Cook County Crime
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'Devastating': Investigators seeking clues on who vandalized new Rolling Meadows muralSep 26, 2022 1:00 am - Months after its installation and dedication, a mural created by Rolling Meadows High School art students on the wall of the Kirchoff Road pedestrian underpass has been ...
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Inmate who died in cell at Lake County jail identifiedSep 26, 2022 1:00 am - Officials have not determined a final cause of death of the 51-year-old man who was found dead in a cell at the Lake County jail Friday evening, but they say it appears ...
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One suspect in custody after attempted catalytic theftSep 24, 2022 1:00 am - A 29-year-old Chicago man has been charged with trying to steal a catalytic converter in Arlington Heights, but several other robbers eluded police Saturday morning, acc...
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'We lost our innocence': Four on the front lines recall the Tylenol killings 40 years agoSep 24, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series. Helen Jensen was busy preparing dinner for her family about 7 p.m. on Sept. 29, 1982, when the phone rang at ...
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EV Rider: Palatine police are pioneering electric motorcycles in law enforcementSep 23, 2022 5:30 am - Make mention of motorcycle cops, and for people of a certain age thoughts turn to the 1970s and '80s TV hit "CHiPS," where every week California Highway Patrol officers ...
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Elgin police chief explains why public was not alerted about knife-wielding manSep 23, 2022 1:00 am - Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley explained on her weekly radio show Friday why a large and lengthy police response to a man who was threatening people with a knife did not ...
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Judge bars Elmhurst police from releasing reports in murder caseSep 23, 2022 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge has barred Elmhurst police from releasing its reports about a murder case to the Daily Herald. Judge Ann Celine O'Hallaren Walsh said Friday that r...
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'A nationwide issue': How supply-chain problems affect suburban police, fire fleetsSep 22, 2022 5:30 am - Supply-chain issues that have limited the availability of new passenger cars, trucks and SUVs in the suburbs and across the nation are affecting public safety department...
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Gurnee-area man charged with more counts of child pornSep 22, 2022 1:00 am - Investigators say they have uncovered evidence that a Gurnee-area man who already faces three possession of child pornography charges sent videos of children engaged in ...
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Ex-Waukegan cop who shot, killed 19-year-old Black man in 2020 faces murder chargesSep 22, 2022 1:00 am - The former Waukegan police officer who shot and killed 19-year-old Black man Marcellis Stinnette on Oct. 20, 2020, has been charged with three counts of second-degree mu...