Cook County Crime
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'It will help him move on': Teen mistakenly shot by Des Plaines cop settles lawsuit for $1.9 millionOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - A Chicago teenager who was mistakenly shot by a Des Plaines police officer in 2019 has settled a lawsuit against the suburb for $1.9 million. According to a statement re...
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Dispute over shoes, conduct at birthday party detailed in Bensenville-area murder caseOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - A disagreement over shoes and how a woman was being treated at a birthday celebration may have led to the murder of a Des Plaines man Saturday, according to a DuPage Cou...
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Lombard man facing hate crime charges against Muslim victims denied pretrial releaseOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - A Lombard man has been charged with committing a hate crime, accused of assaulting two people because they are Muslim. Pretrial release was denied on Thursday for Larry ...
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Elk Grove Village driver indicted in connection with crash that paralyzed bicyclistOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - A 25-year-old Elk Grove Village woman has been indicted on two felony counts of leaving the scene of an injury accident that left a Grayslake bicyclist a quadriplegic. A...
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Coroner releases name of Round Lake-area man shot dead by Lake County sheriff's deputyOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - Authorities released the name of the Round Lake-area man shot and killed by a Lake County sheriff's deputy Wednesday afternoon after they say the man lunged at the deput...
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Schaumburg police searching for bank robbery suspectOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - Schaumburg police issued a shelter in place notice for some parts of the community this morning after an armed man robbed a bank on the village's east side. Authorities ...
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Lake County Sheriff: Deputy shoots, kills man who lunged at him with meat cleaverOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - A Lake County Sheriff's Deputy trying to help an injured man in an unincorporated near Round Lake wound up shooting and killing him Wednesday after the man lunged at him...
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Skokie man charged with calling in bomb threats to Aurora librariesOct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - A Skokie man has been charged with calling in false bomb threats to Aurora public libraries. Jacob Spiro, 23, of the 4600 block of Davis Street, also faces charges in Co...
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Freed after serving 16 years for Rolling Meadows murder, he now seeks accountability for 'miscarriage of justice'Oct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - Nearly 12 years ago, after a Cook County judge sentenced him to life in prison for the 2006 murder of aspiring Rolling Meadows rapper Marquis Lovings, Patrick Taylor ins...
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Arlington Heights woman accused of setting fire to own apartmentOct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - A 51-year-old Arlington Heights woman was in custody Friday on an arson charge in connection with a fire in her first-floor apartment in the 300 block of East Seegers Ro...