Cook County Crime
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Where 8th Congressional District GOP hopefuls stand on violent crime, gun controlJun 07, 2022 5:30 am - Whether the federal government should play a bigger role in curbing violent crime across the nation — and whether stronger gun control laws ought to be a part of that — ...
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Thieves steal 3 luxury cars from Des Plaines dealershipJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Three luxury cars were stolen early Tuesday at a Des Plaines auto dealership in a heist that led to a brief police chase. The thefts occurred before 4:30 a.m. at Sam Jid...
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Prosecutors seek 18-month sentence for CullertonJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton to up to 18 months in prison in the $248,000 embezzlement case involving the Teamst...
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Wheeling sleep-testing company settles federal fraud lawsuitJun 06, 2022 1:00 am - A Wheeling-based sleep diagnostics company and two of its executives have agreed to pay more than $3.9 million to settle a federal lawsuit accusing the business of defra...
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Police: Shooter, victim in fatal Wheeling confrontation were in romantic relationshipJun 06, 2022 1:00 am - A Wheeling man fatally shot a Gurnee woman with whom he had a romantic relationship before killing himself early Sunday, Wheeling police said Monday. Travis Stephens, 37...
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Prospect Heights woman pleads not guilty to failing to report crash that killed Glenview manJun 06, 2022 1:00 am - A 20-year-old Prospect Heights woman has pleaded not guilty to the charge of failing to report a crash that killed a 22-year-old Glenview man last October along Route 45...
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4 of 6 GOP candidates in 6th House race understate deadly Capitol riotJun 06, 2022 1:00 am - Editors note: An earlier version of this story should have read the two other Republicans in the race are Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso and Orland Park Mayor Keith Pe...
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Man, woman, both members of U.S. Navy, found shot to death early Sunday in WheelingJun 05, 2022 1:00 am - Wheeling police are investigating the deaths of a man and woman found fatally shot early Sunday morning near an intersection on the southwest side of the village. Accord...
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How Lake County plans to deploy 'interrupters' to fight surge in gun violenceJun 03, 2022 5:30 am - When a gunman approached two men outside a Waukegan restaurant Sunday and shot both in the head, killing one and gravely injuring the other in apparent retaliation for a...
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Man pleads guilty, again, and gets 20 years for 2008 shooting of woman in ElginJun 03, 2022 1:00 am - A West Chicago man who pleaded guilty to aggravated battery in 2010 for shooting a woman, then withdrew his plea, has pleaded guilty, again, to the attack and was senten...