Cook County Crime
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Abduction attempt reported in Des Plaines areaMay 02, 2016 1:00 am - A man who appeared to hold a knife tried to abduct a boy Monday morning near Des Plaines, Cook County sheriff's police say. The attempted abduction took place about 9 a...
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Former Cook employee of Dorothy Brown admits lying to grand juryApr 20, 2016 1:00 am - A Glenview man pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying to a federal grand jury that was looking into him being hired by Cook County Clerk Dorothy Brown after loaning money to ...
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Animal abuse registry proposed for Cook CountyApr 17, 2016 1:00 am - Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey of Chicago has introduced an ordinance that would make it a crime for convicted animal abusers to buy or adopt another animal for ...
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Cook County sheriff releases excessive force videosApr 15, 2016 1:00 am - The sheriff who oversees one of the nation's most crowded jails voluntarily released video Friday that shows half a dozen incidents of excessive force by deputies at the...
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Preckwinkle, Curran speaking Sunday on justice reformApr 08, 2016 1:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Public Defender Amy Campanelli and Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran will speak to the inherent inequities in the criminal j...
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Authorities: Man beat 7-week-old baby boyMar 15, 2016 1:00 am - A 21-year-old man was being held in Kane County jail after being accused of beating a 7-week-old boy, Elgin police said. Bail for Anthony B. Briden, of the 400 block of...
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Kidnappers tortured teen by burning tattoo with cigarettes, police sayMar 07, 2016 12:00 am - A 19-year-old who was kidnapped in Elgin last month was forced to strip while her assailants beat her and used cigarettes to repeatedly burn her tattoo - one of a matchi...
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Burning cigarettes used to torture kidnapped Elgin teen, records showMar 02, 2016 12:00 am - A 19-year-old who was kidnapped over the weekend in Elgin was beaten and repeatedly burned with cigarettes, according to Kane County court records. Elgin police have arr...
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Carpentersville teen accused of kidnapping, torturing another teenMar 01, 2016 12:00 am - Elgin police have arrested a 19-year-old woman from Carpentersville and are looking for four more suspects involved in a kidnapping and torture of another teen over the ...
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DNA evidence leads to arrest in Des Plaines-area rapesFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - A 30-year-old man whose DNA matches evidence from two previously unsolved sexual assaults in the Des Plaines area was arrested Sunday, officials said Wednesday. Accordin...