Cook County Crime
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Wisconsin man indicted after teen's rescue from Schaumburg hotelOct 25, 2017 1:00 am - A 33-year-old Wisconsin man was indicted on federal sex trafficking charges after investigators rescued a 17-year-old girl from a Schaumburg hotel in August. Prosecutors...
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Mount Prospect Country Club once owned by reputed gangstersOct 24, 2017 11:00 pm - The Mount Prospect Country Club was originally known as “Northwest Hills Country Club” and was developed by Axel Lonnquist in 1926 as part of a real estate promotion. Th...
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Dozens of new sex abuse charges lodged against Prospect Heights coupleOct 24, 2017 1:00 am - Cook County prosecutors on Tuesday announced dozens of new charges against a Prospect Heights couple arrested earlier this year on allegations they sexually abused teena...
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Report: Suburban Cook County has more DUI cases than ChicagoOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - Suburban Cook County has more DUI cases than all of Chicago, with 901 to the city's 797 in 2016. Compared to Chicago, the suburbs also had more felony cases of burglary,...
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4-year sentence stands for Schaumburg mom who killed disabled daughterOct 10, 2017 1:00 am - The Schaumburg mom convicted last year of involuntary manslaughter in the 2015 death of her severely disabled daughter was dealt another blow in her attempt to have her ...
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Cook County sheriff moves to fire 9 employees in wake of courthouse rapeOct 06, 2017 1:00 am - Sheriff Thomas Dart announced Friday he intends to terminate nine Markham courthouse employees determined to have allowed the rape of a female detainee by two male detai...
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Schaumburg company pays $1 million in fraud caseOct 04, 2017 1:00 am - A Schaumburg construction company will repay the state $1 million for falsifying payroll records on public works projects, Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Wednes...
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8 years prison for Elgin man's 6th DUI, crashSep 29, 2017 1:00 am - An Elgin man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to his sixth DUI in which his blood-alcohol concentration was nearly three times the legal...
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Elgin man charged with sex assault, abuse of two girls over 8-year spanSep 07, 2017 1:00 am - A 32-year-old Elgin man was being held on $250,000 bail after being charged with sexually assaulting and abusing two girls he knew from 2009 through 2017. Humberto Corde...
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'Bucket list' arson lands man in prison for 3 yearsSep 01, 2017 1:00 am - A 23-year-old man who fulfilled a "bucket list" item by setting a van on fire in March in Elgin was sentenced to three years in prison this week after pleading guilty to...