Cook County Crime
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Elgin police note uptick in catalytic converter theftsJun 18, 2022 1:00 am - Elgin police Saturday reported an alarming increase in the number of catalytic converter thefts in the city. Since June 1, 25 catalytic converters have been stolen from ...
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Police: Chicago man used gun to rob Hinsdale cell phone storeJun 18, 2022 1:00 am - A 29-year-old Chicago man is being held in jail without the option of making bail after, officials said, he used a handgun to rob a Hinsdale cellphone store. Stephon Lit...
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Why an appellate court denied Degorski's latest bid for new trial in Brown's Chicken murdersJun 17, 2022 5:10 am - A witness who provided police with the break they needed to arrest two men in the 1993 Brown's Chicken murders in Palatine stood to gain a six-figure reward for her tip ...
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Bartlett man convicted of murdering Glendale Heights resident outside spaJun 16, 2022 1:00 am - A Bartlett man was found guilty Thursday of first-degree murder in a 2018 shooting outside a Bloomingdale-area spa. A jury deliberated two hours before convicting Donal...
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Sheriff: 2 charged with gun crimes after I-90 road-rage incidentJun 15, 2022 1:00 am - A couple stopped during an investigation into a road-rage incident near Hampshire Tuesday now face gun-related charges after a Kane County detective found body armor and...
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Man arrested after gun found in car in Des PlainesJun 15, 2022 1:00 am - A Milwaukee man was arrested on a weapons charge early Tuesday after Des Plaines police responded to a report of a man in a street holding a gun. Osmar Vasquez Gutierres...
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Oak Brook man gets 18-year prison sentence after child porn pleaJun 15, 2022 1:00 am - A 27-year-old Oak Brook man was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to coercing more than a dozen underage girls to send sexually explicit imag...
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'If I can't have them neither can you': Man charged in drownings wrote to wife, prosecutors sayJun 15, 2022 1:00 am - The Round Lake Beach man charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the drownings of his three children left a note to his wife reading, "if I can't have them n...
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Bail denied for two Chicago men accused of robbing Lombard 7-ElevenJun 14, 2022 1:00 am - Bail has been denied for two Chicago men accused of robbing a Lombard 7-Eleven at gunpoint Saturday, authorities said Tuesday. Reginald Allen, 53, of the 7300 block of N...
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Standoff over eviction notice in Elgin ends peacefullyJun 14, 2022 1:00 am - A person being served with an eviction notice refused to leave and claimed to have a rifle, leading to a standoff Tuesday morning that ultimately ended peacefully in Elg...