Cook County Crime
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Judge says R. Kelly will have to appear in Cook County court for future hearingsOct 06, 2022 1:00 am - The judge in R. Kelly's ongoing state court case told his defense attorney Thursday that going forward he wants the R&B superstar in a Cook County courtroom for hearings...
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Cook County Board candidates Trevor, Podgorski weigh in on SAFE-T ActOct 05, 2022 5:30 am - While any changes to Illinois' criminal justice reform bill known as the SAFE-T Act remains an issue for state lawmakers to decide, the legislation will have a significa...
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Airsoft BB gun prompted school lockdownOct 05, 2022 1:00 am - The weapon that prompted a lockdown at a Wheeling middle school Tuesday was an airsoft BB gun, Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 officials said. Holmes Middle Sch...
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More charges in deadly Fort Sheridan confrontation? Officials not ready to sayOct 05, 2022 1:00 am - Officials won't yet say whether the two young men involved in a confrontation that led to the death of a 45-year-old Highland Park man last month in Lake County's Fort S...
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Holmes Middle School put on lockdown after reports of gunOct 04, 2022 1:00 am - A Wheeling middle school went into lockdown Tuesday after reports of a student on campus with a handgun, according to the Wheeling Police Department. At 11:52 a.m., Whe...
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Des Plaines woman accused of pushing nephew into lake now charged with murderOct 04, 2022 1:00 am - A Des Plaines woman has been charged with first-degree murder more than a week after the death of her 3-year-old nephew, whom she is alleged to have pushed into Lake Mic...
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Students, residents bring vandalized Rolling Meadows mural back to lifeOct 04, 2022 1:00 am - Sadness and disappointment turned to cheerfulness and excitement Tuesday for about 40 volunteers who worked to repair a new mural recently vandalized by graffiti in Roll...
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36 shell casings in Buffalo Grove parking lots, but no gunshot victims found so farOct 03, 2022 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove police continue to investigate a shooting late Friday that left dozens of spent shell casings in the parking lots outside a bowling alley but apparently no...
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Self-defense or murder? Lombard man makes his case about 2021 fightOct 01, 2022 1:00 am - Ronald Dunbar insists he didn't go looking for a fight on April 21, 2021. He says he wasn't the aggressor that night, that he's not a violent man. He was just a guy out...
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Where rivals in 54th District stand on SAFE-T Act, crime, gun controlSep 30, 2022 5:30 am - The two candidates for an Arlington Heights-centric state House district are split on Illinois' new criminal justice reform law and related issues of crime and gun contr...