Cook County Crime
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Judge denies release for teen charged with taking police officer’s gun from schoolMay 07, 2026 8:02 pm - A teen who authorities say took the firearm an Arlington Heights police officer left in a school restroom on Monday will remain in jail while his case is pending, a Cook County judge ruled Thursday.
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Mount Prospect Fatpour still on tap, as developer’s criminal history surfacesMay 07, 2026 6:16 pm - Mount Prospect officials say a proposed Fatpour Tap Works location for the downtown remains a priority, even as the project sits in a holding pattern — and with information surfacing about the developer's checkered legal history.
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Pen pups: Why more police dogs are going to work in jailsMay 07, 2026 6:12 pm - We’re used to seeing police dogs out on the street alongside officers and deputies, but these days a growing number of K-9 units are at work out of the public eye and behind steel doors in jails.
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Former Barrington man facing charges of possessing child sexual abuse materialsMay 07, 2026 4:49 pm - A 19-year-old man who moved out of Barrington has been brought back to Lake County on charges of possessing child sexual abuse materials.
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Authorities excavate at South Elgin home a decade after teen girl disappearedMay 07, 2026 7:54 am - A decade after teenager Kianna Galvin went missing, Kane County authorities performed a “forensic excavation” at a South Elgin home Thursday in an attempt to find evidence connected to the disappearance.
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Teens arrested, but Arlington Heights school resource officer’s gun still missingMay 06, 2026 6:59 pm - Two teens face felony charges in connection with the disappearance of an Arlington Heights police officer’s gun after it was mistakenly left in a school bathroom Monday, authorities announced Wednesday.
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Two teens charged after break-in at Bartlett businessMay 06, 2026 1:51 pm - A pair of 16-year-old boys were charged with burglary and criminal damage to property after their arrest in connection to a break-in at a business in Bartlett early Monday morning.
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‘Broadview 6’ defense accuses feds of keeping grand jury transcripts secretMay 06, 2026 11:10 am - Attorneys for the remaining “Broadview Six” immigration protesters charged in October say federal prosecutors are abusing their power in order to keep secret what they told the grand jury that indicted them, including on a rare conspiracy count.
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South Elgin man charged with possessing child sex abuse materialsMay 05, 2026 4:21 pm - A South Elgin man has been charged with possessing and disseminating child sex abuse materials.
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Algonquin spa mourns employee authorities say died by strangulation in SchaumburgMay 05, 2026 3:40 pm - Fox River MedSpa in Algonquin is mourning the death of one of its employees, who officials say died from strangulation.