Cook County Crime
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Police: Arlington Heights man lured girl into his vehicle, sexually abused herNov 09, 2023 12:00 am - An Arlington Heights man is facing charges he lured a minor girl into his vehicle with cash then sexually abused her, Palatine police said Thursday. James King, 31, of t...
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Kane state's attorney: Elgin police cleared in jail death of 20-year-old Roselle manNov 09, 2023 12:00 am - Elgin police acted properly during the arrest and incarceration of a man who died in the city's jail in January, Kane County State's Attorney Jamie Mosser says. Patryk L...
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Palatine man charged with recklessly firing gunNov 09, 2023 12:00 am - A 29-year-old man faces a felony reckless discharge of a firearm charge stemming from a report of gunfire Sept. 9 in a residential area of Palatine. Zaurbek Bogov, of th...
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Armed robbery in Woodfield Mall parking lot ends with arrest in Oak BrookNov 08, 2023 10:00 pm - The armed robbery of a woman with a small child inside a vehicle in the Woodfield Mall parking lot in Schaumburg ended Thursday afternoon with the arrest of a suspect in...
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Detention ordered for Elgin-area man facing child pornography chargesNov 08, 2023 12:00 am - A Kane County judge on Wednesday denied pretrial release for a man facing child pornography charges. Daniel Janavich, 54, of the 12N200 block of Tina Trail near Elgin, p...
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Pretrial release denied for Home Depot theft suspectNov 08, 2023 12:00 am - A man accused of stealing floor tile from a Home Depot store is being detained pretrial, as a DuPage County judge ruled Wednesday the defendant has a high risk of flight...
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Teacher pleads guilty to sexually abusing students at Elgin preschoolNov 08, 2023 12:00 am - A teacher has admitted to sexually abusing students at a preschool in Elgin. Frank R. Walaitis, 58, pleaded guilty on Thursday to five counts of aggravated criminal sexu...
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Man pleads guilty to shooting two people in ElginNov 07, 2023 12:00 am - A Chicago man has pleaded guilty to aggravated battery with a firearm for a 2021 shooting in Elgin that injured two men. Giovanni Ramirez, 24, of the 3500 block of West ...
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'Everybody looked up to Ken': Former colleagues remember slain Wheeling police officerNov 06, 2023 4:30 am - Wheeling police officer Ken Dawson was shot to death Nov. 5, 1985, while responding to a burglary. He was only 41. Nearly 40 years later, memories of his service and sac...
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Man treated for gunshot wound outside Rivers CasinoNov 06, 2023 12:00 am - Des Plaines police are investigating an early morning shooting Saturday outside the Rivers Casino. An injured man flagged down a Des Plaines officer just before 1 a.m. S...