Cook County Crime
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Fishmonger pleads guilty in theft from seafood supplierJun 24, 2024 4:48 pm - A former St. Charles fishmonger has pleaded guilty to accusations he conspired in the theft of more than $100,000 in seafood from a supplier in Bensenville.
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Man pleads guilty to fatal drunken driving crashJun 24, 2024 4:19 pm - An Elgin man has pleaded guilty to killing a passenger in his car in drunk-driving crash.
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Bartlett man sentenced to 19 years in prison for stabbing outside Elgin barJun 22, 2024 2:45 pm - A Bartlett man who pleaded guilty to stabbing a man outside an Elgin bar more than two years ago was sentenced to 19 years in prison.
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Elgin man sentenced for wife’s 2021 murderJun 21, 2024 10:47 pm - Elgin man sentenced to 36 years in prison Friday for strangling his wife to death in 2021.
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Deer Park adding surveillance cameras that target license plates to its streetsJun 21, 2024 1:18 pm - Roadside surveillance cameras that take photos of passing cars and their license plates are coming to Deer Park.
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School’s out, but there’s no summer vacation for resource officersJun 21, 2024 6:59 am - Summer break means family trips, dips in the pool and more time hanging out with friends for thousands of suburban students. But for the police officers who monitor their hallways and help resolve their conflicts during the fall, winter and spring, duty still calls when school’s out.
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Possible change of plea in July 4 Highland Park shooting, Lake County state’s attorney’s office saysJun 20, 2024 10:05 pm - A spokeswoman from the Lake County state’s attorney’s office confirmed “a possible change of plea” from the Highwood man charged with fatally shooting seven people and injuring dozens of others during a 2022 Independence Day parade in Highland Park.
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Police: Man shot by teen Sunday in Elgin has diedJun 19, 2024 9:13 pm - A 16-year-old boy is facing multiple felony weapons charges stemming from a shooting late Sunday in Elgin that left a man dead.
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‘You can’t do this on your own’: Cook Co. sheriff’s program helps recovering addicts maintain sobrietyJun 19, 2024 5:52 pm - Four decades into his recovery, self-described former street hustler and ex-convict Benny Lee still attends weekly meetings that help him maintain sobriety. “I’ve sat where you sit,” he told more than 40 people at Ready 4 Recovery, a Cook County sheriff’s department program for individuals who’ve completed drug and/or alcohol treatment and need ongoing support.
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Police: Des Plaines man charged with hate crime in security guard’s stabbingJun 19, 2024 11:26 am - A Des Plaines man is charged with a hate crime after police said he attacked a security guard where he lives.