram, 32, was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2015 shooting, in which prosecutors said Ingram possibly was targeting Turner's identical twin. -
Buschauer gets 25 years for drowning wife 19 years ago
Nov 8, 2019 11:43 PM - Frank Buschauer was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison for drowning his wife 19 years ago in the bathtub of the couple's South Barrington home. -
Meet Hatty, Cook County's canine companion for crime victims
Nov 1, 2019 6:22 AM - Gentle, friendly and cuddly probably aren't the words you'd expect when hearing a description of the latest staffing addition at the office responsible for prosecuting some of the nation's most hardened criminals. But in the case of Hatty, it fits.
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Man who drove through Woodfield indicted on charges of terrorism, criminal damage
Oct 18, 2019 3:52 PM - Cook County prosecutors announced an indictment against a Palatine man charged with driving his SUV into Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg. Javier Garcia, 23, faces terrorism and criminal damage to property charges related to the Sept. 20 disturbance. -
Street sign honors longtime Rolling Meadows presiding judge
Oct 11, 2019 7:36 PM - Twenty-four years after former minor league baseball player turned jurist James A. Geocaris retired as presiding judge of Rolling Meadows Third Municipal District Court, his presence still looms large. On Friday, a street was dedicated in his honor in front of the courthouse he helped establish. -
Elgin man gets 6 years for selling drugs near Wing Park
Aug 20, 2019 7:26 PM - An Elgin man who was arrested and charged with selling cocaine three times to an conidential police informant, including one sale near a park, has been sentenced to six years in prison. Terry L. Rogers, 52, pleaded guilty this month to one count of manufacture/delivery of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, park or place of worship, according to Kane County court records. -
Carpentersville man charged in 2016 DUI that killed baby wants blood evidence thrown out
Aug 14, 2019 5:06 PM - A 25-year-old Carpenterville man charged with driving under the influence in a Barrington Hills crash that killed a 5-month-old baby in November 2016 is seeking to have a judge throw out chemical tests that showed his client had a blood-alcohol level of .099, which is over the state's legal threshold of .08. Brayer Arias-Colazo's attorney argues his client passed field sobriety tests and refused medical treatment but was still detained and taken to a hospital for a blood and urine draw. -
Cook County jail inmates take on the world in chess tournament
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Man who invaded home, shot man over ounce of marijuana and $10 gets 13 years in prison
Aug 1, 2019 2:27 PM - A 30-year-old Elgin man was sentenced to 13½ years in prison Wednesday after admitting to his role in a May 2018 home invasion, shooting and robbery.
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