Cook County Crime
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Kane County eyeing 6-month reprieve from SAFE-T ActOct 21, 2022 1:00 am - Kane County officials are moving toward a joint stance on delaying the implementation of a key part of a statewide justice reform effort in hopes of restoring the abilit...
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Rep. Casten calls for federal decriminalization of possessing small amounts of cannabisOct 20, 2022 5:30 am - Following the lead of Illinois and other states, Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove supports federally decriminalizing small amounts of cannabis. "We shou...
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Man convicted of killing Arlington Heights man in 2018 gets 65 years in prisonOct 20, 2022 1:00 am - The justice Baldemar Esquivel and his family sought for the 2018 shooting death of his brother Vladimir Esquivel, whose body was found in his burning vehicle in a Mount ...
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Gunshot fired at passing car on Dundee Road in PalatineOct 20, 2022 1:00 am - A vehicle was struck by gunfire on Dundee Road in Palatine Wednesday night. Palatine police said that a shot was fired at a car traveling eastbound on Dundee Road betwee...
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Dart seeks drivers' consent to track their vehicles after carjackingsOct 20, 2022 1:00 am - Fed up with some car manufacturers withholding vehicle location data after carjackings, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is promoting a tracking consent form drivers can sig...
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Man pleads guilty to drugged DUI for crash that killed Judson University studentsOct 20, 2022 1:00 am - An Elgin man has pleaded guilty to causing a crash that killed two Judson University students last year while he was under the influence of cannabis. Trevon Morris, 22, ...
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2 years in prison for man who faked having a bomb during Lombard bank robberyOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - A man who strapped fireworks to himself to simulate a bomb has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for robbing a Lombard bank. Judge Franklin Valderrama pronou...
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Police: Teen shot in gang-related shooting in Mount ProspectOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - A boy is expected to survive after he was hospitalized as a result of what police are calling a gang-related shooting. At about 8:30 p.m., Mount Prospect police officers...
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2 women charged with stealing from Nordstrom Rack, then driving away at 100+ mphOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - Two women from Wisconsin have been charged with burglary and retail theft, accused of stealing from the Nordstrom Rack store in Oak Brook, then leading police on a high-...
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Lake County sheriff candidates debate SAFE-T Act merits, mythsOct 18, 2022 1:00 am - Two men seeking to lead the Lake County Sheriff's Office say voters are most concerned about the merits and myths surrounding the SAFE-T Act, a criminal justice reform p...