Cook County Crime
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Kane County courts embrace video technology to move cases forward in COVID eraMay 08, 2020 5:30 am - Today will be a first for Kane County courts: A defendant is expected to plead guilty to a felony charge during a proceeding held via Zoom and accessible to the public t...
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FBI offers reward in Cook County jail escape caseMay 07, 2020 1:00 am - The FBI has offered a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to the capture of Jahquez Scott, a Cook County jail detainee who authorities say escaped over the we...
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Police: Elgin man drives to wrong house, charged with 4th DUIMay 06, 2020 1:00 am - A 48-year-old man was arrested and charged with his fourth DUI last weekend after driving to the wrong Elgin house at 3 a.m. Saturday and banging on a stranger's door, a...
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Cook County officials: COVID-19 absent in juvenile detaineesApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - None of the 88 general population residents selected for testing at Cook County's Juvenile Temporary Detention Center tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, health c...
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Police: Elgin man threatened to shoot officers in domestic callApr 21, 2020 1:00 am - A 25-year-old Elgin man has been charged with threatening police officers after his arrest early Saturday during a domestic incident. Angelo Aranda, of the 200 block of ...
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Police: Loud stereo leads to Elgin man's arrest on drug, weapons chargesApr 13, 2020 1:00 am - A loud car stereo led to the arrest of a 32-year-old Elgin man over the weekend on felony methamphetamine and weapons charges, according to Elgin police. Fredy Ramirez-S...
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Elgin man charged with 4th DUI, trying to spit on officerApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - A 34-year-old Elgin man has been charged with his fourth DUI after crashing into a row of parked cars near his home and later trying to spit on an officer, police said. ...
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Rolling Meadows courthouse quiets in response to COVID-19 pandemicMar 31, 2020 1:00 am - Rolling Meadows' once-bustling Third District Cook County courthouse has quieted considerably in the two weeks since Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans ordered most criminal a...
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Cook County court cases postponed, videoconferencing expandedMar 30, 2020 1:00 am - Many criminal and civil cases pending in Cook County courts, including jury trials, have been postponed through at least May 18, per a new order issued Monday by Chief J...
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Cook County detainee coronavirus cases up to 38Mar 27, 2020 1:00 am - Now 38 detainees at the Cook County jail have tested positive for COVID-19, Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart announced Friday. Dart said that as of 5 p.m., 167 detainees ...