Cook County Crime
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Thief takes $2,600 using debit card stolen in Des Plaines, police sayJun 21, 2023 1:00 am - A thief, possibly working with a partner, stole a woman's debit card at a store in Des Plaines and then took $2,600 from her bank account, police said Wednesday. The the...
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Questions remain as business owners regroup after fatal Juneteenth party shootingJun 20, 2023 1:00 am - Bullet holes and shattered glass Tuesday provided grim reminders of Sunday's deadly shooting near Willowbrook as Somerset Plaza shop owners returned to their businesses....
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Barrington man charged with drug-induced homicide of Lake Barrington manJun 19, 2023 1:00 am - A Barrington man was indicted by a statewide grand jury on a charge of drug-induced homicide in the death of a Lake Barrington man in December, state and local officials...
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Roselle woman charged with animal cruelty; 12 dogs seized by countyJun 19, 2023 1:00 am - A Roselle woman has been charged with animal cruelty after authorities said dogs in her care were suffering from heartworm, respiratory distress, worn-down teeth, bladde...
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Did misogyny, inept police work and more let a suburban killer evade justice?Jun 16, 2023 5:30 am - When Chris Loudon became a Lisle police detective, the job came with an assignment: Try to solve three cold cases. One was the rape of an elderly woman in the early 1990...
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Mole-removal scheme nets Lombard doctor 6 months in prisonJun 16, 2023 1:00 am - A former Lombard doctor will spend six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to health care fraud stemming from a mole-removal scheme he concocted to collect mo...
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Judge sets Crimo Jr. trial date for late OctoberJun 16, 2023 1:00 am - The criminal case against Robert Crimo Jr., the father of the man charged in the 2022 Fourth of July mass shooting in Highland Park, will go to trial in late October, ac...
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Des Plaines police release video of officer fatally shooting ax-wielding manJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - Des Plaines police released bodycam videos Thursday showing an officer fatally shooting an ax-wielding man last month in an apartment building hallway. The videos - four...
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Wheeling man held without bail following two gun-related altercationsJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - A 20-year-old Wheeling man has been charged with burglary, aggravated battery and mob action after, authorities say, video showed him and two other defendants threatenin...
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Police: Man called 911 to report he killed ex-wife in Geneva, then shot himselfJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - A man called 911 to report he had murdered his wife late Wednesday afternoon in Geneva before turning his gun on himself, authorities said Tuesday. Chad Dockery, 49, fat...