Cook County Crime
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Man pepper-sprayed, beaten in Park Ridge robberyApr 23, 2024 10:17 am - Park Ridge police are seeking two men who robbed, pepper-sprayed and beat a person at knifepoint early Tuesday morning in an underground parking garage. Police said the r...
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Carpentersville man charged with groping co-worker in Lake ZurichApr 22, 2024 4:01 pm - A Carpentersville man faces a pair of felony charges alleging he groped a female co-worker without her consent last week in Lake Zurich. Everado Cardenas, 53, of the 100 ...
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Suspects charged in November Mount Prospect shootingApr 22, 2024 2:35 pm - A 56-year-old Bensenville man will appear in court this week facing home invasion and aggravated battery charges stemming from a November shooting, while his alleged acco...
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Police: Bartlett man crashed into two homes while fleeing officersApr 21, 2024 3:18 pm - A Bartlett man faces several charges after authorities say he fled his home when police were called for a domestic disturbance Saturday, slammed his pickup truck into a p...
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Man facing new child pornography, solicitation charges in DuPage CountyApr 19, 2024 12:17 pm - A DuPage County man on court supervision for having child pornography is facing new charges of child pornography and indecent solicitation of children. Charles J. Stark, ...
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‘Lives are at stake’: Suburban lawmaker targets protesters blocking trafficApr 19, 2024 5:15 am - If you were among the hundreds delayed, detoured or just plain disturbed by the protests Monday that blocked the expressway entrance to O’Hare International Airport, you’...
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FBI seeking armed robber who targeted banks in Hanover Park, Schaumburg ThursdayApr 18, 2024 3:35 pm - The FBI’s Chicago Field Office is investigating the robbery of a Hanover Park bank and attempted robbery of a bank in Schaumburg, both believed to have been committed by ...
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Marklund sexual abuse victim gives birthApr 17, 2024 12:27 pm - Agency, authorities investigating how pregnancy went undetected
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How police, fire departments help first responders cope in the wake of tragediesApr 16, 2024 5:24 pm - Fifteen years ago today, Shelly Engelhardt, her daughter Amanda and son Jeff experienced an unimaginable tragedy when Amanda’s then-boyfriend - in a jealousy-fueled attack - stabbed to death three Engelhardt family members in their Hoffman Estates home. They weren’t the only ones traumatized. The heinous attack also affected first responders, including Kasia Cawley, one of the Hoffman Estates police detectives assigned to the case. “It always stays with you,” said Cawley, now Hoffman Estates chief of police. “You’re never going to forget it.”
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‘Working every day toward forgiveness’: 15 years later, loss remains for Engelhardt familyApr 16, 2024 5:13 pm - Jeff Engelhardt has lived two lives. The first ended 15 years ago when he lost his father, younger sister and maternal grandmother to an unprovoked attack by his older s...