Cook County Crime
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2 years in prison for man who faked having a bomb during Lombard bank robberyOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - A man who strapped fireworks to himself to simulate a bomb has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for robbing a Lombard bank. Judge Franklin Valderrama pronou...
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Police: Teen shot in gang-related shooting in Mount ProspectOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - A boy is expected to survive after he was hospitalized as a result of what police are calling a gang-related shooting. At about 8:30 p.m., Mount Prospect police officers...
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2 women charged with stealing from Nordstrom Rack, then driving away at 100+ mphOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - Two women from Wisconsin have been charged with burglary and retail theft, accused of stealing from the Nordstrom Rack store in Oak Brook, then leading police on a high-...
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Lake County sheriff candidates debate SAFE-T Act merits, mythsOct 18, 2022 1:00 am - Two men seeking to lead the Lake County Sheriff's Office say voters are most concerned about the merits and myths surrounding the SAFE-T Act, a criminal justice reform p...
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Elk Grove carjacking ends in fiery crash on I-57Oct 18, 2022 1:00 am - A suspect is in custody and being questioned by police after a carjacking Tuesday morning in Elk Grove Village that ended with a fiery crash on Interstate 57 on Chicago'...
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Highland Park man involved in deadly Fort Sheridan confrontation now charged with arsonOct 17, 2022 1:00 am - The 20-year-old Highland Park man who investigators have linked to the death of a 45-year-old Highland Park man in Lake County's Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve was ordere...
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'A tragic accident': Juvenile charged with involuntary manslaughter in death of 14-year-oldOct 17, 2022 1:00 am - A juvenile is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a 14-year-old Prospect Heights boy, the result of a "tragic accident" in which the juvenile,...
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Teenager shot to death in Prospect Heights identifiedOct 16, 2022 1:00 am - Authorities have released the identity of the 14-year-old boy found shot to death Friday afternoon at an apartment in Prospect Heights. Eric Casique was pronounced dead ...
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Why some see New Jersey as a model for bail reform in IllinoisOct 14, 2022 5:30 am - Given its unfair reputation as home to little more than swamps, toll roads lined with industrial sites and overtanned meatheads hangin' out at the Shore, you might not e...
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Two pending Kane County ordinances target loud music, random gunfireOct 14, 2022 1:00 am - Kane County officials moved toward a crackdown on the use of firearms and loud music in unincorporated areas this week. The county's development department and sheriff's...