Cook County Crime
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3 men arrested and guns recovered following crash in Palatine, police sayMay 10, 2024 1:50 pm - Charges are pending against two men police say pointed handguns at people Thursday from an SUV that struck other vehicles in Palatine. Both suspects were in custody Frida...
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Lake County man sold illegal drugs, police sayMay 10, 2024 12:35 pm - A Waukegan-area man is facing drug-related charges following a monthlong Lake County Sheriff’s Office task force investigation, officials said Friday. Travier L. Bunch, 3...
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Why suburban police, lawmakers want to make fleeing from cops a felonyMay 10, 2024 5:15 am - In his more than two decades as a law enforcement officer, Naperville Police Chief Jason Arres has witnessed plenty of reckless behavior and dangerous driving on suburban...
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Libertyville man accused of stabbing an elderly man in Chicago faces multiple felony chargesMay 09, 2024 8:36 pm - A Libertyville man wanted on a charge of attempted murder in the stabbing of an elderly man on a public bus in Chicago recently was taken into custody by a fugitive task ...
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District 25 fires nurse under investigation for giving students wrong medicationMay 09, 2024 7:24 am - Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 school board members have fired a school nurse under investigation for dispensing the wrong medication to students. During a spec...
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Antioch police latest to install automated license plate readersMay 08, 2024 7:38 pm - In an effort to combat what authorities called a surge in crime across the suburbs, the Antioch Police Department has become the latest law enforcement agency to install ...
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Police: Arlington Heights man beat victim with gunMay 08, 2024 10:26 am - A 47-year-old Arlington Heights man is being held in the Cook County jail on accusations he struck a person in the head with a gun last month at a Glenview motel. Dirk Hu...
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Woman accused of performing dental work without a license in SchaumburgMay 07, 2024 8:21 pm - A Rockford-area woman faces a charge of practicing medicine without a license after authorities say she performed unauthorized dental work in Schaumburg in February. Moni...
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Bartlett man charged with felony DUI, resisting policeMay 07, 2024 11:39 am - A 31-year-old Bartlett man faces a felony DUI charge after police said he committed several traffic violations and resisted arrest early Sunday. Bartlett police said an o...
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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 ...