Cook County Crime
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Elgin man gets 6 years for sex assault of autistic womanJan 23, 2015 12:01 am - A 55-year-old Elgin man pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to six years in prison for sexually assaulting an autistic, mentally disabled woman in 2013. Kenneth Lo...
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Police seek suspects in robbery outside Arlington Heights JewelJan 20, 2015 12:00 am - Police are searching for two suspects involved in a strong-armed robbery outside a Jewel Food Store in Arlington Heights Monday night. Arlington Heights police Sgt. Gre...
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Chicago man arrested at O'Hare on pimping warrantJan 13, 2015 12:00 am - A 38-year-old Chicago man arrested at O'Hare International Airport last week on a 2013 pimping warrant was ordered held on $60,000 bail Tuesday. Authorities say Jim Sac...
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Do local cops need M-16s? Police get military surplusJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - More than 450 Illinois police departments have $66 million in military surplus equipment
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Charges dropped against fourth defendant in 2011 Arlington Heights murderJan 05, 2015 12:01 am - Editors note: This article reflects a correction as to Armon Braden's plea. He pleaded guilty to murder in November. Cook County prosecutors on Monday dismissed cha...
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Slain Des Plaines boy was eighth-grader, officials sayJan 03, 2015 12:00 am - Rosemont police are investigating the Friday night shooting death of a 14-year-old Des Plaines boy in an apartment complex near the Allstate Arena, officials said Saturd...
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3 Elgin men charged with sexually assaulting teenDec 30, 2014 12:01 am - Authorities have charged three Elgin men with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old in mid-December and recording it on a cellphone, according to Kane County court records....
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Northwest suburban Cook County court cases of 2014Dec 28, 2014 12:01 am - A Hoffman Estates family devastated by an early-morning attack in April 2009 waited five years for justice. They got it in 2014 in the form of three life sentences for 2...
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Dawn Patrol: Minivan slams into house; Navy recruits get ChristmasDec 26, 2014 4:01 am - Minivan rolls through 3 rooms of Bloomingdale house No one was injured after a minivan slammed into a Bloomingdale home, breaking through three rooms before coming ...
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Driver in October crash that killed nuns was drunkDec 23, 2014 12:01 am - A man who authorities say caused an 11-vehicle crash that killed himself and two nuns in suburban Chicago had a blood-alcohol level more than two times the legal limit. ...