Cook County Crime
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Streamwood teen facing firearm charges after shooting last weekAug 25, 2025 10:52 am - An 18-year-old Streamwood man was arrested Friday in connection to a report of gunshots in the village.
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Police: Des Plaines shooting that left teen wounded was drug-relatedAug 25, 2025 10:21 am - A shooting in Des Plaines last week that left a teenager with a minor wound appears to have been drug-related, police said Monday.
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Learn how to prevent identity theft and other scams Sept. 3Aug 25, 2025 10:20 am - Learn how to protect yourself and others from identity theft and other scams Sept. 3 in Park Ridge.
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Man indicted in fatal shooting of daughter-in-law outside Schaumburg hotelAug 23, 2025 3:24 pm - A Cook County judge announced an indictment against a 76-year-old downstate man charged with fatally shooting his daughter-in-law outside a Schaumburg hotel.
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Boy arrested after stolen auto strikes tree in West DundeeAug 23, 2025 2:12 pm - A boy driving a stolen SUV was arrested Saturday morning in West Dundee after striking a tree and then trying to flee, police announced.
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Des Plaines Fire Department to switch 911 servicesAug 22, 2025 4:32 pm - Emergency calls for the Des Plaines Fire Department will be handled by a different dispatch service starting as soon as next year.
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Police: Taxi driver attacked a different car with a bat in Des PlainesAug 21, 2025 10:10 am - A taxi driver was arrested Tuesday after attacking another vehicle with a baseball bat during a dispute in Des Plaines, police said.
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Telephone hearing for Waukegan man charged with hiding dead body and detained by ICEAug 21, 2025 6:43 am - The man accused of hiding the body of a 37-year-old Antioch woman in a plastic garbage container attended a hearing in Lake County Wednesday by phone from an ICE detention facility.
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Authorities: Man led police on high-speed chase in stolen vehicleAug 20, 2025 3:28 pm - A Chicago man is accused of fleeing Villa Park police in a stolen vehicle, then hiding in a garbage bin.
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Man convicted of kidnapping woman in ElginAug 20, 2025 11:56 am - An Elgin man has been convicted of kidnapping a woman.