Cook County Crime
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Man accused of stabbing Elgin psychiatrist fit to stand trial; defense may argue insanity
Apr 12, 2019 5:04 PM - A man accused of attempted murder in stabbing his Elgin psychiatrist with a steak knife in August 2018 after she refused to write him a prescription for medical marijuana was ruled fit to stand trial Friday. The defense attorney for Elliot C. Lockwood, 20, of Crystal Lake, plans to argue his client was legally insane at the time of the attack. -
Former Schaumburg officer continuing efforts to have conviction vacated
Apr 11, 2019 5:20 PM - DuPage County prosecutors are objecting to a former Schaumburg police officer's attempts to have his conviction vacated and charges dismissed. In a one-page motion to dismiss and an accompanying 13-page memorandum of law filed Wednesday, prosecutors argue Terrance O'Brien's petition is "untimely." -
Man arrested, charged with attempted carjacking in Elgin, pushing woman
Mar 30, 2019 5:06 PM - A 20-year-old Cicero man is being held on $100,000 bail after his arrest Friday on charges he tried to steal a vehicle in Elgin, pushed a mom and her child to the ground and punched another person who tried to catch him. -
Police: Drunken driver was going 75 in 30 mph zone in Elgin crash that killed two
Mar 28, 2019 7:38 PM - A Glendale Heights man charged in a March 20 DUI crash in Elgin that killed two people was going more than twice the speed limit and had a blood-alcohol concentration of more than three times the legal threshold, according to court records. Adrian Velasco, 21, made his first court appearance Thursday and faces up to 28 years in prison if convicted of the most severe charges. -
Elgin police: Man stole BMW from driveway, sparked drunken chase before crash
Feb 14, 2019 12:25 PM - A McHenry man who was found not guilty on charges he set a homeless woman on fire after she refused to have sex with him in 2014 is held on charges he stole a BMW from an Elgin driveway and sparked a chase near the city's downtown that ended when he crashed into a snow bank. -
Medical examiner identifies man shot to death near Palatine
Feb 2, 2019 4:46 PM - A 20-year-old man who died Friday after being shot near his home in an unincorporated area near Palatine was identified Saturday as Jose L. Castaneda Jr. by the Cook County medical examiner's office. -
How specialty courts helped suburban woman break the cycle of arrest, conviction, jail
Feb 2, 2019 4:37 PM - For Aurora native Teena Branch, the criminal justice system was like a revolving door: arrest, incarceration, release, repeat. She credits a special Cook County court program with breaking that cycle. -
20-year-old man dead in Palatine shooting
Feb 1, 2019 7:35 PM - Cook County Sheriff's Police late Friday afternoon responded to a report of a shooting in an unincorporated area near Palatine off of Silver Lane, officials said. -
Why Lake County's new sheriff is taking a stand on shutdown, immigration
Jan 25, 2019 5:30 AM - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg is stepping into the national debate about immigration and the partial government shutdown. And federal prosecutors say a Des Plaines man was part of a nationwide "swatting" conspiracy that claimed Gurnee police and high school students among its victims.
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Jail, probation for Elgin man who drove drunk after fatal 1995 DUI
Jan 21, 2019 1:51 PM - An Elgin man who was convicted of reckless homicide in a 1995 DUI has been sentenced to several weekends in jail, probation and a year of wearing an alcohol monitoring device after pleading guilty to driving drunk in 2017.
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