Cook County Crime
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Police: Boy wounded in shooting in Prospect HeightsDec 30, 2022 12:00 am - Prospect Heights police early Friday responded to what's believed to be the gang-related shooting of a boy, ending two months of quiet in what had been a problematic ear...
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Tragedies and some triumphs: The top suburban stories of 2022Dec 29, 2022 4:30 am - This story has been updated to remove an incorrect statenent that Ken Griffin owns Citadel Corp. Two horrific crimes, a deadly car crash and threats against the LGB...
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FBI: Des Plaines bank robbed ThursdayDec 29, 2022 12:00 am - Two suspects remain at-large after the FBI responded to a bank robbery at a Fifth-Third Bank in Des Plaines Thursday afternoon. The suspects, who were armed, entered th...
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Rivers Casino employees' paychecks were stolen, altered, cashedDec 29, 2022 12:00 am - Federal authorities are investigating the theft of paychecks destined for workers at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines. More than a dozen checks were stolen between Dec. 12 a...
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Effect of judge's ruling regarding end of cash bail differs across the suburbsDec 29, 2022 12:00 am - A Kankakee County judge's ruling late Wednesday that ending cash bail in Illinois is unconstitutional does not apply to courts in Cook, Lake, DuPage or Kane counties, bu...
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Des Plaines man charged with aggravated assault, disorderly conductDec 29, 2022 12:00 am - A Des Plaines man accused of trying to take a shopping bag from a teenager is now facing charges, officials said. Christopher J. Grygiel, 40, has been charged with aggra...
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Identity released of Glencoe man police say was punched by his brother until he stopped breathingDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - It could be several weeks until officials determine the cause of death of the man whom police found unresponsive early Sunday morning after he had been punched repeatedl...
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Buffalo Grove police detail repeated calls to Kisliak home before murdersDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - Buffalo Grove police responded to 14 domestic-related calls involving the Kisliak family, the bulk of them in the months leading up to the gruesome discovery last month ...
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13-year-old charged with stealing car, leading police on high-speed chaseDec 27, 2022 12:00 am - A 13-year-old stole a car from a dealership in Elmhurst early Monday morning and led police on a high-speed chase before being arrested and charged, authorities said Tue...
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Gambler arrested after cheating captured on Rivers Casino videoDec 27, 2022 12:00 am - Before you try to pull a fast one at a suburban casino, remember what Robert DeNiro's character sagely said in the film "Casino": "The eye in the sky is watching us all....