Cook County Crime
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Wisconsin man arrested on drug, gun charges on I-90Jan 17, 2023 12:00 am - Kane County sheriff's detectives investigating drug trafficking along the Jane Addams Tollway arrested a Wisconsin man on weapons and drug charges Sunday, authorities sa...
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Witnesses recall gunfire, vehicle speeding off after teen killed in Des PlainesJan 16, 2023 12:00 am - Des Plaines police continue to investigate the killing of a 16-year-old boy found shot to death Sunday night on a residential street just west of the city's downtown. Of...
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Oak Brook home burglarized as teenage girl hidJan 16, 2023 12:00 am - Neighbors of an Oak Brook home targeted for a home invasion Friday said it's one of several houses in the neighborhood hit by burglars in the last few months. But on Fri...
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16-year-old shot and killed in Des PlainesJan 15, 2023 12:00 am - A 16-year-old was shot and killed Sunday night, Des Plaines police said. Police said they were called to the 1300 block of Perry Street for a report of shots fired and ...
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Five juveniles arrested after carjacking, burglaries outside Des Plaines hotelsJan 15, 2023 12:00 am - Five juveniles have been arrested in connection with a carjacking and a string of burglaries of vehicles early Sunday morning at hotels in Des Plaines. Des Plaines polic...
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so farJan 13, 2023 4:00 am - Despite thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews and untold hours of investigation, it took nearly a decade - and a couple of strokes of luck - for police to arrest th...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...
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Lake County sheriff responds to racist comments in wake of his stance on weapons banJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - A Facebook post by Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg Thursday night expressing his support for the state's ban on high-powered weapons prompted more than 2,000 comments,...
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Top crime stories of 2022: Mayhem and heartbreak defined the year in suburban crimeJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - A mass shooting on July 4 in Highland Park, during which a lone shooter stood atop a building firing nearly 90 rounds at parade spectators and participants, shocked the ...
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Shots fired down, other serious crime up 6% in ElginJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - Shots fired incidents in Elgin were down, while serious crime overall was up in 2022, according to the police department's newly released annual report. Coming off a 50-...