Cook County Crime
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Dolton animal hospital employee accused of crueltyDec 23, 2014 12:01 am - An employee of a suburban Chicago veterinary hospital has been arrested on charges of animal cruelty. Fifty-nine-year-old Sharon Cargile of Chicago was charged in a gran...
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Cook County inmate charged with attacking attorneyDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - A Cook County inmate has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing and beating his assistant public defender during a jailhouse visit. Jimmie Smith, 39, ...
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Three suburban women arrested in New Jersey robberyDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - Three suburban women wanted in connection with a New Jersey robbery were arrested Thursday by Illinois State Police. The women - one from Park Ridge and two from Lincol...
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Probation for Elgin man caught growing pot plantsDec 18, 2014 12:01 am - An Elgin man was sentenced to two years of probation this week after admitting to growing more than 20 marijuana plants in a secret room in his home. Authorities found t...
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Police seek help in ID of Palatine area armed robberDec 16, 2014 12:01 am - Cook County sheriff's police have released a photo of a suspect as they seek to identify the man who robbed a gas station early Monday in unincorporated Palatine. The m...
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Cook County to begin test of cameras in courtroomsDec 16, 2014 12:01 am - Media cameras and audio recording devices will be allowed in some Cook County courtrooms beginning next month, Cook County circuit court Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans ann...
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Sheriff: Cook County inmate attacks attorneyDec 11, 2014 12:01 am - Authorities say a Cook County Jail inmate has attacked his public defender during a jail visit. A Cook County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman says the inmate struck the ass...
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Buffalo Grove man gets life sentence in kidnap-torture plotDec 11, 2014 12:01 am - A Buffalo Grove man will spend the rest of his life in prison for plotting to kidnap and kill a suburban businessman using a torture chamber he and an accomplice set up ...
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Husband gets 60-year sentence for wife's deathDec 10, 2014 12:01 am - A Southwest suburban businessman convicted of killing his wife in 2010 has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. The Southtown Star reported Allan Kustok maintained his...
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Woman charged with filing false stabbing reportDec 08, 2014 12:01 am - A Des Plaines woman has been charged with filing a false police report for saying she was stabbed last month while jogging in a Palatine forest preserve, Cook County off...