Cook County Crime
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Arlington Heights police bring on full-time crisis counselor despite cut in federal fundingMay 06, 2024 8:55 pm - Though federal grant funding runs out this summer, Arlington Heights trustees agreed Monday to commit village funds to keep a police department crisis counselor employed ...
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DuPage state’s attorney’s office, Secret Service sting shuts down 350 fraudulent investment websitesMay 06, 2024 1:12 pm - A recent joint sting operation conducted by the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office and the United States Secret Service, along with DuPage County’s IT Department, re...
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Police: Man struck former employer with car, set Des Plaines business on fireMay 06, 2024 10:24 am - A Skokie man faces aggravated battery and arson charges alleging he struck his former employer with a car in Des Plaines last week then returned the next day and set the ...
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Police: Elgin man arrested while fleeing shooting sceneMay 05, 2024 4:56 pm - An Elgin man was arrested Saturday evening at the scene of a shooting in Harvard, police said. The Harvard Police Department and Harvard Fire Protection District respon...
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Lombard police investigating ‘swatting’ at Yorktown CenterMay 05, 2024 12:54 pm - Lombard police responded to reports Saturday of an armed person at Yorktown Center mall, but later determined the report likely was a case of “swatting.” Swatting is a te...
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Local law enforcement agencies find success in crisis intervention teams, trainingMay 04, 2024 5:15 am - On April 9, Lake County sheriff’s deputies responded to the home near Deerfield of a man in a mental health crisis and armed with a gun. A caller had dialed 911 and feare...
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Schaumburg woman charged with damaging Island Lake police lobbyMay 03, 2024 8:41 pm - Woman identified from video of early morning incident, police say An arrest warrant for criminal damage to government-supported property was issued Friday for a Scha...
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Villa Park murder-suicide spurs change in domestic-violence prosecutionsMay 03, 2024 5:15 am - Last week’s tragedy in Villa Park ‒ where a man ordered to stay away from his wife instead went to their home and shot her to death before killing himself ‒ has spurred c...
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Grayslake man used 3D printer to make guns, gun parts, sheriff’s police sayMay 02, 2024 11:44 am - A Grayslake man used 3D printers to illegally manufacture firearms and machine gun conversion devices, police said Thursday. Charles A. Best, 31, of the 200 block of High...
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Teen charged with attempted murder in Mount Prospect stabbingMay 02, 2024 10:03 am - A Mount Prospect teenager is facing attempted murder charges in connection with a stabbing early last month at a vacant commercial building. Manuel Rivera Jr., 18, also f...