Cook County Crime
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Teenager charged in Northbrook armed robberiesJun 28, 2024 9:43 am - A Northbrook teenager is facing multiple armed robbery charges following an investigation into two holdups investigated by the Cook County sheriff’s office over the past week.
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He was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Why did he spend just 14 days behind bars?Jun 28, 2024 5:15 am - Jonathan Franco was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to reckless homicide in connection with a 2019 crash that killed a 35-year-old father from Carol Stream and then spent just 14 days behind bars. Here’s how that happened.
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Pot, scale found during Des Plaines traffic stopJun 27, 2024 6:10 am - A Milwaukee man was arrested Sunday night after Des Plaines police found cannabis in his SUV.
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Three men identified in Elgin double murder-suicideJun 26, 2024 3:37 pm - The Kane County coroner has released the identifies of three people killed in a double-murder-suicide in Elgin in May.
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‘Evil and manipulative’: Families outraged after Highland Park suspect backs out of plea dealJun 26, 2024 9:47 am - With family members of victims and survivors looking on, the suspect in the mass shooting at Highland Park’s 2022 Independence Day parade backed out of plea agreement Wednesday morning that would have sent him to prison for the rest of his life.
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Des Plaines man facing sexual assault chargesJun 25, 2024 6:14 pm - A 49-year-old Des Plaines man is facing multiple felony charges, including aggravated criminal sexual assault following an investigation that began late Sunday.
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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.