Cook County Crime
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Shots fired in ElginAug 05, 2022 1:00 am - Shots were fired Friday afternoon on the 600 block of Slade Avenue in Elgin. The Elgin Police Department said in a social media post that the gunfire occurred sometime ...
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50 years later: How the De Mau Mau murders changed Barrington HillsAug 04, 2022 5:00 am - Fritz Gohl remembers growing up in Barrington Hills during the 1950s and 1960s when nobody locked their doors. That changed on Aug. 5, 1972, after residents of the afflu...
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Former worker in assessor's office admits to schemeAug 04, 2022 1:00 am - A former longtime Cook County assessor's office employee agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors Thursday as he admitted helping lower taxes on certain Cook County ...
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State seeks to revoke Furry Babies' stores' dog-dealing licensesAug 04, 2022 1:00 am - The state agriculture department wants to take away the dog-dealing licenses of the Furry Babies stores in Lombard, Aurora and Rockford, alleging they illegally operated...
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Ruse burglary in Des PlainesAug 04, 2022 1:00 am - A team of thieves stole jewelry from a house in Des Plaines Monday as one crook distracted a resident while posing as a water department employee, police said. The burgl...
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Highland Park mass shooting suspect pleads not guilty to 117 chargesAug 03, 2022 1:00 am - The 21-year-old Highwood man accused of carrying out a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade pleaded not guilty to the 117 criminal charges against hi...
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Four of five victims of Wheeling drive-by shooting released from hospitalsAug 02, 2022 1:00 am - Four of the five victims of a drive-by shooting Saturday have been released from local hospitals, while the fifth person, who was in critical condition, is improving, Wh...
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Elgin woman gets 12 years for armed robberyAug 02, 2022 1:00 am - A 19-year-old Elgin woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to an amended felony charge connected to a Nov. 22 armed robbery of a Wonder ...
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49-year-old Niles man killed in 2-vehicle crash in Park RidgeAug 01, 2022 1:00 am - Authorities have identified a 49-year-old Niles man as the victim of a two-vehicle fatal crash early Sunday morning in Park Ridge. The Cook County medical examiner's off...
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Elk Grove Village man sentenced to 50 years in prison for child sex crimesAug 01, 2022 1:00 am - An Elk Grove Village man who formerly taught elementary school in Chicago was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing an Indian...