Cook County Crime
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Prosecutors: Streamwood man facing drug charges jumped off an Elgin roof to evade search warrantNov 18, 2022 12:00 am - A Streamwood man who authorities say had more than 3,000 grams of marijuana and more than $34,000 in cash jumped off a roof in an effort to evade Illinois State Police o...
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Libertyville man sentenced to 120 years in prison for sexually assaulting a childNov 18, 2022 12:00 am - A Libertyville man found guilty earlier this year on 17 counts of criminal sexual assault, including six of predatory sexual assault of a child, was sentenced to 120 yea...
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Ex-DePaul student gets 7½ years for trying to help Islamic State with computer programNov 18, 2022 12:00 am - An unusual terrorism case in Chicago came to a close Thursday when a federal judge handed a 7½-year prison sentence to a former DePaul University student from Park Ridge...
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Cook County Board approves budget with $11.4 million for sheriff's office helicopterNov 17, 2022 12:00 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said Thursday his agency will acquire a helicopter to track carjackers, look for missing people and offer aid during large-scale emergencies...
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Police: Shots fired during attempted car theft in Mount ProspectNov 17, 2022 12:00 am - Mount Prospect police are searching for a pair of would-be car thieves they say fired gunshots at a resident who caught them trying to steal a vehicle from his driveway ...
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Man sentenced to 50 years for 2018 West Chicago murderNov 17, 2022 12:00 am - One of two men found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2018 shooting of a West Chicago man was sentenced Thursday to 50 years in prison. Emilio Guillen, 31, formerly ...
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Gun violence 'interrupters' to be part of Lake County's prevention effortNov 16, 2022 4:00 am - Lake County formally accepts $1.5M grant
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Hoffman Estates man charged in Capitol riotNov 16, 2022 12:00 am - A Hoffman Estates man accused of struggling with police in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was released Wednesday on a recognizance bond. Tyng Jin...
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'Family is everything': Daughter of Tylenol poisoning victim ready to share her storyNov 15, 2022 12:00 am - Forty years ago, Adam Janus picked up his 4-year-old daughter, Kasia, from preschool at Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church in Arlington Heights and headed to a near...
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Two charged in shooting at Yorktown Mall parking lotNov 15, 2022 12:00 am - Bail was denied Tuesday for a man arrested in connection with a shooting last week in the parking lot of Yorktown Center mall in Lombard. Ronald Grundy, 22, of Louisvill...